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Wade James(II)

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Military look
Comedic drama reel (Monolog), where a man will run up a unknown number of steps just to see the woman he is denying to himself that he  is head over heels for. (Directed by Caryn West)
Play demo reel1:45
Comedic reel
10 Videos
65 Photos
James was born in January 1975 in Fort Smith Arkansas. Raised mostly by his building contractor father and a not so great stepmother. His father constantly moved around between Arkansas and California. In 1993, he went to live with his biological mother and she changed his life around for the positive.

Upon graduation from Broken Arrow Senior High, 2 months later James joined the US Marine Corps. He served at Camp Lejeune and Iwakuni Japan. Highest rank was Sergeant before got out of the Marine Corps.

In 1998, he joined the Army National Guard, then went active duty Army. He went to military occupational school (MOS). Upon graduation, he received orders to Fort Bliss in El Paso, TX. He was assigned to an Air Defense Artillery unit, deployed for Iraqi Freedom 2002- May 23 2003. He gained the values of comradery and trusting one another while being deployed in a combat zone. His 4-year obligation ended and got out of the Army.

James later joined the Army National Guard again and simultaneously, he attended academics at Park University on Fort Bliss, a satellite campus. Upon graduation, he was ROTC commissioned to Second Lieutenant from Sergeant. Then joined the Army Reserves and was approved after 11 months to go active Reserves. in Served for 2.5 years as a Company Operations Officer.

During that time, he was in a major motorcycle wreck where they discovered he had a softball size cancerous tumor growing on his left kidney. The kidney and cancerous tumor surrounding it were successfully removed. He learned that life is too short and to live his life to its fullest by accomplishing all goals he set forth in front of him.

While stationed at Bell, he was graced with the opportunity to act on a pilot TV miniseries and that motivated me to pursue acting.

Coming off active duty August 2016, James is now in the Army Reserves and study acting very seriously in the 2-year program at Lee Strasberg Institute, and shooting acting gigs.

He aspires to be a spokesperson for St Jude's, to travel the world to save the planet giving positive speeches and endangered species from human poaching and work with Leo DiCaprio to achieve that.

Other Goals: to work with Martin Scorcese and Michael Bay, Seal Team/CBS, Law and Order LA, NCIS, Fast and Furious Franchise, and HBO's Ballerz

Chief Skills: fight skills, athletic skills , speaks Spanish and Tagalog, weapons specialist, military advisor, cancer survivor, Marine, soldier, positive public Speaker, weight lifter, trainer, mentor, singer
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    Charlize Theron, Vin Diesel, Jordana Brewster, Sung Kang, Ludacris, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, John Cena, and Nathalie Emmanuel in Fast & Furious 9 (2021)
    Fast & Furious 9
    5.2
    • Additional Crew(as James Salsman)
    • 2021
    Danny Arroyo, Erik Estrada, Stoney Jackson, Antonio McKay, Robert Miano, Ricardo Herranz, Michael Goyeneche, Sandra Santiago, Arianna Gomez, and Sebastien Large in Sangre Negra...Black Blood (2021)
    Sangre Negra...Black Blood
    8.8
    TV Series
    • Brian
    • Trainer(as James Salsman)
    Preacher Six
    Preacher Six
    • Adam(as James Salsman)
      Wade James in Santa (2019)
      Santa
      6.0
      Short
      • Santa Claus(as James Salsman)
      • 2019

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      • Preacher Six
        • Adam (as James Salsman)
        • Post-production



      • The Shatter Man (2023)
        The Shatter Man
        • Steven (as James Salsman)
        • 2023
      • Dark Lullabies: An Anthology by Michael Coulombe (2023)
        Dark Lullabies: An Anthology by Michael Coulombe
        3.7
        • Santa Claus (segment "Santa") (uncredited)
        • 2023
      • Danny Arroyo, Erik Estrada, Stoney Jackson, Antonio McKay, Robert Miano, Ricardo Herranz, Michael Goyeneche, Sandra Santiago, Arianna Gomez, and Sebastien Large in Sangre Negra...Black Blood (2021)
        Sangre Negra...Black Blood
        8.8
        TV Series
        • Brian
        • Trainer (as James Salsman)
        • 2021
      • The Red Nightmare (2021)
        The Red Nightmare
        3.5
        • Santa Claus (segment "Santa") (as James Salsman)
        • 2021
      • Stranger Among Us (2020)
        Stranger Among Us
        7.0
        TV Series
        • Chris Siler (as James Salsman)
        • 2020
      • Murder Loves Company (2019)
        Murder Loves Company
        7.9
        TV Series
        • Detective Giere (as James Salsman, credit only)
        • 2019
      • Wade James in Santa (2019)
        Santa
        6.0
        Short
        • Santa Claus (as James Salsman)
        • 2019
      • Dolph Lundgren, Sean Patrick Flanery, Danny Trejo, Chuck Liddell, and Natalie Burn in Acceleration (2019)
        Acceleration
        3.5
        • Danny
        • Bobby aka Babyface 2 (as James Salsman)
        • 2019
      • Doja Cat: Rules (2019)
        Doja Cat: Rules
        6.8
        Music Video
        • Body Guard (as James Salsman)
        • 2019
      • Buried in the Backyard (2018)
        Buried in the Backyard
        7.0
        TV Series
        • Detective Ryan Bell
        • Det. Ryan Bell (as James Salsman)
        • 2019
      • Kevin Gates: Push It (2019)
        Kevin Gates: Push It
        Music Video
        • Police Officer (as James Salsman)
        • 2019
      • The Job
        Short
        • Body Guard (as James Salsman)
        • 2018
      • Los Angeles/Tehran (2018)
        Los Angeles/Tehran
        2.3
        • Priest (as James Salsman)
        • 2018
      • The Black Eyed Peas: Big Love (2018)
        The Black Eyed Peas: Big Love
        7.5
        Music Video
        • Police Officer (as James Salsman)
        • 2018
      • Zedd & Elley Duhé: Happy Now (2018)
        Zedd & Elley Duhé: Happy Now
        8.2
        Music Video
        • Police Officer (as James Salsman)
        • 2018

      Videos10

      Jeremy
      Demo Reel 7:51
      Jeremy
      Absent Father
      Demo Reel 1:29
      Absent Father
      Absent Father
      Demo Reel 1:29
      Absent Father
      Military Law Enforcement Action Reel
      Demo Reel 2:00
      Military Law Enforcement Action Reel
      Comedic reel
      Demo Reel 1:45
      Comedic reel
      Film Fighting/Choreography Reel 2
      Demo Reel 2:03
      Film Fighting/Choreography Reel 2
      Film Fighting/Choreography Reel 1
      Demo Reel 1:50
      Film Fighting/Choreography Reel 1

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