Peter Francis James

Acting

Peter Francis James

Born 1956-09-16 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

Peter Francis James (born September 16, 1956) is an American actor and voice-over artist, distinguished by his strong baritone.

Acting credits

The Losers poster
6.3

On a mission deep in the Bolivian jungle, a team of elite commandos finds itself on the receiving end of a lethal betrayal. Now presumed dead, the men join forces with a mysterious operative named Aisha to hunt down their enemy and even the score.

The Losers

2010

The Rebound poster
6.5

Upon discovering her husband's infidelity, Sandy leaves the suburbs and moves into the city. There, she befriends Aram, a guy whose wife only married him so she could get a green card. Sandy hires Aram to be her nanny, and it isn't long until Aram and Sandy find out they get along wonderfully and start to date. But is their relationship real or is it, in fact, just a rebound for both of them?

The Rebound

2009

Rough Night poster
5.7

Five best friends from college reunite 10 years later for a wild bachelorette weekend in Miami. Their hard partying takes a hilariously dark turn when they accidentally kill a male stripper. Amidst the craziness of trying to cover it up, they're ultimately brought closer together when it matters most.

Rough Night

2017

The Messenger poster
6.7

Will Montgomery, a U.S. Army Staff Sergeant who has returned home from Iraq, is assigned to the Army’s Casualty Notification service. Montgomery is partnered with Captain Tony Stone, to give notice to the families of fallen soldiers. The Sergeant is drawn to Olivia Pitterson, to whom he has delivered news of her husband’s death.

The Messenger

2009

True Story poster
6.3

A drama centered on the relationship between journalist Michael Finkel and Christian Longo, an FBI Most Wanted List murderer who for years lived outside the U.S. under Finkel's name.

True Story

2015

The Vanishing of Sidney Hall poster
6.7

Over the course of 12 years, and three stages of life, Sidney Hall falls in love, writes the book of a generation and then disappears without a trace.

The Vanishing of Sidney Hall

2018

The Humbling poster
5.1

Following a breakdown and suicide attempt, an aging actor becomes involved with a much younger woman but soon finds that it's difficult to keep pace with her.

The Humbling

2014

Song One poster
5.7

Estranged from her family, Franny returns home when an accident leaves her brother comatose. Retracing his life as an aspiring musician, she tracks down his favorite musician, James Forester. Against the backdrop of Brooklyn’s music scene, Franny and James develop an unexpected relationship and face the realities of their lives.

Song One

2014

Montana poster
5.6

A seasoned enforcer is given the seemingly routine task of finding the Boss's runaway mistress, Kitty. However Kitty is involved in plans to overthrow the Boss and this routine task gets very complicated.

Montana

1998

Double Platinum poster
7.9

The story of a mother driven to reach the heights of superstardom at the cost of abandoning her only child.

Double Platinum

1999

The Rosa Parks Story poster
7.1

A seamstress recalls events leading to her act of peaceful defiance that prompted the 1955 bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama.

The Rosa Parks Story

2002

Coriolanus poster
5.0

A video recording of a New York Shakespeare Festival 1979 stage production of Coriolanus with an all-black and Hispanic cast. Producer Joseph Papp intended to provide professional opportunities for actors of minority ethnic backgrounds. A banished hero of Rome allies with a sworn enemy to take his revenge on the city.

Coriolanus

1979

The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez poster
5.2

Featuring music instead of any dialogue and set in a near Kafkaesque future, this loose remake of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari follows a bureaucrat whom mysterious Dr. Ramirez and his hideous sidekick want as their latest victim.

The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez

1991

The Wedding poster
8.3

Shelby Coles (Halle Berry) is engaged to marry talented white jazz musician Meade Howell, but the pair face opposition from both Meade's family, who object to an inter-racial marriage, and Shelby's parents, who want her to marry a professional. As Shelby is afflicted by pre-marital doubts, handsome Lute McNeil arrives on the scene, determined to make Shelby his at any cost.

The Wedding

1998

Joe Gould's Secret poster
6.0

Around 1940, New Yorker staff writer Joe Mitchell meets Joe Gould, a Greenwich Village character who cadges meals, drinks, and contributions to the Joe Gould Fund and who is writing a voluminous Oral History of the World, a record of 20,000 conversations he's overheard. Mitchell is fascinated with this Harvard grad and writes a 1942 piece about him, "Professor Seagull," bringing Gould some celebrity and an invitation to join the Greenwich Village Ravens, a poetry club he's often crashed. Gould's touchy, querulous personality and his frequent dropping in on Mitchell for hours of chat lead to a breakup, but the two Joes stay in touch until Gould's death and Mitchell's unveiling of the secret.

Joe Gould's Secret

2000

Ruby Bridges poster
6.8

When six-year-old Ruby Bridges is chosen to be the first African-American to integrate her local elementary school, she is subjected to the true ugliness of racism for the first time.

Ruby Bridges

1998

Love Song poster
7.6

A privileged, black college student with a fiance falls in love with a white musician she meets on her 21st birthday.

Love Song

2000

Noël Coward's Present Laughter poster
6.4

A self-obsessed actor in the midst of a mid-life crisis juggles a fawning ingenue, a crazed playwright, his ex-wife, and the personal lives of his friends. Originally broadcast as an episode of the PBS series "Great Performances" (season 45, episode 4).

Noël Coward's Present Laughter

2017

William Shakespeare's Hamlet poster
NR

A Danish prince and university student avenges his father's murder by his uncle, who stole the crown and married his mother.

William Shakespeare's Hamlet

1990

The Pack poster
9.0

A young man testifies against his mother for killing the father with secondhand smoke.

The Pack

2011

No artwork available
NR

Shakespeare professor Tom Putnam returns to teaching following the death of his wife, only to have his life suddenly upended by the revelation that he might be a father to a young boy named Henry. This discovery complicates his budding romance with the new bookstore manager, Rose, and tests his relationships with his live-in mother-in-law, Agnes, and his best friend, Russ, who is also competing for Rose’s affections.

What May Be

Long Day's Journey Into Night poster
6.0

Over the course of one day in August 1912, the family of retired actor James Tyrone grapples with the morphine addiction of his wife Mary, the illness of their youngest son Edmund and the alcoholism and debauchery of their older son Jamie. As day turns into night, guilt, anger, despair, and regret threaten to destroy the family.

Long Day's Journey Into Night

1982