James Healy Jr.
Date of birth: 1961-12-30
Place of birth: San Antonio, Texas, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: James Healy
Biography
James Healy Jr. Originally from Texas James began his acting career at the age of 15 doing local theatre and obtaining his first Theatrical Agent. He qualified to join the Screen Actors Guild with his first "one liner" on the "who shot Jr" episode of Dallas in 1980. A theatre major in college, James fell in love with Claire Barney-Healy, who he has been married to since 1984. Never giving up on his pursuit of being an actor, the need for a young married man to have a 9 to 5 job, lead James to become a police officer in 1983. During the next 30 years he worked as a patrol officer, SWAT team member, Detective, and Sergeant. In 2008 he became a Chief of Police and remained in that position until his retirement from Law Enforcement in 2016. Some of the first roles James booked when he moved to Los Angeles in 1995 were an ABC after school special and a small role on News Radio, where he was lucky to have met and worked with Phil Hartman. Other LA credits included The District, That's so Raven, The Division and Guest Roles on Will & Grace, Judging Amy and a recurring role on Even Stevens starring Shia Labeouf. James, who has a master's degree in Criminal Justice, has also been a professor at the University of Texas at Arlington as well as an Instructor for the Regional Police Academy. Because of this, in 2006 James went to Afghanistan for a year working for the Dept. of State, hired to train Afghan Police Command Staff and Officers after the war. Since retiring James has gone back into acting full time! James spends a lot of time on the road. Recent Bookings include Dust with Sarah Paulson, Killers of the Flower Moon with Robert De Niro, Directed by Martin Scorsese, Law and Order SVU, Leverage, Billions, East NY, Bull, Manhunt and 6 episodes of the limited series, A Thousand Tomorrows. James and Claire have one daughter, Virginia (Jenny) Rose Healy, born in 2003. There son James Healy III passed away in 1986.
Movie Credits
Hold Your Breath
2024-09-12
In 1930s Oklahoma amid the region's horrific dust storms, a woman is convinced that a sinister prese
On a Wing and a Prayer
2023-03-28
After their pilot dies unexpectedly mid-flight, passenger Doug White must safely land a plane and sa
Love at the Christmas Contest
2022-12-06
A young woman enters a Christmas tree decorating contest to honor the memory of her mother, only to
Nefarious
2023-04-14
On the day of his scheduled execution, a convicted serial killer gets a psychiatric evaluation durin
Caviar
2023-05-02
Antigone Corday is an aspiring social media influencer. She is mourning the recent death of her brot
Ruby
1992-03-27
Fact and fiction are combined in this story about Jack Ruby and a stripper, Candy Cane, and how they
Killers of the Flower Moon
2023-10-18
When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one
Sick Girl
2023-10-19
When Wren Pepper feels her closest friends slipping away, she lets loose a little white lie that sno
Miranda's Victim
2023-10-06
The true story of Trish Weir who in 1963 was kidnapped and brutally raped by Ernesto Miranda. Commit
Split Image
1982-10-03
An impressionable young man finds himself enslaved by a modern-day religious cult. In an effort to b
A Christmas Prayer
2022-12-11
When a former alcoholic and now respected leader of the local church gets accused of a heinous crime
A Christmas Open House
2022-11-11
Melissa, an Atlanta property stager, teams with her old high school crush David to renovate and sel
The Standoff at Sparrow Creek
2019-01-18
After a mass shooting at a police funeral, reclusive ex-cop Gannon finds himself unwittingly forced
Keep Quiet
2025-08-14
A weathered tribal cop and his new trainee must find a ruthless fugitive, whose return to their rura
Omni Loop
2024-09-20
Diagnosed with a black hole growing inside her chest and stuck in a loop reliving the last five days
Fugitive Among Us
1992-02-04
An increasingly obsessed detective chases an escaped rapist across the Southwest and enters into a c
Sherman's Way: A Kid's Guide to Coping with Change
1996-01-01
Sherman must learn how to deal with his changing family situation with the help of his good friend C
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
2018-08-17
A recently divorced young man discovers a mint condition Blade doll in his deceased brother's closet
A Fall from Grace
2020-01-17
When a law-abiding woman gets indicted for murdering her husband, her lawyer soon realizes that a la
Love on Repeat
2019-08-21
Recently split from the "perfect boyfriend," Amber is floundering, her on the job performance uninsp
Reagan
2024-08-29
Told through the voice of former KGB agent Viktor Petrovich, whose life becomes inextricably linked
Crisis at Central High
1981-02-04
The historic federal-state controversy over the integration of Central High School in Little Rock, A
The Seventh Day
2021-03-26
A renowned exorcist teams up with a rookie priest for his first day of training. As they plunge deep
Blast Beat
2021-05-21
After their family emigrates from Colombia during the summer of ‘99, a metalhead science prodigy and
Love Unleashed
2025-02-01
After her dog runs away, Sarah learns he's been adopted by Mike. As she and Mike battle over custody
Irish Whiskey
1997-01-01
A Thousand Men and a Baby
1997-12-07
An American soldier finds an abandoned baby in a dumpster. The aircraft's crew welcomed him enthusia
Good Boy
A journey of how two wandering souls find exactly what they are looking for.