James E. Hurd Jr.

James E. Hurd, Jr. was raised in Wewahitchka, Florida, and began his theatre work at Florida State University and Florida A&M, where he starred in "The Mighty Gents" and "Room Beneath the Blues." His leading role L.A. stage work includes "Sentence of Silence," "No Longer an Alien," "Living on the Edge," "The Split," "Room 1222," (which he also wrote and directed in workshop), "Peeled" and "Speaking of Charlie," which opened at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles in October 2005. Hurd recently completed the feature films Columbus Day, Jive Chicken, Duplicator, Red Herring, Able Edwards, Compton Cowboy and Consignment. He appeared in episodes of "General Hospital" and "Murder She Wrote," and he starred in the film "Repo Jake." His film debut was in "Something Wild" with Melanie Griffith and Jeff Daniels. Hurd is also a playwright and director, co-authoring civil rights-themed dramas with his co-author, Linda Bannister. He wrote "One Sunday in Mississippi," a one-act play about the