James Sloyan | |
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Born |
James Joseph Sloyan February 24, 1940 Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. |
Other names | Jim Sloyan |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1957–present |
Spouse(s) | Deirdre Lenihan (m. 1973) |
Children | 2, including Samantha Sloyan |
James Joseph Sloyan (born February 24, 1940, in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American actor.
Sloyan left the United States at an early age to live abroad in Rome, Capri, Milan, Switzerland, and Ireland. Sloyan's career in show-business began upon his return to the United States, in 1957, where Sloyan received a scholarship to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Sloyan's acting career was interrupted in 1962, when he was drafted into the United States Army during its operations in Vietnam.
Sloyan's television career has included brief performances on day-time dramas The Young and the Restless, General Hospital and Ryan's Hope, and guest appearances on such prime-time series as Baywatch, Quantum Leap, The X-Files, MacGyver, Party of Five, Matlock, and Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, among numerous others. In addition, he appeared in the television movies Blind Ambition, Billionaire Boys Club and My Son Is Innocent.