Paul James (actor)

American actor

Paul James

James in 2006

Born|

Washington, D.C., U.S.

Occupation| Actor
Years active| 2004–present

Paul James is an American actor, best known for his role of Calvin on the ABC Family television show Greek. James also starred in the movie The Architect.[1] He graduated from Syracuse University with a BA degree in Theatre. James also starred as Sean Egan on the Hulu TV series The Path.

## Early life and education

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James was born in Washington, D.C., and raised in the neighboring suburbs of Maryland. He graduated from Quince Orchard High School in Gaithersburg, Maryland. His mother was a school teacher at Watkins Mill High School in Gaithersburg, Maryland up until 2007.[2]

## Career

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James starred on ABC Family's Greek, which aired for four seasons. In the show James plays Calvin Owens, a gay member of Omega Chi Delta fraternity. Fans have applauded both the show for portraying homosexuality in a good light and Paul James as an actor for his portrayal of a black gay man living in a fraternity house.

## Filmography

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Year | Title | Role | Notes

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2004 | The Deerings | C.J. | Television film
2005 | Cold Case | Zeke Williams | Episode: "Strange Fruit"
Cry Wolf | Lewis |
2006 | Twenty Questions | George Perkins | Television film
The Architect | Shawn |
2007 | Without a Trace | Allen Hayes | Episode: "Absalom"
2007–2011 | Greek | Calvin Owens | Main cast
2008 | Spinning into Butter | Simon Brick |
CSI: Miami | Duncan | Episode: "Ambush"
2010 | NCIS: Los Angeles | James 'Junior' Dobbs | Episode: "Blood Brothers"
Bones | Hunter Lang | Episode: "The Shallow in the Deep"
2011 | Lie to Me | Kyle | Episode: Killer App
Torchwood | Noah Vickers | 5 episodes
Dragon Crusaders | Bryce |
2013 | Crawlspace | Derek |
CSI: NY | P.O. Trey Jensen | Episode: "Today Is Life"
2014 | Shameless | T.A. | Episode: "Simple Pleasures"
Farmed and Dangerous | Max | 2 episodes
Grey's Anatomy | Eric | Episode: "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place"
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Bomb Squad Tech | Episode: "The CSI Effect"
2014–2017 | The Last Ship | O'Connor | 22 episodes
2015 | Desecrated | Marcus |
2016–2017 | The Path | Sean Egan | Recurring (season 1); main cast (season 2)
2018 | Unlovable | Ben |
Apostle | Townsmen Guard |
2019 | The Hot Zone | Ben Gellis | 6 episodes
Soundtrack | Sam | Main cast
2021 | Gossip Girl | Aaron | Episode: "Lies Wide Shut"
Nash Bridges | Keith 'Philly' Morton | Television film
2022 | I Love That for You | Jordan Wahl | Main cast
2023 | Lessons in Chemistry | Charlie Sloan | Recurring

## Awards

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Year  | Award  | Category  | Nominated work  | Result  | Ref.

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2009  | NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series  | Greek | Nominated  | [3]

## References

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1. ^ Jensen, Michael (August 5, 2007). "Interview with Greek's Paul James, page 3". AfterElton. Retrieved February 4, 2009.
2. ^ Jensen, Michael (August 5, 2007). "Interview with Greek's Paul James, page 2". AfterElton. Retrieved May 11, 2009.
3. ^ "The 40th NAACP Image Awards – 2009 Winners – Television Categories". www.naacpimageawards.net. NAACP. Archived from the original on March 26, 2009.

## External links

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* Paul James at IMDb

*[Ref.]: Reference