A filmmaker, playwright, poet, actor, singer/songwriter and yoga teacher, James Morrison was born in Utah and is a product of Alaska. He began his acting career as a clown and wire walker for the Carson and Barnes Wild Animal Circus and served his theatrical apprenticeship with the Alaska Repertory Theatre. Since then, he has appeared at some of America's foremost theatres including the McCarter Theatre, the La Jolla Playhouse, the Mark Taper Forum, the L.A. Stage Company and The Old Globe with such renowned directors as Emily Mann, Des McAnuff, Jack O'Brien, Charles Nelson Reilly, Jose Quintero and Harry Mastrogeorge, his acting teacher since 1982.
He is the recipient of the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Performance and three Drama-Logue Awards.
His radio credits include the KCRW, L.A.TheatreWorks production of The Rainmaker with the cast of the Broadway revival, the NPR and BBC co-production of Julius Caesar and the NPR production of Ruby McCollum in which he stars as William Bradford Huie.
Morrison's short film, Parking (1996), which he wrote and directed, was produced by his wife, Riad Galayini.
His first album, Son to the Boy, is available on iTunes and all digital outlets.
James was a Lecture Fellow at Bournemouth University School of Media in England for four years and received his certification to teach Hatha Yoga from Yogiraj Ganga White and Tracey Rich at the White Lotus Foundation in Santa Barbara. He teaches regular classes at the Center for Yoga in Los Angeles.
James and Riad live North of Los Angeles with their son, Seamus, born in 1999.
