James Huang
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James Huang is a film and television actor and producer/director.
, where he majored in theater and cinema. He has worked in several areas of film, television, commercials and print modeling.
He has appeared in shows such as Lost
, The Unit
, Shark
, Las Vegas
, NCIS
and Law & Order
, the FX series Boldly Going Nowhere
, Private Practice and a recurring part in the ABC drama, Women's Murder Club
as Officer Sam Cho. He has also appeared in sitcoms including Will & Grace
and The New Adventures of Old Christine
. Appearances in feature films include the DreamWorks feature film, Eagle Eye
, the Disney/Bruckheimer feature film G-Force
. James also appeared as a soldier in the 2010 alien invasion film called "Skyline
" and a 2011 episode of "Law & Order: Los Angeles". James recently recurred on the TNT drama "Rizzoli & Isles", season 2.
As a director and producer, he won a Prism Award in 2007 for the MTV
documentary True Life
: I'm Addicted to Crystal Meth. He has written, produced and directed independent films that have played in festivals across the country. His most recent film is a romantic comedy called "Starting from Scratch" (2012) which he also wrote and directed and stars along with Elizabeth Sandy.
As a model, he has appeared in print ads and commercials ranging from the UPS
man to a Mervyns
clothing model. In 2011, he appeared in several commercials including Comcast/ Xfinity and Bank of America.
Career
James has been acting professionally since graduating from Rutgers UniversityRutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
, where he majored in theater and cinema. He has worked in several areas of film, television, commercials and print modeling.
He has appeared in shows such as Lost
Lost (TV series)
Lost is an American television series that originally aired on ABC from September 22, 2004 to May 23, 2010, consisting of six seasons. Lost is a drama series that follows the survivors of the crash of a commercial passenger jet flying between Sydney and Los Angeles, on a mysterious tropical island...
, The Unit
The Unit
The Unit is an American action-drama television series that focuses on a top-secret military unit modeled after the real-life U.S. Army special operations unit commonly known as Delta Force...
, Shark
Shark (TV series)
Shark is an American legal drama created by Ian Biederman that originally aired on CBS from September 21, 2006 to May 20, 2008. The series stars James Woods.-Synopsis:...
, Las Vegas
Las Vegas (TV series)
Las Vegas was an American television series broadcast by NBC from September 22, 2003 to February 15, 2008. The show focuses on a team of people working at the ficticional Montecito Resort & Casino dealing with issues that arise within the working environment, ranging from valet parking and...
, NCIS
NCIS (TV series)
NCIS, formerly known as NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service, is an American police procedural drama television series revolving around a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which conducts criminal investigations involving the U.S...
and Law & Order
Law & Order
Law & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series, created by Dick Wolf and part of the Law & Order franchise. It aired on NBC, and in syndication on various cable networks. Law & Order premiered on September 13, 1990, and completed its 20th and final season on May 24,...
, the FX series Boldly Going Nowhere
Boldly Going Nowhere
Boldly Going Nowhere was a proposed American television show for Fox. Rob McElhenney, Glenn Howerton, and Charlie Day, the producers and stars of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, created the show along with their Always Sunny writers' assistant Adam Stein...
, Private Practice and a recurring part in the ABC drama, Women's Murder Club
Women's Murder Club
Women's Murder Club is an American police procedural and legal drama, which ran on ABC from October 12, 2007, to May 13, 2008. The series is set in San Francisco, California and is based on the 'Women's Murder Club' series of novels written by James Patterson...
as Officer Sam Cho. He has also appeared in sitcoms including Will & Grace
Will & Grace
Will & Grace was an American television sitcom that was originally broadcast on NBC from September 21, 1998 to May 18, 2006 for a total of eight seasons. Will & Grace remains the most successful television series with gay principal characters...
and The New Adventures of Old Christine
The New Adventures of Old Christine
The New Adventures of Old Christine is an American comedy series starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus which ran for five seasons on CBS from March 13, 2006, to May 12, 2010...
. Appearances in feature films include the DreamWorks feature film, Eagle Eye
Eagle Eye
Eagle Eye is a 2008 thriller film directed by D. J. Caruso and starring Shia LaBeouf and Michelle Monaghan. The two portray a young man and a single mother who are brought together and coerced by an anonymous caller into carrying out a plan by a possible terrorist organization...
, the Disney/Bruckheimer feature film G-Force
G-force
The g-force associated with an object is its acceleration relative to free-fall. This acceleration experienced by an object is due to the vector sum of non-gravitational forces acting on an object free to move. The accelerations that are not produced by gravity are termed proper accelerations, and...
. James also appeared as a soldier in the 2010 alien invasion film called "Skyline
Skyline
A skyline is the overall or partial view of a city's tall buildings and structures consisting of many skyscrapers in front of the sky in the background. It can also be described as the artificial horizon that a city's overall structure creates. Skylines serve as a kind of fingerprint of a city, as...
" and a 2011 episode of "Law & Order: Los Angeles". James recently recurred on the TNT drama "Rizzoli & Isles", season 2.
As a director and producer, he won a Prism Award in 2007 for the MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
documentary True Life
True Life
True Life is a documentary series running on MTV since 1998. Each episode follows a particular topic, such as heroin addiction as in the first episode, "Fatal Dose." The show is created by following a series of subjects by a camera crew through a certain part of their lives.-Topics covered:True...
: I'm Addicted to Crystal Meth. He has written, produced and directed independent films that have played in festivals across the country. His most recent film is a romantic comedy called "Starting from Scratch" (2012) which he also wrote and directed and stars along with Elizabeth Sandy.
As a model, he has appeared in print ads and commercials ranging from the UPS
United Parcel Service
United Parcel Service, Inc. , typically referred to by the acronym UPS, is a package delivery company. Headquartered in Sandy Springs, Georgia, United States, UPS delivers more than 15 million packages a day to 6.1 million customers in more than 220 countries and territories around the...
man to a Mervyns
Mervyns
Mervyns was an American middle scale department store chain based in Hayward, California. It carried national brands of clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, electronics, and housewares. Many of the company's stores were in shopping malls...
clothing model. In 2011, he appeared in several commercials including Comcast/ Xfinity and Bank of America.