Jesse James (born September 14, 1989) is an American retired actor.
Early life James was born in Palm Springs, California, the son of Jaime, a laboratory technician, and Shane James, an actor.
Career James began his acting career in the 1997 film As Good as It Gets, a role for which he won the Hollywood Reporter Young Star award. His career continued with his role in the 2001 film Blow, as Young George Jung, and Pearl Harbor, in which he played the young version of Ben Affleck's character. James acted in the 2004 film The Butterfly Effect as the young Tommy Miller and The Amityville Horror. His television work includes Life and In Plain Sight, and he has become involved in the independent film community with projects such as Exodus Fall and Hickory Nation.
In 2008 James starred in and was an executive producer for the short film Manifest Destiny.
Filmography
Film As Good as It Gets (1997) – Spencer Connelly Gods and Monsters (1998) – Michael Boone The Gingerbread Man (1998) – Jeff Puppies for Sale (1998) – Customer Sorrow's Child (1998) – Matt Message in a Bottle (1999) – Jason Osborne A Dog of Flanders (1999) – Young Nello Hanging Up (2000) – Jesse Marks Bailey's Mistake (2001, TV) – Dylan Donovan Blow (2001) – Young George Jung Pearl Harbor (2001) – Young Rafe McCawley Fear of the Dark (2002) – Ryan Billings Slap Her... She's French (2002) – Randolph Grady The Butterfly Effect (2004) – Tommy Miller at 13 The Amityville Horror (2005) – Billy Lutz The Darkroom (2006) – J-Dawg The Flyboys (2008) – Jason McIntyre Jumper (2008) – young Mark Kobold Bones (2010) – Derrick Scott Exodus Fall (2010) – Kenneth Minor The Last Ride (2011) – Silas Hickory Nation (2012) Dead Souls (2012) – Johnny Petrie Wishin' and Hopin' (2014) – Chino The Lucky Man (2018) – Rev. Johnny Jones
Television Walker, Texas Ranger ("Last of The Breed", parts 1 and 2, 1997) – Jebb Wilson ER ("Good Luck, Ruth Johnson", 1998) – Wilson Geary The X-Files ("The Unnatural", 1999) – Poor boy The Wild Thornberrys ("Chimp Off the Old Block", 1999) – Gola Angel ("I've Got You Under My Skin", 2000) – Ryan Felicity ("Party Lines", 2000) – Stephen Chicago Hope ("Hopes of You", 2000) – Dustin Moss Family Law ("Celano v. Foster", 2002) – Jake Shaw Monk ("Mr. Monk and the Captain's Wife", 2004) – Jared Stottlemeyer Veronica Mars ("Papa's Cabin", 2007) – J.D. Sansone In Plain Sight ("A Stand-Up Triple", 2009) – Tripp Sullivan The Mentalist ("Red Menace", 2009) – Lucas Hodge Mad Men ("The Doorway", part 2, 2013) - Zal
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