James Patrick Stuart is an English-American actor and voice actor, who is best known for voicing Avalanche in Wolverine and the X-Men, Zeg in Blaze and the Monster Machines, and Private in the Nickelodeon animated series The Penguins of Madagascar. He is the son of Chad Stuart.
Early life[]
Stuart was born to English parents Chad and Jill Stuart. His father was one-half of the 1960s British Invasion duo Chad & Jeremy; because of this, Stuart spent much of his childhood in recording studios. As a child actor, he went by the name Patrick Stuart, and starred in the 1980s TV series Galactica 1980 as Doctor Zee.
Career[]
Stuart played Confederate Colonel Edward Porter Alexander in the 1993 film Gettysburg and its 2003 prequel Gods and Generals. Between 1989 and 1992, he was the second actor (after Lonnie Quinn) to play Will Cortlandt on the daytime soap opera All My Children. He is known mostly for his work on television, appearing in such shows as CSI, Andy Richter Controls the Universe, The Closer, 90210, Still Standing, Seinfeld, Supernatural and Frasier.
He provides the voices of Avalanche in Wolverine and the X-Men, Private the Penguin (replacing Christopher Knights) and Joey the Kangaroo in Nickelodeon's The Penguins of Madagascar, Pvt. MacGregor in Call of Duty 2 and Xigbar and Braig in the Kingdom Hearts video games.
He stars in the Disney Channel sitcom The Villains of Valley View, premiering June 3, 2022, as the mad scientist Kraniac.
Personal life[]
Stuart resides in Los Angeles, California, with his wife, Jocelyn, and their two sons.
