JAMES TUPPER
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Canadian born James Tupper, a carpenter before becoming an "overnight success," earned a Masters of Fine Arts from Rutgers University, and then moved to New York to pursue the stage. In the Big Apple, he starred in the Off-Broadway production of "After the Rain," which won the Molière Prize in Paris.

While building homes, Tupper built an acting resume that includes the television shows "How I Met Your Mother," "CSI: New York," "Gilmore Girls," "Time of Your Life" and "Dr. Vegas."

He starred in the critically acclaimed independent film, "Peroxide Passion," for which he won the Toronto Planet Indie Film Festival's Best Actor Award. He co-conceived "Loudmouth Soup," a fully improvised film about actors trying to make it in Hollywood, released in 2005. He starred in the Hallmark Channel original movie "Love's Abiding Joy," written and directed by Michael Landon, Jr. of "Little House on the Prairie" fame.

This humble actor also starred in the independent films "For Heaven's Sake," playing the son-in-law of Florence Henderson, and the biopic "Who Flew?," playing legendary novelist Ken Kesey at that time in his life when he wrote the award-winning "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (the directorial debut of Ryan Hurst). Tupper is currently shooting "Pictures of Hollis Woods" with Sissy Spacek and Alfre Woodard for CBS and the Hallmark Channel.

On top of taking on television and film roles, Tupper continues to pursue his passion for the stage. He has performed in "King Lear" opposite James Gammon and "The Things We Do for Love" at the Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles.

In his spare time, Tupper likes to keep it simple. He plays guitar, exercises, bird watches and uses his carpentry skills to build gifts for his friends.

 

PERSONAL INFORMATION
HOMETOWN Halifax, Nova Scotia
BIRTHDATE August 4