Soon after the Deep Water Horizon tragedy (also referred to as the B.P Oil Spill) Louisiana native James Rawlings found himself unemployed. With bills quickly piling up and a daughter to care for he figured then was the time to choose a new career path. With nothing to lose, except his cloths, James (aka Sebastian) joined the L.A Harbodies; Louisia...
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Soon after the Deep Water Horizon tragedy (also referred to as the B.P Oil Spill) Louisiana native James Rawlings found himself unemployed. With bills quickly piling up and a daughter to care for he figured then was the time to choose a new career path. With nothing to lose, except his cloths, James (aka Sebastian) joined the L.A Harbodies; Louisiana's hottest all male dance review. Sebastian was an instant sensation with his James Bond and Patrick Swayze dance skits. While touring the south coast with sold out performances he then realized that he was very marketable. With his new found fame he set his sights to bigger and better things.James quickly learned about Louisiana's tax incentive for the film and television industry, which was put in place by Louisiana's Governor Bobby Jindal. With the film industry booming James acquired a two year scholarship John Robert Powers. During his second semester at John Robert Powers James began working as an extra to learn how things worked behind the scenes. While working as an extra on Never Back Down 2 he was quickly noticed by the likes of actor / director Michael Jai White. White had no room for error being Never Back Down 2 was his directorial debut. White seen something in James and granted him with a Taft Hartley.Not long after his Taft Hartley on Never Back Down 2 James found himself onset of Hasbro's big budget sci-fir epic "Battleship". Again James caught the attention of Naval Advisor Captain Rick and director Peter Berg and was promoted to Taylor Kitsch & Rihanna's team to hunt down aliens.Finally James landed a small stunt bit on "Dragon Eyes" featuring the legendary Jean Claude Van Damm. James learned a lot about stage combat from the project. Dir. John Hyams was impressed with James' performance on "Dragon Eyes" and brought him on-board of the "Universal Soldier: A New Dimension" project.Today James is still pursuing his acting/stunt career.Having worked with many great actors and stunt men/women. He feels blessed and is humbled by his experiences. He recently landed a small role on "Focus" along side Margot Robbie. He also has a new born baby boy due on Dec 2013. He will name his son Malcolm Remy Allistar Rawlings. Show less «