James Patrick Stuart is an American actor, currently portraying Valentin Cassadine on the daytime

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'', for which he received three consecutive

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nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2020, 2021 and 2022.

Early life

Stuart was born to English parents

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and Jill Stuart. His father was one-half of the 1960s

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duo Chad & Jeremy; because of this, Stuart spent much of his childhood in recording studios. As a child actor, he went by the name Patrick Stuart, and starred in the 1980s TV series ''

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'' as Doctor Zee.

Career

Stuart played Confederate Colonel Edward Porter Alexander in the 1993 film '' Gettysburg'' and its 2003 prequel '' Gods and Generals''. Between 1989 and 1992, he was the second actor (after

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) to play Will Cortlandt on the daytime soap opera ''

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''. He is known mostly for his work on television, appearing in such shows as '' CSI'', '' Andy Richter Controls the Universe'', ''

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'', '' 90210'', '' Still Standing'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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.'' He provides the voices of

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in '' Wolverine and the X-Men'', Private the Penguin (replacing

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) and Joey the Kangaroo in

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'', Pvt. MacGregor in '' Call of Duty 2'' and Xigbar and Braig in the ''

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'' video games. He is next set to star in the

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sitcom '' The Villains of Valley View'', premiering June 3, 2022, as the

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Kraniac.

Personal life

Stuart resides in

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, with his wife, Jocelyn, and their two sons.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

* '' Call of Duty 2'' - Pvt. MacGregor * ''

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'' - Nigel Gearsley * '' Call of Duty: Black Ops'' - Additional voices * '' Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3'' - Additional voices * '' Call of Duty: Ghosts'' - Additional voices * ''

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'' - Additional voices * '' Diablo III: Reaper of Souls'' - Additional voices * ''

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'' - Additional voices * ''

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'' - Additional voices * '' Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two'' - Additional voices * '' Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs'' - Buck * '' Kinect Disneyland Adventures'' - Black Barty * '' Kung Fu Panda 2'' - Antelope * ''

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'' - Xigbar * '' Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days'' - Xigbar * ''

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'' - Braig * '' Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance'' - Braig/Xigbar * '' Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX'' - Xigbar * ''

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'' - Braig/Xigbar * ''

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'' - Braig/Xigbar (archive audio) * ''

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'' - Xigbar/Luxu * ''

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'' - Additional voices * '' Toy Story 3: The Video Game'' - Additional voices

Awards and nominations

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stuart, James Patrick Living people American male child actors American male film actors American male television actors American male video game actors American male voice actors American people of English descent Year of birth missing (living people) 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors Place of birth missing (living people)