Désolé mais je n'ai pas trouvé de bonne biographie en français. J'essayerais de la traduire le plus tôt possible.
Blank, boyish and brooding, James Duval has been put forward as a symbol of the sometimes amiable anomie of 'Generation X' in a series of ultra low-budget indie features by guerrilla auteur Gregg Araki. Dark, handsome and ethnically indeterminate (an intriguing blend of Vietnamese, French, Italian and Native American), the young actor bears more than a passing resemblance to Keanu Reeves whose laid-back So-Cal delivery style he also shares. Duval's characters have tended to be sympathetic and sensitive if none-too-bright. His collaboration with Araki has encompassed the would-be Godardian gay teen flick Totally F***ed Up, the eccentric but relatively upscale "lovers on the run" road movie The Doom Generation and the "anti-'Beverly Hills, 90210'" teen comedy-drama Nowhere. Duval has even branched out to appear in the decidedly mainstream sci-fi blockbuster Independence Day but his heart seems to remain independent.
Duval has avoided the standard publicity game, offering almost no information about his past. He was born in Detroit, MI and raised in California. In his late teens, Duval was playing music in a band when he decided to quit and move to Hollywood to try to make it as an actor. With no money or a clue about how to break in, he hung out at a local cafe where writer-director-editor Araki happened to do his writing. The filmmaker liked his looks and offered him a script that turned out to be Totally F***ed Up. Duval's character, Andy, was sweet but fragile and "totally bummed". Having enjoyed his screen debut, Duval resurfaced the next year, playing a biker named Smack in another oddball teenpic Mod Fuck Explosion. He landed a job as a waiter to pay the rent as he played the naive suburbanite virgin who learns some bizarre life lessons on the road with his teen-aged girlfriend (Rose McGowan) and a mysterious drifter (Johnathon Schaech) in Araki's apocalyptic road comedy The Doom Generation. Duval won some positive notices but he did not give up his day job.
Fate stepped in when transplanted German genre filmmaker Roland Emmerich dropped by the restaurant where Duval waited tables. Having seen and enjoyed Totally F***ed Up, Emmerich offered the waiter a most generous tip--a role in his sci-fi epic Independence Day as Miguel, the responsible son of a drunken cropduster pilot Dad (Randy Quaid). The success of this feature allowed Duval to concentrate on acting full-time. Rather than going Hollywood, he reteamed with Araki for Nowhere and played a supporting role in the AIDS-related drama River Made to Drown In.
Duval has avoided the standard publicity game, offering almost no information about his past. He was born in Detroit, MI and raised in California. In his late teens, Duval was playing music in a band when he decided to quit and move to Hollywood to try to make it as an actor. With no money or a clue about how to break in, he hung out at a local cafe where writer-director-editor Araki happened to do his writing. The filmmaker liked his looks and offered him a script that turned out to be Totally F***ed Up. Duval's character, Andy, was sweet but fragile and "totally bummed". Having enjoyed his screen debut, Duval resurfaced the next year, playing a biker named Smack in another oddball teenpic Mod Fuck Explosion. He landed a job as a waiter to pay the rent as he played the naive suburbanite virgin who learns some bizarre life lessons on the road with his teen-aged girlfriend (Rose McGowan) and a mysterious drifter (Johnathon Schaech) in Araki's apocalyptic road comedy The Doom Generation. Duval won some positive notices but he did not give up his day job.
Fate stepped in when transplanted German genre filmmaker Roland Emmerich dropped by the restaurant where Duval waited tables. Having seen and enjoyed Totally F***ed Up, Emmerich offered the waiter a most generous tip--a role in his sci-fi epic Independence Day as Miguel, the responsible son of a drunken cropduster pilot Dad (Randy Quaid). The success of this feature allowed Duval to concentrate on acting full-time. Rather than going Hollywood, he reteamed with Araki for Nowhere and played a supporting role in the AIDS-related drama River Made to Drown In.
Filmograhie:
1993 : An Ambush of Ghosts : Student #1
1993 : Totally F***ed Up : Andy
1994 : Mod Fuck Explosion : Smack (Biker)
1995 : The Doom Generation : Jordan White
1996 : Independence Day : Miguel Casse
1997 : A River Made to Drown In : Jaime
1997 : Nowhere : Dark Smith
1998 : Wild Horses : Jimmy
1998 : Stamp and Deliver
1998 : The Clown at Midnight : George Reese
1998 : Alexandria Hotel : Romero
1998 : How to Make the Cruelest Month : Westy
1998 : SLC Punk! : John the Mod
1999 : Go : Singh
1999 : The Weekend : Robert
2000 : This Is How the World Ends (TV) : Blue
2000 : Gone in Sixty Seconds : Freb
2001 : Amerikana : Chris
2001 : Donnie Darko : Frank
2001 : The Doe Boy : Hunter Kirk
2001 : The Tag : Viggs
2002 : May : Blank
2002 : Scumrock : Drew
2004 : Window Theory : Dave Kordelewski
2004 : Frog-g-g! : Freb
2004 : Open House : Joel Rodman
2005 : Venice Underground : Lucious Jackson
2005 : Chasing Ghosts : Dmitri Parramatti
2005 : Standing Still : Store Clerk
2005 : Pledge of Allegiance : Ray
2006 : Mad Cowgirl : Thierry
1993 : An Ambush of Ghosts : Student #1
1993 : Totally F***ed Up : Andy
1994 : Mod Fuck Explosion : Smack (Biker)
1995 : The Doom Generation : Jordan White
1996 : Independence Day : Miguel Casse
1997 : A River Made to Drown In : Jaime
1997 : Nowhere : Dark Smith
1998 : Wild Horses : Jimmy
1998 : Stamp and Deliver
1998 : The Clown at Midnight : George Reese
1998 : Alexandria Hotel : Romero
1998 : How to Make the Cruelest Month : Westy
1998 : SLC Punk! : John the Mod
1999 : Go : Singh
1999 : The Weekend : Robert
2000 : This Is How the World Ends (TV) : Blue
2000 : Gone in Sixty Seconds : Freb
2001 : Amerikana : Chris
2001 : Donnie Darko : Frank
2001 : The Doe Boy : Hunter Kirk
2001 : The Tag : Viggs
2002 : May : Blank
2002 : Scumrock : Drew
2004 : Window Theory : Dave Kordelewski
2004 : Frog-g-g! : Freb
2004 : Open House : Joel Rodman
2005 : Venice Underground : Lucious Jackson
2005 : Chasing Ghosts : Dmitri Parramatti
2005 : Standing Still : Store Clerk
2005 : Pledge of Allegiance : Ray
2006 : Mad Cowgirl : Thierry
