James Wolk

Movie Actor

Birthday March 22, 1985

Birth Sign Aries

Birthplace Farmington Hills, MI

Age 39 years old

#37647 Most Popular

About

Film and television actor who played the role of Brad Cohen, a boy with Tourette Syndrome, in Front of the Class. He appeared as Adam in three episodes of Shameless in 2012 and played Bob Benson in Mad Men in 2013. In 2019, he began playing Senator Keane in HBO's Watchmen

Before Fame

He would entertain his family by singing and dancing to Frank Sinatra songs. 

Trivia

He almost studied medicine or law instead of theatre at the University of Michigan. In 2023, he played Larry Harris in the biopic Spinning Gold. 

Family Life

He comes from a Jewish family. His mother, Edie, was an art teacher and his father, Robert, was the owner of a shoe store. In 2015 he married Elizabeth Jae Byrd.

Associated With

He graduated from North Farmington High School, the same high school as actress Elizabeth Berkley attended.