James Denton: Biography and Career

James Denton is an American actor, best known for his role as Mike in the TV series Desperate Housewives.

Biography

James Thomas Denton Jr. was born on January 20, 1963 in the American city of Nashville, Tennessee. In the family, besides James, there were two more children. Father, Jay Denton, served in the army, and then worked as a dentist. Also closely associated with the theater. Mother, Marie Jean Denton, died in the early 2000s from breast cancer.

James graduated from high school and entered the University of Tennessee. In it, he received a diploma of an advertiser with the specialization "Journalism and Television". But in this area he did not work long.

Denton Jr., unlike his father, until the age of 23 did not show interest and zeal for cinema and theater. Then the young man played in the production of "Our City". From this moment the career of the actor began. James Denton began to play in the theater of Chicago, and later in California.

After a while he returned to advertising, but soon realized that he still wants to engage in acting.

Career

The future actor went to Chicago in order to seriously engage in acting career. There he first played Stanley in a theatrical production.

Suggestions of roles began to come to the actor very quickly. James Denton moved to California to shoot several episodes of the series "Slithering", appeared in a few short films, and then played a villain in the television series "Pretender."

Next, James starred in several dramas that were broadcast on ABC television, in the miniseries "The Threat of the Matrix", the actor played one of the main roles, and in the series "Philadelphia" he worked together with the famous actress Deleane Kim.

As a guest Denton was invited to such series as "West Wing" and "Ellie Macbil", a little later, director Donald Bellisario will encourage the actor to appear in one of the episodes of the series "Military and Legal Service."

In early 2004, ABC will call the actor in a new project "Desperate Housewives", where James Denton will play the character of Dolphino Mike. After the appearance of the first series on the screen, James will become very popular.

The year 2012 has come, the actor temporarily stopped cooperation with the ABC channel, but within a few months, the leadership of the Lifetime channel called Denton to take part in the filming of the film "Exception".

Catherine Bell, an American film actress and producer, seeing the talent and potential of James, invited him to his new project "The Good Witch", which featured the film company Halmark.

Filmography

James Denton does not like to revise films with his participation.

In the period from 1993 to 2000, James played roles in the films "The Quartet of Thieves", "The Moon of Hunters", "This is an old feeling," "Without a Face" and "Major Colors."

From 2004 to 2010, he starred in the films "Pretense," "The Illusion of Interrogation," "Jombo Girl," "Zombies in the Wild West," "Group Sex," "Ascension," "Beautiful Dreamer."

In 2011-2015 years. He continued to act actively and acted in the films "For the family", "Parting with Grace", "Ovation" and "Karaoke singer". Also participated in the scoring of the movie "Supernova Superman".

In addition, he starred in the series "Pretender", "Philadelphia", "Desperate Housewives", "The threat of the matrix." Currently, she starred in the television series "The Good Witch" and "Insidious maids."

Personal life

Great success in his career was made by James Denton. The personal life of the actor remains little-known to the fans.

The first time he married in 1997 on Jenna Ward, and three years later they divorced.

In 2002, Denton married his trainer Erin O'Brien. The couple had two children. In 2003, they had a boy, and two years later - a girl. The family lived in the California city of Glendale. Then moved to Chengessen, which is located next to Minneapolis in Minnesota.

We hope that James will have many more worthy roles that will bring him incredible success.