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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Klaus Badelt to Christophe Beck
James Barbour Biography (1966-)
Born April 25, 1966, in Cherry Hill (some sources cite Mount Holly), NJ; father, a construction worker. Addresses: Office: Treehouse Entertainment,2565 Broadway, Suite 528, New York, NY 10025.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Actor, singer, producer, writer
- Birth Details
- April 25, 1966
- New Jersey, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Stage Appearances
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Class Clown (musical), TheatreWorks USA, New York City, 1990-91
- Jodelet and understudy for Christian, Cyrano--The Musical (musical), Neil Simon Theatre, New York City, 1993-94
- David Kaplan, Milk and Honey, American Jewish Theatre, Greenwald Theatre, New York City, 1994
- Billy Bigelow, Carousel (musical), Lincoln Center, Vivian BeaumontTheater, New York City, 1994-95
- Jesus, Godspell (musical), Los Angeles, 1996
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Fascinating Rhythm (musical), Hartford State Company, Hartford, CT, 1997
- The beast, Beauty and the Beast (musical), Palace Theatre, New York City, 1998
- Lancelot, Camelot (musical), Santa Barbara Civic Light Opera, Santa Barbara, CA, 1998
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Lerner, Loewe, Lane, and Friends, Luckman Theatre, Los Angeles, 1998
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Avow (workshop), Century Theatre, New York City, 1999
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Jason Robert Brown and Friends: Works and Process, Peter Lewis Theater at the Guggenheim Museum, New York City, 1999
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The Wild Party (workshop of musical), Class Stage Company, 1999
- Travis, The Gift (musical), Tiffany Theater, West Hollywood, CA, c. 2000
- Edward Fairfax Rochester and (as Marje Bubrosa) gypsy woman, Jane Eyre (musical), La Jolla Playhouse, La Jolla, CA, 2000, then Brooks AtkinsonTheatre, New York City, 2000-2001
- The actor, Enter the Guardsman (musical), Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, CA, 2001
- Mitch, Adrift in Macao (musical), New York Stage and Film Theatre,Powerhouse Theatre, Poughkeepsie, NY, 2002
- Reverend Lee, The Foreigner, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Stockbridge, MA, 2002
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Back from Broadway, Actors Fund of America, Lincoln Center, VivianBeaumont Theater, 2002
- Office Lockstock, Urinetown: The Musical (musical), New York International Fringe Festival, New York City, later Henry Miller's Theatre, New York City, 2003, also produced in workshop
- Oscar Jaffe, Twentieth Century, Signature Theatre, Arlington, VA,2003
- Leon Czolgosz, Assassins (musical), Roundabout Theatre Company, Studio 54, New York City, 2004
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Stars in the Alley (concert), Shubert Alley, New York City, 2004
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Voices for Change--A Benefit Concert to Take Back the White House(concert), New York City, 2004
- Appeared as Master Ford, The Merry Wives of Windsor, and as Tom Sawyer, A Spinning Tale, both New York City; in The Bug and Zeke's Vision, both Norfolk Southern New Play Festival; as Father Frollo, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, as Malvolio, Twelfth Night (also known as Twelfth Night; or, What You Will), and as William Brown, TheGreat God Brown, all regional productions; as Fred, Saved; as a member of the chorus, Polly (musical), as Thomas Jefferson, 1776(musical); and in Jekyll & Hyde (musical). Appeared in various workshop productions, including A Tale of Two Cities (musical). Appearedin various benefit concerts.
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Major Tours
- Major Shelley, The Secret Garden (musical), U.S. cities, 1992
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Back from Broadway, U.S. cities, 2001-2003
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Stage Work
- Coproducer, Back from Broadway, tour of U.S. cities, 2001-2003, and Actors Fund of America, Lincoln Center, Vivian Beaumont Theater, New York City, 2002
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Film Appearances
- (Uncredited) Jasper, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, First Standard Media, 1993
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Twinkle Toes, 1999
- Singing voice of mayor, Eight Crazy Nights (animated; also known as Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights and Whitey and Davey), Columbia/TriStar, 2002
- Troy Rollins, Alchemy, Black Sand Pictures/Enlightenment Productions, 2005
- Some sources cite appearances in the films The Tell-Tale Heart andWaiting for Lefty.
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Television Appearances
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Miniseries
- Thomas Jefferson, "John and Abigail Adams," The American Experience, PBS, 2005
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Movies
- First reporter, Houdini, TNT, 1998
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Specials
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Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II (also known as Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II), PBS, 1995
- Singing voice of beast, Beauty and the Beast: A Concert on Ice (also known as Disney's Beauty and the Beast: A Concert on Ice), CBS, 1996
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Cyrano-The Musical, 1997
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Awards Presentations
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The 55th Annual Tony Awards, CBS and PBS, 2001
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The 58th Annual Tony Awards (also known as The 2004 Tony Awards), CBS, 2004
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Episodic
- Voices of Andrew, second police officer, and thug, "Eclipse," The RealAdventures of Jonny Quest (animated; also known as Jonny Quest and Jonny Quest: The Real Adventures), The Cartoon Network, TBS, and syndicated, 1996
- Preppie guy, "The Freak Show," Sex and the City, HBO, 1999
- Rick, "Sex in the Suburbs," That's Life, CBS, 2001
- "Mr. Wrong," That's Life, CBS, 2001
- Fred, "New School," Ed (also known as Stuckeyville), NBC, 2003
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Pilots
- Robert, Just Shoot Me!, NBC, 1997
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The District, CBS, 2000
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Flashpoint (also known as E.I.S.: Epidemiologic Intelligence Service and M.E.D.S.: Mobile Epidemic Defense Squad), ABC, c. 2002
- Appeared in the pilot The Game, ABC.
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RECORDINGS
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Albums
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Lerner, Loewe, Lane, and Friends, 1998
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The Gift (cast recording), Geffen Records, 2000
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Jane Eyre (cast recording), Sony Classics, 2000
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Assassins (cast recording), PS Classics, 2004
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Love Songs, 2004
- Appeared in the cast recording of Back from Broadway.
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WRITINGS
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Writings for the Stage
- (With Hershey Felder) Back from Broadway, tour of U.S. cities, 2001-2003, also Actors Fund of America, Lincoln Center, Vivian Beaumont Theater,New York City, 2002
- Author of Splinters; author of screenplays and television pilots.
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Electronic
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Broadway.com, http://amazing-journey.com, November 11, 2004
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James Barbour Official Site, http://www.jamesbarbour.com, October29, 2004
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Playbill Online, http://www.playbill.com, January 2, 2001
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Time Online, http://www.time.com, May 17, 2001
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