James Joseph Wolk also credited as Jimmy Wolk, is an American

United States

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 actor

Actor

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, known for his roles in the 2010 series Lone Star and the film You Again

You Again

You Again is a 2010 American comedy film directed by Andy Fickman and written by Moe Jelline. The film stars Kristen Bell, Jamie Lee Curtis, Sigourney Weaver, Odette Yustman, and Betty White...

.

Career

In 2008, Wolk landed his first television role in Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The second longest-running television program in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2011...

's Front of the Class, as Brad Cohen

Brad Cohen

Brad Cohen is an American motivational speaker and an award-winning teacher and author who has severe Tourette syndrome . Cohen described his experiences growing up with the condition in his book, Front of the Class: How Tourette Syndrome Made Me the Teacher I Never Had, co-authored with Lisa Wysocky...

. He subsequently played the title character in the 2009 ABC

American Broadcasting Company

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 pilot Solving Charlie. In 2010, Wolk was cast as the lead in the Fox

Fox Broadcasting Company

Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...

 television series Lone Star, as Robert/Bob Allen, a Texas con man married to the daughter of one of his targets, while simultaneously maintaining a relationship in another town. In spite of generally favorable reviews from critics, Lone Star was canceled by Fox after only two episodes.

Wolk will play a presidential speechwriter named Andrew Pierce in the 2011 ABC television pilot

Television pilot

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 Georgetown.

Personal life

Wolk was born in Farmington Hills, Michigan

Farmington Hills, Michigan

Farmington Hills is a community in southeastern Michigan. It is the largest city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Its population was 79,740 at the 2010 census...

, the son of Edie, an art teacher, and Robert Wolk, a shoe store owner. His family is Jewish

Jews

The Jews , also known as the Jewish people, are a nation and ethnoreligious group originating in the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East. The Jewish ethnicity, nationality, and religion are strongly interrelated, as Judaism is the traditional faith of the Jewish nation...

. He graduated from North Farmington High School

North Farmington High School

North Farmington High School is located in Farmington Hills, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit USA. The school currently educates a student body of 1450. Established in 1961, the current Principal is Joseph F. Greene, Jr...

 in 2003, and from the University of Michigan

University of Michigan

The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...

 School of Music, Theatre and Dance in 2007.

Wolk is on the Board of Directors of the Brad Cohen Tourette Foundation He also volunteers at "Camp Twitch and Shout", which is a camp for children (ages 7–17) with Tourette syndrome

Tourette syndrome

Tourette syndrome is an inherited neuropsychiatric disorder with onset in childhood, characterized by multiple physical tics and at least one vocal tic; these tics characteristically wax and wane...

 in Georgia.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2006	The Spiral Project	Jordan	as Jimmy Wolk
2008	Forgotten Land	Roll	as Jimmy Wolk
2008	As the World Turns As the World Turns As the World Turns is an American television soap opera that aired on CBS from April 2, 1956 to September 17, 2010. Irna Phillips created As the World Turns as a sister show to her other soap opera Guiding Light...	Sailor	as Jimmy Wolk
2008	Hallmark Hall of Fame Hallmark Hall of Fame Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The second longest-running television program in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2011... 's Front of the Class	Brad Cohen Brad Cohen Brad Cohen is an American motivational speaker and an award-winning teacher and author who has severe Tourette syndrome . Cohen described his experiences growing up with the condition in his book, Front of the Class: How Tourette Syndrome Made Me the Teacher I Never Had, co-authored with Lisa Wysocky...	made-for-TV movie
2009	Solving Charlie	Charlie Hudson	as Jimmy Wolk
2009	8 Easy Steps	HotnRich	as Jimmy Wolk
2010	Lone Star	Robert/Bob Allen	TV Series
2010	You Again You Again You Again is a 2010 American comedy film directed by Andy Fickman and written by Moe Jelline. The film stars Kristen Bell, Jamie Lee Curtis, Sigourney Weaver, Odette Yustman, and Betty White...	Will	as Jimmy Wolk

External links

• http://www.james-wolk.com