- Nickname
- DJ
- Height6′ 4″ (1.93 m)
- Darrell James has worked in theater, film, television, and radio. Most recently he can be seen as the Policeman in the upcoming film by Marc Meyers, How He Fell in Love;with Matt McGorry and Amy Hargreaves); the Father in the independent film Indianapolis (with Bill Pullman and Gabby Sidibe); Bastien Andre in Is He Dead? (Half Moon Theater, NY); the Critic in Conor McPherson's one-person show St. Nicholas, for which the New York Independent Theatre Awards nominated him as Outstanding Solo Performer (Theatre of the Expendable, NY) and as The Man in 7 Stories (Half Moon Theater, NY); King Simonides in Pericles and Hippolito in Women beware Women (Washington, DC); as the Captain in Widows (Greece/Tour); Daniel Lucas in The Reader (NY Fringe Festival); as the Scoutmaster in Badge (Beacon Productions, NY); and as Oedipus in Oedipus at Colonus (Experimental Theater of Vassar College). Other credits include: Orphans -- for which he won the Rocky Mountain Theater Association's Award Best Actor; A Midsummer Night's Dream, A Christmas Carol, As You Like It, and Mad Forest (Denver Center); Dial 'M' for Murder and Sleuth - for which he won the Los Angeles Drama Critic's Award for Best Actor (Pasadena Playhouse); The Importance of Being Earnest and Tales of Washington Irving - directed by Bart Sher (Portland Stage Company); and more. He holds an MFA in Acting from The National Theatre Conservatory in Denver Colorado (with Cicely Berry, Tony Church, Patrick Stewart) and a second MFA in Classical Acting from The Shakespeare Theatre of Washington's Academy for Classical Acting at The George Washington University (with Michael Kahn, Gary Logan, Rob Clare). He is a Company Member at Half Moon Theater in the Hudson Valley, a member of Actor's Equity and the Screen Actor's Guild, and an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Drama at Vassar College.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Author
- Born and raised in Montana.
- His first job in New York City was as an assistant to the stage manager at the NY Shakespeare Festival. Kevin Kline took him under his wing, and Darrell worked as Kevin's assistant for the rehearsals of Measure for Measure.
- He holds two MFAs: one in Acting, the other in Classical Acting.
- He and his mother Perditta helped tear down the Berlin Wall in 1989.
- He has taught at Vassar College for 18 years.
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