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James Duval

*1972 US

A.k.a. 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. He moved to Los Angeles, California in 1974. He attended Gladstone High School in Covina, California from 1986 to 1989 as well attending Mira Coasta High School in Manhattan Beach, and Fair Valley in Covina. Although he was trained as a classical pianist as a child he eventually moved to the guitar. Duval is of mixed ethnic backgrounds (mother, a native of Saigon is Vietnamese-French, father is Irish-Native American Indian-French). Duval is an avid practitioner of hatha yoga. He also teaches yoga at Earth's Power Yoga studio, Los Angeles, California 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 Maximus & The Nuthouze Band who had been playing gigs at local venues in Los Angeles. Their first album in 2004 included guest appearances by such luminaries as Apl.de.Ap, DjMotiv8 and Dante Santiago from Black Eyed Peas as well as Kid (Chris) from Kid 'n' Play.

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