James Christopher Read (born July 31st, 1953 in Buffalo, New York) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in Charmed (1998) and Wildfire.
He has two children with his second wife Wendy Kilbourne.
Filmography:
- Cheers (1982) as H.W. Sawyer
- Remington Steele (1982 - 1983) as Murphy Michaels
- Fantasy Island (1983) as Eddie Random
- North and South (U.S.) (1985, 1986, 1994) as George Hazard
- Columbo, episode "Uneasy Lies the Crown" (1990) as Wesley
- Murder, She Wrote (1995) as Boyd Venton
- The Other Woman (1995) as Michael Bryan
- Lois & Clark (1996) as Jack Olsen
- Home Improvement (1996) as Captain Jenkins
- 7th Heaven (1997) as Bill Sanders
- Diagnosis: Murder (1997) as David McReynolds
- Touched by an Angel (2000) as Nick
- Star Trek: Voyager (2001) as Jaffen
- Legally Blonde 1 and 2 (2001, 2003) as Elle's father
- Becker (2002) as Dan
- Sabrina the Teenage Witch (2002) as Ben
- Crossing Jordan (2005) as Dean William Hargrave
- American Dreams (2002 - 2005) as George Mason
- Charmed (1998) (2001 - 2006) as Victor Bennett
- Wildfire (2005 - 2008) as Ken Davis
- In Plain Sight (2010) as Damon Schmidt
- Persons Unknown (2010) as Franklin Fairchild
- Castle (2011) as Anton McHugh
- CSI: New York (2012) as Robert Monroe
- This Is Us (2017) as Duffy Collins
- NCIS (2018) as Alan Newhall
- General Hospital (2018) as Gregory Chase
- Days of Our Lives (2018 - 2022) as Clyde Weston
- The Orville (2022) as Admiral Christie
- Station 19 (2023) as Jonathan Clifton Tucker
