
Acting
James Wolk
Born 1985-03-22 · Farmington Hills, Michigan, USA
James Wolk, also known as Jimmy, is an American actor. He is known for his starring roles in the CBS comedy series The Crazy Ones, the AMC period drama series Mad Men, the CBS drama thriller series Zoo, the CBS All Access psychological thriller series Tell Me a Story, and the HBO superhero limited series Watchmen. Wolk is on the Board of Directors of the Brad Cohen Tourette Foundation. From 2009 to 2012, he also volunteered at Camp Twitch and Shout, which is a camp in Winder, Georgia for children, ages 7 to 17, who have Tourette syndrome. He met Elizabeth Jae Lynch, a schoolteacher, while the two of them were volunteering at Camp Twitch and Shout. In June 2015, the two were married in Los Olivos, California. They welcomed their first child, a boy, in early 2017.
Acting credits
7.6Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails reunite against a powerful new adversary, Shadow, a mysterious villain with powers unlike anything they have faced before. With their abilities outmatched in every way, Team Sonic must seek out an unlikely alliance in hopes of stopping Shadow and protecting the planet.
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
2024
7.2The triumphant underdog story of the University of Washington men's rowing team, who stunned the world by competing at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
The Boys in the Boat
2023
6.3History -- make that high school -- may repeat itself when Marni learns that Joanna, the mean girl from her past, is set to be her sister-in-law. Before the wedding bells toll, Marni must show her brother that a tiger doesn't change its stripes. On Marni's side is her mother, while Joanna's backed by her wealthy aunt.
You Again
2010
6.8In 1971, Stanford's Professor Philip Zimbardo conducts a controversial psychology experiment in which college students pretend to be either prisoners or guards, but the proceedings soon get out of hand. Based on a true story.
The Stanford Prison Experiment
2015
5.5A biopic of 1970s record producer Neil Bogart, co-founder of Casablanca Records.
Spinning Gold
2023
8.0A boy with Tourette's syndrome overcomes criticism and discrimination to achieve his dream of becoming a teacher.
Front of the Class
2008
6.31984; Michael Larson, an unemployed ice-cream truck driver from Ohio, steps onto the game show "Press Your Luck" harboring a secret: the key to endless amounts of money. But his winning streak is threatened when the executives in the control room start to uncover his real motivations.
The Luckiest Man in America
2025
5.8College "frenemies" Lauren and Katie move in together after losing a relationship and rent control, respectively. Sharing Katie's late grandmother's apartment in New York City, the girls bicker with each other until one fateful night, when Katie's noisy bedroom activities make Lauren barge in and discover a dirty little secret. This revelation brings them closer together, and Lauren (the brains) and Katie (the talent) concoct a wildly successful business venture. As profits swell, the girls reevaluate their hopes and dreams and realize that just because someone pees in your hair in college doesn't mean she won't be your best friend 10 years later.
For a Good Time, Call...
2012
4.3Brought together at their childhood home over their dying mother, an estranged family is thrust into a deadly fight for their own survival.
Mercy
2016
NRWhen married 50-something Rachel RSVPs and sends a gift way too quickly to an acquaintance's wedding, this seemingly insignificant faux pas snowballs into a series of misunderstandings that threaten to destroy two marriages at once.
The Everything Pot
2024
5.1When Neurotic, struggling songwriter, Catherine Brown's life in New York City falls apart, she is forced to confront her past when she spends the summer at her childhood home in Woodstock.
There's Always Woodstock
2014
5.8A New Yorker working as a paralegal searches for a new lease on life before a childhood friend inspires her to take up comedy.
You Must Be Joking
2014
4.0THIS IS HAPPENING tells the story of an estranged brother and sister (played by James Wolk and Mickey Sumner) forced to go on the road together to track down their fugitive grandmother (Cloris Leachman). What begins as a comedic tale of a broken family forced to come together under the pressures of an absentee father (Judd Nelson) evolves into a journey about learning to find your family in order to find yourself. Directed by: Ryan Jaffe Starring: Cloris Leachman, Mickey Sumner, James Wolk, Judd Nelson
This Is Happening
2015