James Roday Biography, Age, Height, Personal Life, Career, Net Worth

James Roday is an American actor, director and writer who is best known for his work in the television series “Psych”. He started acting shortly after graduating from the prestigious New York University. After finding fame with her work on Psych, Roday went on to star in several other films, shows, and theater productions.

Roday has also earned nominations for several of his roles in the industry. A lot of professionalism can be found just by looking at his work and that makes him one of the top talents in the industry right now. Let us now, without further ado, know a bit more about this actor.

JAMES RODAY: EARLY CHILDHOOD AND EDUCATION

James Roday was born on April 4, 1976 in San Antonio, Texas. He was born to father Jamie Rodriguez who was a retired Air Force Master Sergeant and mother Irene Rodiguez. James also has a sister Lissette and is extremely close to her. Looking at his ethnic background, James has a mixed ethnicity with Mexican, English, Swiss, and German ancestry.

Regarding his academics, Roday completed his education at Taft High School in San Antonio. After graduating, he received his bachelor’s degree from the New York Universities Theater Wing in Fine Arts.

JAMES RODAY: CAREER

James made his debut in 1999 with a rom-com film ‘Coming Soon’. He then went on to appear on the TV show ‘Ryan Caulfield: Year One’ in the same year and he was able to earn him huge accolades. However, Rodays’ biggest role to date came with USA Network’s crime comedy series, ‘Psych’. He played the role of Shawn Spencer on the show which helped take his career to a whole new level.

Besides his role as Shawn, James was also the director of the Psych series. He is also the author of the famous “Driver” series of video games. To date, Roday has continued to work for famous names such as Rush Hour, Treehouse, Skinwalkers, etc. He is also currently working on Gray Mendez in ‘A Million Little Things’.

JAMES RODAY: PERSONAL LIFE

Now in his love life, James Roday was previously in a relationship with his Psych co-star Maggie Lawson. They started dating since 2006 and were together for the next 7 years. Unfortunately, things didn’t work out between them and they had to go their separate ways.

Shortly after their separation, Meggie married Ben Koldyle in August 2015. However, that didn’t last for the Psych actress either, as the newly married couple divorced in 2017. Looking into the last few years, we think James is single and taking a break from relationships.

JAMES RODAY: FORTUNE AND SOCIAL MEDIA

James has been a prominent name in Hollywood. He then worked on various projects where he acts, directs and even writes scripts for movies and TV shows. He has been in the industry for a long time and is an established figure. Reports suggest that Roday has a net worth of $3 million and the numbers are sure to increase in the coming years.

Luckily for us, James is quite active on social media platforms. He enjoys using Instagram to share certain aspects of his personal and professional life with his fans. Roday has over 145,000 followers on the platform and goes by the @jamesroday handle so be sure to check it out.