James Lawson is a solo musician and actor from New Hamburg, Ontario, Canada and attended high school at Waterloo Oxford D.S.S. in Baden, Ontario, Canada.At a young age James began his acting career with several lead roles in school and community plays/musicals. James' home town area of New Hamburg, Ontario watched him perform with local musical groups TCP-The Community Players and KWMP-Kitchener Waterloo Musical Productions. James also performed music with the punk band "The Dupes" for five years playing bass guitar and singing throughout the Ontario club scene. He continued his performing career with special talent parts in the film and television business in Toronto and Vancouver, Canada.James began playing the local pub scene in Whistler, BC, Canada and in 2008 he released his first solo album entitled "Our Worlds Heartbeat" with his voice drawing the most indefinite attention. James released a second album in 2009 entitled "The Better Far Away" in which he paired up with musician/producer John Wiebe of New Hamburg, Ontario.In 2015 James was selected for the role of an Elite 8 Swarm Soldier in Star Trek: Beyond and in 2016 is credited with an actors role as a British Red Coat Jail Guard in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. Show less «