James Roday (born April 4, 1976), is an American actor. He is currently starring in the USA Network television series Psych as faux-psychic Shawn Spencer.
James Rodríguez was born on April 4, 1976. He is currently starring in the show "Psych" (2006) as Shawn Spencer. He is the son of Jim Rodríguez, who works for Boardwalk Auto Group. Roday was born in San Antonio. He attended Taft High School. He studied theater at New York University's Experimental Theatre Wing, where he earned a bachelor's degree in fine arts. He has acted in several theatrical productions, which include "The Three Sisters", "Twelfth Night", "A Respectable Wedding" and "Severity's Mistress". He starred in the film Rolling Kansas (2003) and appeared in the 2005 film Dukes of Hazzard, The (2005) as Billy Prickett, and in the 2006 film Beerfest (2006). James Roday and writing partners Todd Harthan (II) and James DeMonaco wrote the screenplay for the upcoming film Skinwalkers (2006) and he will direct the film Gravy (2006) (V).
