James Hyde
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James Hyde is an American
actor
, dancer, and former male fashion model who played the role of Sam Bennett on the television
soap opera
Passions
. Full name is James Robert Hyde. He was born and raised in Lancaster, Ohio
.
. Modeling has taken Hyde all over the globe, including work in Japan, Amsterdam and London. He was introduced to his wife, Sue-Ling Garcia, while modeling. They were married in 1994 and have a son, James Moses.
He has roles in the films "The Blackout" and "Let's Talk About Sex". "The Blackout" has not yet been released in the US.
"Passions" is not Hyde's first foray into daytime television. He won an open casting call competition for Sunset Beach
in 1996 and appeared in the promos for the show. He was cast for the recurring role of Neil Johansson on the television series "Another World" in 1997. He also had a short stint as Liam on the television series "As the World Turns" in 1999.
He used to be a dancer with British New Wave
band Dead or Alive
, which is fronted by singer Pete Burns
. Hyde toured Europe, Japan and the USA with the band in 1987, and can be seen as one of the two dancers in the film Rip It Up Live, which was filmed at two of their Japanese concerts, and released on VHS
in 1988. Additionally Hyde appeared in Dead or Alive's music video for "Your Sweetness is Your Weakness".
He also appeared in a minor role on the short-lived TV series, Mortal Kombat Conquest as a friend of Taja's, in the episode titled "Undying Dream".
United States
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actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, dancer, and former male fashion model who played the role of Sam Bennett on the television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
Passions
Passions
Passions is an American television soap opera which aired on NBC from July 5, 1999 to September 7, 2007 and on The 101 Network from September 17, 2007 to August 7, 2008....
. Full name is James Robert Hyde. He was born and raised in Lancaster, Ohio
Lancaster, Ohio
Lancaster is a city in Fairfield County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 38,780. It is located near the Hocking River, approximately southeast of Columbus, Ohio. It is the county seat of Fairfield County...
.
Biography
Hyde began a modeling career soon after being discovered in HawaiiHawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
. Modeling has taken Hyde all over the globe, including work in Japan, Amsterdam and London. He was introduced to his wife, Sue-Ling Garcia, while modeling. They were married in 1994 and have a son, James Moses.
He has roles in the films "The Blackout" and "Let's Talk About Sex". "The Blackout" has not yet been released in the US.
"Passions" is not Hyde's first foray into daytime television. He won an open casting call competition for Sunset Beach
Sunset Beach (TV series)
Sunset Beach was an American television soap opera, first broadcast in the United States on NBC on January 6, 1997, and last airing on December 31, 1999. The show followed the loves and lives of the people living in a fictional coastal city named Sunset Beach, on the coast of California...
in 1996 and appeared in the promos for the show. He was cast for the recurring role of Neil Johansson on the television series "Another World" in 1997. He also had a short stint as Liam on the television series "As the World Turns" in 1999.
He used to be a dancer with British New Wave
New Wave music
New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...
band Dead or Alive
Dead or Alive (band)
Dead or Alive were a British New Wave band from Wirral, England, United Kingdom, Europe. The band rose to fame in the 1980s with their number one single on the UK Singles Chart, "You Spin Me Round ". They were the first group to have a number one single under the production team Stock Aitken Waterman...
, which is fronted by singer Pete Burns
Pete Burns
Pete Burns is an English singer-songwriter, author and television personality who founded the band Dead or Alive in 1980, for which he acted as the vocalist and songwriter, and which rose to mainstream success with their 1985 single "You Spin Me Round "...
. Hyde toured Europe, Japan and the USA with the band in 1987, and can be seen as one of the two dancers in the film Rip It Up Live, which was filmed at two of their Japanese concerts, and released on VHS
VHS
The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....
in 1988. Additionally Hyde appeared in Dead or Alive's music video for "Your Sweetness is Your Weakness".
He also appeared in a minor role on the short-lived TV series, Mortal Kombat Conquest as a friend of Taja's, in the episode titled "Undying Dream".