James Duval Movies and Career Information

James Edward Duval (born September 10, 1972) is an American actor, who is most famous for his roles in the Gregg Araki trilogy—Totally Fucked Up, The Doom Generation, and Nowhere—in addition to Frank in Donnie Darko, Miguel in Independence Day and Singh in Go. Duval was born in Detroit, Michigan. His family moved to California in 1974. He attended Gladstone High School in Covina (1986-89), as well as Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach, and Fair Valley in Covina. Although, as a child, he was trained as a classical pianist, he eventually moved to the guitar. Duval is of mixed ethnic backgrounds; his mother, a native of Saigon, is Vietnamese-French, and his father is Irish-Native American-French. Duval is an avid practitioner of hatha yoga. He also teaches yoga at Earth's Power Yoga studio, Los Angeles in between films. Duval has starred in several indie films, including the 2009 psychological thriller The Black Waters of Echo's Pond and the mystery crime-thriller film Noirland directed by Ramzi Abed. He plays guitar and piano, and sings in a band named Gene Wilder (after the actor) with friends and fellow actors Brian McGuire and Brett Roberts. He formerly played for Antoneus