# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-marsden
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:31:21.141Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-marsden"
name: "James Marsden"
slug: "james-marsden"
description: "James Paul Marsden is an American actor. His accolades include nominations for two Emmy Awards and one Golden Globe. He began his acting career guest starring in the television shows Saved by the Bell: The New Class (1993), Touched by an Angel (1995), and Party of Five (1995). Marsden gained fame for his portrayal of Cyclops in four films of the X-Men film series (2000–2014), and for his roles in the films The Notebook (2004), Superman Returns (2006), Hairspray (2007), Enchanted (2007), 27 Dresses (2008), Hop (2011), and Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013). He portrayed John F. Kennedy in the drama film The Butler (2013), Tom Wachowski in the action-adventure comedy film series Sonic the Hedgehog (2020–present) and reprised his role as Cyclops in the upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe film Avengers: Doomsday (2026)."
tagline: "American actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Marsden_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
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birthDate: "1973-09-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  historical:           35.244168
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  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: 227
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump