James Healy Jr.

James Healy Jr. was born on in San Antonio TX. They moved to Arlington TX in 1968. His father was the co-owner of a Sales Rep company and his mother worked for Former Mayor and US Congressman Tommy Vandergriff at the family owned car dealership. James began his acting career at the age of 15 doing local theatre and obtaining his first Theatrical Agent. He qualified to join the Screen Actors Guild with his first "one liner" on the "who shot Jr" episode of Dallas in 1980. A theatre major in college, James fell in love with Claire Barney-Healy, who he has been married to since 1984. They had one son, James Healy III, who was born in 1986 but passed away shortly after his birth. Never giving up on his pursuit of being an actor, the need for a young married man to have a 9 to 5 job, lead James to become a police officer in 1983. During the next 32 years he worked as a patrol officer, SWAT team member, Detective, and Sergeant. In 2008 he became the Chief of Police before retiring from Law Enforcement in 2015. In 1995 James and his wife went to Los Angeles where he worked on a regular basis booking his first few jobs shortly after arrival: an ABC after school special and a small role on News Radio, where he was lucky to have met and worked with Phil Hartman. Other LA credits included Guest Roles on Will & Grace, Judging Amy and a recurring role on Even Stevens starring Shia Lebeouf. James, who has a master's degree in Criminal Justice, has also been a professor at the University of Texas at Arlington as well as an Instructor for the Regional Police Academy. Because of this, in 2006 James went to Afghanistan for a year working for the Dept. of State, hired to train Afghan Police Command Staff and Officers after the war. Since retiring James has gone back into acting full time! He coaches and tapes other actors for their auditions as well. With a house in TX and apartments in LA, NY and Atlanta and agents in each major market, James spends a lot of time on the road. Recent Bookings include Dust with Sarah Paulson, Killers of the Flower Moon with Robert De Niro, Directed by Martin Scorsese, Law and Order SVU, Leverage, Billions, East NY, Bull, Manhunt and 6 episodes of the limited series, A Thousand Tomorrows. James and Claire have one daughter, Virginia (Jenny) Rose Healy, born in 2003.