• James along with partner Brad Raider runs the Los Angeles based non-profit theatre company Red Dog Squadron.
• He was a high-school quarterback but dropped sports to focus on acting.
• His Father was a military man who organized VIP visits and escorted luminaries, including Jimmy Carter.
• His favorite gum is Juicy Fruit.
• Was #62 in People’s 100 Most Beautiful People issue in 2007.
• Has a BFA in Drama from New York University, Tisch School of the Art

James Roday Rodríguez was born on April 4, 1976. He is the son of Jim Rodríguez, who worked for Boardwalk Auto Group. He attended Taft High School in San Antonio.He studied theater at New York University’s Experimental Theatre Wing, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in fine arts. He is also co-artistic director of RED DOG SQUADRON, a Los Angeles theatre company he co-founded with Brad Raider.

James has acted in various theatrical productions, including Three Sisters, Twelfth Night as Sebastian, A Respectable Wedding, Severity’s Mistress, and Sexual Perversity in Chicago with his theatre company, RED DOG SQUADRON. He has also starred in the 2003 film Rolling Kansas and appeared in the 2005 film adaptation of The Dukes of Hazzard as Billy Prickett, and in the 2006 film Beerfest. Behind the scenes, he and writing partners Todd Harthan and James DeMonaco wrote the screenplay for the film Skinwalkers and he will direct the film Gravy, which as of mid-2006 is in pre-production.

His television credits include starring roles on NBC’s Miss Match in 2003 as “Nick Paine” and 2001′s First Years as “Edgar ‘Egg’ Ross”. The July 7, 2006 series premiere of USA Network’s original series Psych was the highest-rated scripted basic cable TV show premiere of 2006. James’ portrayal of Shawn Spencer on the television series “Psych” launched him into the public spotlight, and gave rise to numerous fan clubs and even earned him an Ewwy nomination in 2009 for Best Actor in a Comedy Series.