James Marsden Biography (3)
Marsden recently completed filming Merchant Ivory's Heights. The film follows a photojournalist (Elizabeth Banks) who is forced to come to terms with a complicated relationship in her life. Marsden stars as Banks' fiancee and Glenn Close stars as her mother. The film will be distributed by Sony Pictures Classics.
Marsden will next be seen in the independent feature 24th Day for writer/director Tony Piccirillo. On the 24th day after Tom (Scott Speedman) has found out that he is HIV-positive, he kidnaps Dan (Marsden), the man he slept with five years earlier and takes a blood sample for an HIV test. If Dan's test comes back negative, Tom will let him go; but if it is negative, he will kill him. The film premiered at the 2004 Tribeca Film Festival.
Most recognized for his role as 'Cyclops' in 20th Century Fox's blockbuster X-Men, Marsden once again joined the superhero lineup for 2003's X2. In the sequel, the X-Men band together to find a mutant assassin who has made an attempt on the President's life. The news of the assault causes a public outcry against the mutants and the Mutant Academy is attacked by military forces. The sequel rejoined original cast members Patrick Stewart, Rebecca Romijn Stamos, Halle Berry, Famke Janssen, Anna Paquin and Ian McKellen.
Marsden's feature film credits include a starring role in the MGM thriller Disturbing Behavior with Katie Holmes and Nick Stahl; Davis Guggenheim's Gossip, a Warner Bros. drama opposite Kate Hudson; New Line Cinema's comedy Sugar and Spice with Mena Suvari and Marley Shelton for director Francine McDougall; and Interstate 60 with Gary Oldman, Chris Cooper, Ann Margaret, Amy Smart, and Christopher Lloyd. His notable television roles include 'Glen Floy' on the final season of the Emmy winning, David E. Kelley series Ally McBeal.
Marsden currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife Lisa and son Jack.
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