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James Martin(XXXIX)

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James Martin
Follows a priest on his journey to make the Catholic Church more accepting of the LGBTQ+ community, despite loud opposition from both inside and outside the Church.
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Building a Bridge (2021)
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The Rev. James Martin, S.J., is a Jesuit priest, author and editor at large at America, the national Catholic magazine.

Martin was born in Plymouth Meeting, PA. He attended Plymouth-Whitemarsh High School. He received his Bachelor's Degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business. He worked in corporate finance for General Electric for six years before leaving and joining the Society of Jesus (also known as the Jesuits).

Martin was novitiate in Boston where he worked with seriously ill at a hospital in Cambridge. He also worked with hospice patients at the Missionaries of Charity in Kingston, Jamaica and at a school for poor boys, Nativity Mission School, in New York City. He was ordained a Catholic priest in June 1999 in Chestnut Hill, Ma. On Nov. 1, 2009, he pronounced his final vows as a "fully professed" Jesuit in New York City.

Martin is the author of several books, including the New York Times bestseller, "Jesus: A Pilgrimage".
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    Liam Neeson in Silence (2016)
    Silence
    7.2
    • Additional Crew
    • 2016
    Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci in The Irishman (2019)
    The Irishman
    7.8
    • Mother of Sorrows Priest(as Reverend James Martin SJ)
    • 2019
    Love, Death & Robots (2019)
    Love, Death & Robots
    8.4
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    Nor'easter (2012)
    Nor'easter
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    • Additional Crew(as Fr. James Martin S.J.)
    • 2012

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    • Love, Death & Robots (2019)
      Love, Death & Robots
      8.4
      TV Series
      • production accountant
      • 2019–2022

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    • Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints (2024)
      Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints
      6.7
      TV Series
      • consultant (as Father James J. Martin)
      • 2024
    • Rory O'Malley and Lauren Ash in Chicago Party Aunt (2021)
      Chicago Party Aunt
      5.7
      TV Series
      • production accountant
      • 2021
    • Liam Neeson in Silence (2016)
      Silence
      7.2
      • consultant
      • 2016
    • Nor'easter (2012)
      Nor'easter
      5.1
      • religious adviser (as Fr. James Martin S.J.)
      • 2012

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    • Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci in The Irishman (2019)
      The Irishman
      7.8
      • Mother of Sorrows Priest (as Reverend James Martin SJ)
      • 2019

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      Served as a spiritual mentor and confidant to Andrew Garfield for his role as Jesuit priest Rodrigues in Martin Scorsese's film Silence (2016).

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