James was born in Roanoke Virginia on December 20th, 1968 and raised in the rural hills of Franklin County by his father who was a police officer and mother who was a homemaker and teacher. After graduating high school James continued his studies at Virginia Commonwealth University where he received a degree in Judaic Studies, Comparative Religions and Literature. He then went on to study Rabbincs and Intellectual History at Baltimore Hebrew University and Hebrew University in Jerusalem where he obtained his Rabbinic confirmation. James has taught in Florida and Virginia at grade levels ranging from elementary to high school to University. He later fell into acting quite by accident and has thoroughly enjoyed it ever since. James is also a published writer, song writer and cartoonist who currently resides in the United States. Show less «