James Channon Roe is an American

United States

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 actor

Actor

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. He began his film and television career in the mid-1990s. He first appeared on TV series My So-Called Life

My So-Called Life

My So-Called Life is an American teen drama television series created by Winnie Holzman and produced by Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz. It originally aired on ABC from August 25, 1994, to January 26, 1995 and was distributed by The Bedford Falls Company with ABC Productions. Set at the...

 as Billy in 1994. Roe began his acting career in independent films including "The Low Life" and "Junked".

Personal life

Roe was born in Pasadena, California

Pasadena, California

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, but raised in Corona del Mar before training as an actor at the Joanne Baron D.W. Brown Studio and then at the British Academy of Dramatic Arts at Stanford

Stanford, California

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Channon Roe is an avid surfer, and is highly involved with activist groups Green Peace, Heal the Bay and Surfrider Foundation. Channon has been a vegetarian for over 20 years and drives a Mercedes 1983 Vegetable Oil Conversion by Love Craft.

Career

Roe began his film and television career in the mid-1990s. He first appeared on TV series My So-Called Life

My So-Called Life

My So-Called Life is an American teen drama television series created by Winnie Holzman and produced by Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz. It originally aired on ABC from August 25, 1994, to January 26, 1995 and was distributed by The Bedford Falls Company with ABC Productions. Set at the...

 as Billy in 1994 and his acting career in independent films including "The Low Life" and "Junked".

In 1996, Roe starred as the lead character "Cash", Primogen (leader) of the Gangrel Clan of vampires, in the cult television series Kindred: The Embraced

Kindred: The Embraced

Kindred: The Embraced is an American television series produced by John Leekley Productions and Spelling Television. Loosely based on the role-playing game Vampire: The Masquerade, the series premiered on Fox on April 2, 1996, and ran for eight episodes before it was canceled on May 9, 1996. The...

. Bio-Dome

Bio-Dome

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 and Soldier Boys

Soldier Boys

Soldier Boys is a 2001 novel by writer Dean Hughes. The story is set during the Second World War and tells the story of two teenagers, one American, the other German, who join their respective armies and fight at the Battle of the Bulge. Both the boy's families are saddened by their leaving, and...

 soon followed in Person's Unknown, alongside Naomi Watts

Naomi Watts

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, Kelly Lynch

Kelly Lynch

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, Joe Mantegna and directed by George Hickenlooper, and Academy Award Nominated Boogie Nights

Boogie Nights

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Channon Roe has appeared in over 35 television series to date, including recurring performances such as Dirt

Dirt (TV series)

Dirt is an American television serial broadcast on the FX network. It premiered on January 2, 2007 and starred Courteney Cox as Lucy Spiller, the editor-in-chief of the first-of-its-kind "glossy tabloid" magazine DirtNow, which was previously two separate publications: drrt and Now Dirt (styled...

 starring Courteney Cox

Courteney Cox

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 as Jeff Stagliano, the Indie Director who impregnates a very disturbed Shannyn Sossamon

Shannyn Sossamon

Shannon Marie Kahololani Sossamon is an American actress. She starred in the film A Knight's Tale, which gained her wider fame and praise. She has since established herself in Hollywood after starring in several films such as 40 Days and 40 Nights, Wristcutters: A Love Story, and One Missed Call...

, and Windfall as Jeremy. Roe has also appeared on The OC, 24

24 (TV series)

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, Prison Break

Prison Break

Prison Break is an American television serial drama created by Paul Scheuring, that was broadcast on the Fox Broadcasting Company for four seasons, from 2005 until 2009. The series revolves around two brothers; one has been sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit, and the other devises an...

, Bones

Bones (TV series)

Bones is an American crime drama television series that premiered on the Fox Network on September 13, 2005. The show is based on forensic anthropology and forensic archaeology, with each episode focusing on an FBI case file concerning the mystery behind human remains brought by FBI Special Agent...

, CSI: Miami

CSI: Miami

CSI: Miami is an American police procedural television series, which premiered on September 23, 2002 on CBS. The series is a spin-off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation....

, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer...

, The X-Files

The X-Files

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, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Charmed

Charmed

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, Going to California

Going to California

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, Without a Trace

Without a Trace

Without a Trace is an American television drama which originally ran on CBS from September 26, 2002 to May 19, 2009. The series was set in New York City and concerned a fictitious FBI Missing Persons Unit.-Premise:...

, NYPD Blue

NYPD Blue

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, Diagnosis Murder

Diagnosis Murder

Diagnosis: Murder is a mystery/medical/crime drama television series starring Dick Van Dyke as Dr. Mark Sloan, a medical doctor who solves crimes with the help of his son, a homicide detective played by his real-life son Barry Van Dyke. The series began as a spin-off of Jake and the Fatman...

, Touched by an Angel

Touched by an Angel

Touched by an Angel is an American drama series that premiered on CBS on September 21, 1994 and ran for 211 episodes and nine seasons until its conclusion on April 27, 2003. Created by John Masius and produced by Martha Williamson, the series stars Roma Downey, as an angel named Monica, and Della...

, The Pretender

The Pretender (TV series)

The Pretender is an American television series that aired on NBC from 1996 to 2000. The series starred Michael T. Weiss as Jarod, a genius and former child prodigy with "the ability to become anyone he wants to be," i.e., to flawlessly impersonate anyone in virtually any line of work...

, Fugitive, Spawn and HeadCase.

In 2008, Roe completed filming on two new projects, Under a pilot for A&E Television alongside Henry Thomas

Henry Thomas

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 and Behind Enemy Lines: Columbia as Petty Officer 1st Class Kevin Derricks for Fox

Fox Broadcasting Company

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Film

• Person's Unknown 1996 – Lewis
• Soldier Boyz 1996 – Brophy
• Bio Dome 1996 – Roach
• Boogie Nights 1997 – Joe The Surfer
• Girl – 1998 – Kevin
• Can't Hardly Wait 1998 – Jake
• Junked 2000 – Jimmy
• The 40-year-old Virgin 2006 – Video Joe
• Behind Enemy Lines – Columbia 2008 – Petty Officer 1st Class Kevin Derricks

Television

• Kindred: The Embraced – 1995 – Cash
• My So Called Life – 1995 – Billy
• Marshal Law – 1996 – Skin
• Touched By An Angel – 1996 – Lucas Tremaine
• Spawn – 1997 – Joey
• Nypd Blue – 1997 – Jimmy Mosler
• X Files – 1997 – Derek Banks
• The Pretender – 1998 – Pat Rash
• Significant Others – 1998 – Niki
• Diagnosis Murder – 1999 – Lucas
• Buffy The Vampire Slayer – 1999 – Jack O'Tool
• Fugitive – 2000 – Adam Barnette
• Going To California – 2001 – Baggo
• CSI: Miami – 2002 – Brad Repkin
• Charmed – 2002 – Cree
• Without A Trace – 2004 – Drew Anderson
• Windfall – 2006 – Jeremy
• 24 – 2006 – Cal
• CSI: Miami – 2006 – Brad Repkin
• Dirt – 2007 – Joe Staggliano
• Prison Break – 2007 – Robber
• The OC – 2007 – Jake
• Bones – 2008
• Under – 2008
• Headcase – 2008 – The Tard
• "NCIS" - 2009 - Sergeant Gordon Lambro
• Justified - 2011 - Cutter

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