James Roday is an American actor, director and a writer who is best known for his work in the television series, “Psych”. He went into acting shortly after graduating from the prestigious New York University. After finding fame with his work on Psych, Roday has gone on to act in several other movies, shows, and theatrical productions.
Roday has also gone on to earn nominations for several of his roles in the industry. A lot of professionalism can be found just by looking into his work and this makes him one of the finest talents in the industry as of now. Let us now without any further delay get to know a bit more about this actor.
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James Roday: Early Life and Education
James Roday was born on the 4th of April, 1976, in San Antonio, Texas. He was born to father Jamie Rodriguez who was a retired Air Force master Sergent and mother Irene Rodiguez. James also has a sister Lissette and is extremely close to her. Looking into his ethnic backgrounds, James has a mixed ethnicity with Mexican, English, Swiss, and German ancestry.
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Concerning his academics, Roday completed his schooling from the Taft High School in San Antonio. Upon graduation, he went on to get his Bachelor’s Degree from the New York Universities Theatre Wing in Fine Arts.
James Roday: Career
James made his debut in 1999 with a rom-com movie “Coming Soon”. He then went on to appear in the television show “Ryan Caulfield: Year One” in the same year and it was able to earn him huge accolades. However, Rodays biggest role till date came with the USA Network’s detective comedy series, “Psych”. He played the role of Shawn Spencer on the series and this helped him take his career to a whole new level.
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Apart from his role as Shawn, James was also the director of the series, Psych. He is also the writer of the famous video game series, “Driver”. As of today, Roday has gone on to work for famous names such as Rush Hour, Treehouse, Skinwalkers, etc. He is also currently working on Gray Mendez in “A Million Little Things”.
James Roday: Personal Life
Now coming to his love life, James Roday was previously in a relationship with his co-star Maggie Lawson from Psych. They began dating since 2006 and were together for the next 7 years. Sadly, things did not work out between them and they had to split up.
Soon after splitting up, Meggie got married to Ben Koldyle on the August of 2015. However, this too did not last for the Psych actress as the newly married couple got divorced in 2017. Looking into more recent years, we believe that James is single and is taking a break from relationships.
James Roday: Net Worth and Social Media
James has been a prominent name in Hollywood. He has gone on to work on various projects where he acts, directs, and even writes scripts for movies and television shows. He has been in the industry for a long time now and is an established figure. Reports suggest that Roday has a net worth of $3 million with the figures sure to increase in the years to come.
Thankfully for us, James is pretty active on social media platforms. He likes to use Instagram to share some aspects of his personal and professional life with his fans. Roday has over 145k followers on the platform and goes by the handle @jamesroday so be sure to check him out.
