James Marsden

He has two sisters: Jennifer - age 24 and Elizabeth - age 12, as at 2004. Jennifer lives in Studio City, California and Elizabeth in Manhattan, Kansas.

Attended Oklahoma State University

Son Jack Holden Marsden was born on February 1, 2001, in Los Angeles weighing 7 lbs., 14 oz.

In 1991, while vacationing with his family in Hawaii, he met actor Kirk Cameron and his actress sister Candace Cameron Bure ; the Camerons invited Marsden to visit in L.A. and thus began his career.

Lost out to Edward Norton for a role in Primal Fear .

Turned down the lead role in 54 . Ryan Phillippe later got the role.

Graduated from Putnam City North High School (located in Oklahoma City) class of 1991.

Joined the Delta Tau Delta fraternity while at Oklahoma State.

His father is a Distinguished Professor of Animal Sciences & Industry at Kansas State University.

He wore lifts for most of his scenes in the X-Men movies, because his character Cyclops is supposed to be 6 3" compared to a 5 3" Wolverine. In actuality, Marsden is under 6 feet tall, slightly shorter than Famke Janssen (as his love interest, (Jean Grey) and approximately 4 inches inches shorter than Hugh Jackman (who played Wolverine).

An accomplished singer.

Daughter, Mary James Marsden, born on 10 August 2005.

Has worked 4 times with actress Rebecca Romijn : X-Men , X2 , The Alibi , and X-Men: The Last Stand .

Also has two brothers, Jeff and Robbie.

Is commonly confused as being the brother of actor Jason Marsden. Although the two are not related, they are actually good friends and their respective wives have been friends since they were six.

Son-in-law of Dennis Linde.

Third child, son William Luca Costa-Marsden, born 14 December 2012. Mother is model Rose Costa.

His ancestry is mostly English and German, with some Scottish, and distant French.

He starred in two musicals in 2007: Hairspray and Enchanted .

(On starting out in L. A. and his fame level now) A little job here, a,little job there, and after six months in L. A.

My wife, kids and I still fly coach -- not first-class. I think I have a,certain responsibility to let my children know I am not special because,of what I do, but who I am as a person.

To me, that was the best role in the movie. I felt really confident,about my ability to create that performance. Those are the ones that I,go after. And then, within that, I always try to change it up and go,from a drama to a comedy to something else. That just keeps it,interesting for me.

[2008, on his costume for Enchanted (2007) ] It was very,uncomfortable, all our costumes were uncomfortable. But the costumes,helped my performance. For me as an actor, it easier to play an extreme,character like this with the costume and the sword and hair. Wearing,the costume gets me into the personality of the character and 90,percent of my work is done once I put it on. The costume transforms,you. But the novelty of wearing the costume wore off around Week 2,when I realized I had several more months wearing it, as we were moving,into the hot humid days of July in New York and then it did become hard,work. We were always having a good time making the film but it was,definitely important to have a sense of humor while we were filming. It,took ten or fifteen minutes just to get my costume on, I had to really,manage my time - especially in terms of bathroom breaks. If you needed,to get out of the costume, things would have to stop and shut down for,twenty minutes - just to get the suit off.

If you have fun and keep a good attitude, people want to work with you.