Plucked from a job delivering pizzas by director David Lynch to play motorcycling loner James Hurley, Laura Palmer's secret lover on the cult TV soap opera, "Twin Peaks", Marshall had previously starred as a date rapist in the CBS Schoolbreak Special, "No Means No", produced by his father, William R. Greenblatt. He made his feature debut playing a sympathetic stockade guard in family friend Martin Sheen's military prison drama "Cadence" (1990), and later as an amateur boxer in the film "Gladiator" (1992). That same year he appeared as a slow-witted Marine who is put on trial in Rob Reiner's blockbuster, "A Few Good Men".
- Also Credited As:
James Greenblatt
- Born:
January 2, 1967 in Queens, New York, USA
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Job Titles:
Actor, Messenger, Musician, Painter, Pizza delivery person
Family
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Father: William R Greenblatt. executive producer of Da and Judgment in Berlin (both 1988)
Education
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Santa Monica High School, Santa Monica, California
Milestones
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1984 First TV appearance in a one-line part on Murder, She Wrote (CBS)
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1988 First leading role as a date rapist on TV in CBS Schoolbreak Special, No Means No (produced by father)
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1989 Played James Hurley on TV series, Twin Peaks
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1990 Feature acting debut, Cadence
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1992 Cast as US Marine Private Downey put on trial for murder in A Few Good Men ; Gooding also in cast
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1992 Reprised role of James Hurley in the feature Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
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1992 Starred with Cuba Gooding Jr in the boxing-themed Gladiator
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1995 Appeared in the ABC movie She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal , as a witness to the assault on a female navy lieutenant
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1995 Played an abusive husband opposite Lea Thompson in the NBC movie The Unspoken Truth
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1996 Portrayed the supportive husband of a bipolar woman who decides to have a child in All She Ever Wanted (ABC)
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1997 Starred opposite Shannen Doherty in the USA Network movie The Ticket , as a couple who hold the winning numbers in a state lottery
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1998 Acted in Criminal Affairs
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2001 Had leading role in the thriller Down ; released theatrically in Europe
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Guest-starred on two episodes of China Beach
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Moved with family to Los Angeles at age 15
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Raised in Bergen County, New Jersey