Favorite Birthday Boy for Jan 14th

James ScottFrom: Favorite Hunks & Other Things

 Oh so HOT soap actor James Scott turns 35 today.

James Scott (born 14 January 1979) is a British actor. He is best known for playing E.J. DiMera on the long-running NBC drama Days of our Lives.

 Scott was born in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England; home of Newcastle Brown Ale and Newcastle United Football Club soccer. The eldest of four children, he has two brothers and a sister. Initially schooled in Newcastle, Scott moved to an all-boys boarding school in Lancaster.

After school, Scott moved to Edinburgh, Scotland on a voyage of self-discovery. His mother is Scottish and he spent a lot of time in Scotland as a boy. His first summer there he managed to get a job working at the famous "Gilded Balloon Theatre", one of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe's best-known venues, established by Karen Koren in 1986 in Edinburgh's Cowgate and worked with such great actors/comedians as Stephen Fry, Ben Elton, and Eddie Izzard. "They set me in motion, giving me the drive I needed to move forward. Soon it became apparent that I would need to move to London in order to truly focus on this as a career," Scott remembers.

 Scott began his career working in the music industry, and later started acting in community theater.

After only a few weeks in London, Scott was spotted by the Storm Model Management agency in London, home to Kate Moss, Elle Macpherson, and other prominent models. Modeling allowed him to earn enough money to put himself through school. After looking through many of London's excellent and prestigious acting academies he applied for, and was accepted to, The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA).

As time went on, he began to model for clothing companies. During a modeling trip to Los Angeles, he went to an acting class at the Ivana Chubbuck studio in Hollywood.

The class inspired him to save money and make the move to Los Angeles. He studied acting for two more years before being cast on All My Children. Scott originated the role of Ethan Cambias in August 2004 and played it until February 2006. He has since moved on to Days of our Lives where he took on the role of EJ DiMera in May 2006.

 I didn't always want to be an actor but I always knew I would be. Just a feeling that has lived within me from my earliest childhood memories.

— James Scott

(1999): EastEnders

(2004-2006): All My Children as Ethan Cambias (10 August 2004-March 8, 2006)

(2006-current): Days of our Lives as E.J. DiMera (30 May 2006-current) and also played Santo DiMera (9 July 2007 - 28 September 2007)