James is currently working on several films including Pixels, a sci-fi comedy starring Young Hollywood Award winner Ashley Benson (Pretty Little Liars, How I Met Your Mother, Spring Breakers, Time Warrior, Eastwick, Supernatural), Golden Globe nominee Michelle Monaghan (True Detective, American Dad, Expecting, Due Date, Made of Honor, Source Code, Eagle Eye) and multi-award winning actor Adam Sandler (Happy Gilmore, Grow Ups, Big Daddy, Spanglish, 50 First Dates, Mr. Deeds).
Scheduled for release in 2015, James plays the role of Seal in Pixels, a film that follows a group of video game experts who are recruited by the military to fight a team of 1980s era video game characters who attack New York. Pixels is being produced by Columbia Pictures and Adam Sandler’s company Happy Madison Productions.
Some of James Preston Rogers’ past work includes the films Defendor, Outlander, Max Payne, You Might as Well Live, Ultra, Degrassi Goes Hollywood, Death Warrior, Unrivaled, and the television shows Flashpoint, Love Bites, Cra$h & Burn, Lost Girl, King and Alphas.
James showed his unparalleled abilities as an actor in the role of Big Mitch in the hit film A Beginner’s Guide to Endings, where he starred alongside Leo Award winner Tricia Helfer (TRON: Uprising, Community, Killer Women, 37, Dangerous Intuition, Spun Out, Criminal Minds), seven-time Gemini Award winner Wendy Crewson (The Bridge, Endgame, Crimes of Passion, The Vow, Revenge), and Oscar nominee Harvey Keitel (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Piano, Reservoir Dogs, From Dusk til Dawn, Inglorious Bastards).
The film, which received three awards at the Newport Beach Film Festival and was nominated for a Director’s Guild of Canada Award, follows three brothers who, in the wake of discovering that they only have a few days to live, set off on a journey to reverse a lifetime of mistakes.
With a naturally tall and muscular physique James Preston Rogers is an actor who is most often cast in tough and dominating roles like those of the villain and the superhero, but beneath it all James is a dedicated actor who maintains utilitarian goals when it comes to his work.
“I hope to evoke emotion in others, help them escape for even just a little while into different worlds and different times and different thoughts,” explained James. “I feel that I’ve reached success whenever I can lend my name to a worthy cause, and am able to try and change this world for the better.”
As for James Preston Rogers’ other upcoming projects, he is currently working on the film Love, Guns and Christmas, and the television series Man Seeking Woman, and he is also slated to star in the role of Hercules in the upcoming feature film Jason and the Necronauts.
Over the course of his career James has proven time and time again that he has what it takes to act alongside some of the biggest actors in the world, and with the high level of acclaim that literally all of his projects have received it is clear that audiences around the world look forward to seeing what’s next for this actor. Although it is not set in stone just yet, audiences may have the opportunity to see James in a Disney show in 2015 as the actor has been in talks with the mass media giant and the future looks promising.