James Urbaniak

James Urbaniak

1963-09-17 Bayonne, New Jersey, USA 78 Credits

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. James Christian Urbaniak (born September 17, 1963) is an American actor. Urbaniak was born in Bayonne, New Jersey. He lives in Santa Monica, California with his wife Julie and their twins, son Severn Jerzy and daughter Esme Maeve. One of his first noteworthy roles was in the avant-garde playwright/director Richard Foreman's The Universe, for which Urbaniak won an Obie. He has also been acclaimed for his acting in the films Henry Fool and American Splendor...

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Every Heavy Thing

Every Heavy Thing

2025

Acting

A journey centered around an ad-seller for one of the last alt-weeklies in the country, who, after witnessing a murder, is intimidated into being the ...

Maclunkey Treasure Island

Maclunkey Treasure Island

2025

as Grand Moff Tarkin

Acting

The Star Wars Minute Podcast and The George Lucas Talk Show are proud to return to Dynasty Typewriter on March 15 to stage their LIVE reading of the o...

Laws of Man

Laws of Man

2025

as Proprietor Isaac

5.3
Acting

A pair of U.S. marshals search for a wanted murderer in Nevada at the height of the Cold War and encounter more than they bargained for.

Breakup Season

Breakup Season

2024

as Kirby

6.0
Acting

A young man brings his girlfriend to his rural Oregon hometown to introduce her to his family, only for things to go terribly wrong upon arrival.

Test Screening

Test Screening

2024

Acting

Oregon, 1982. Four teens suspect that a mysterious upcoming screening at their local cinema is the finale of the Star Wars trilogy, only to discover s...

Thelma the Unicorn

Thelma the Unicorn

2024

as Confused Fan (voice)

7.0
Acting

Thelma dreams of being a glamorous unicorn. Then in a rare pink and glitter-filled moment of fate, Thelma's wish comes true. She rises to instant inte...

Puddysticks

Puddysticks

2024

as Eustance the Boss

Acting

Burned-out video game designer Liz joins a society of traumatized adults that meet in secret and play like they are little kids. Led by the alluring S...

The Rainbow Bridge

The Rainbow Bridge

2024

as Herb

Acting

Tina and her elderly dog MeeMoo discover a clinic promising human-to-pet communication. However, two sinister doctors uncover a bond between them so s...

Gonzo Girl

Gonzo Girl

2023

as Lionel

1.3
Acting

A young college graduate toiling as an intern has dreams of making it big in publishing, and the chance comes when they accept an offer to become the ...

Indoor Baseball

Indoor Baseball

2023

as Roy

Acting

Noel works at an indoor baseball facility with her father where her day-to-day existence is overshadowed by the curse of her family’s lineage: every f...

The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart

The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart

2023

as Dr. Venture / Phantom Limb / Jonas Venture Jr. (voice)

7.3
Acting

A nationwide manhunt for Hank Venture leads to untold dangers and unexpected revelations, while The Monarch is literally out for Dr Venture's blood. A...

Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023

as Kurt Gödel

8.1
Acting

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.

Taz: Quest for Burger

Taz: Quest for Burger

2023

as Rocky (voice)

5.9
Acting

After an outlaw abducts her father and steals her town’s food supply, a feisty adolescent bandicoot named Quinn recruits the Tasmanian Devil to help h...

The Country Club

The Country Club

2023

as Victor Simmons

4.0
Acting

Worried about their father being laid off, two resourceful teenage girls hatch a plan to win the prize money of a junior golf tournament at a prestigi...

Invitation to a Murder

Invitation to a Murder

2023

as Gordon

5.5
Acting

A reclusive billionaire invites six seemingly random strangers to his island estate in the south of England. Aspiring detective Miranda Green finds th...

Condor's Nest

Condor's Nest

2023

as Heinrich Himmler

5.4
Acting

American war veteran Will Spalding has tracked the sadistic Nazi Colonel who executed his bomber crew during WWII to a remote location in South Americ...

The Fabelmans

The Fabelmans

2022

as Grand View High School Principal

7.6
Acting

Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, young Sammy Fabelman aspires to become a filmmaker as he reaches adolescence, but soon discovers a shatte...

Beauty

Beauty

2022

as Irv Merlin

5.3
Acting

A young singer on the brink of a promising career finds herself torn between a domineering family, industry pressures and her love for her girlfriend.

Things Heard & Seen

Things Heard & Seen

2021

as Bram

5.7
Acting

Catherine Clare reluctantly trades life in 1980 Manhattan for a remote home in the tiny hamlet of Chosen, New York, after her husband George lands a j...

For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close

For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close

2020

as Del Close

6.7
Acting

Comedy guru Del Close, mentor to everyone from Bill Murray to Tina Fey, sets out to write his autobiography for D.C. Comics. As he leads us through se...

Tesla

Tesla

2020

as Professor Anthony

5.8
Acting

The story of the Promethean struggles of Nikola Tesla, as he attempts to transcend entrenched technology—including his own previous work—by pioneering...

Where'd You Go, Bernadette

Where'd You Go, Bernadette

2019

as Agent Marcus Strang

6.6
Acting

When architect-turned-recluse Bernadette Fox goes missing prior to a family trip to Antarctica, her 15-year-old daughter Bee goes on a quest with Bern...

Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay

Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay

2018

as Lazlo Valentin / Professor Pyg (voice)

7.1
Acting

It’s batter up at Belle Reve and that can only mean that Amanda Waller, the penitentiary’s cold and calculating warden, has a mission that only the da...

Wonderstruck

Wonderstruck

2017

as Dr. Kincaid, Rose's Father

6.1
Acting

The story of a young boy in the Midwest is told simultaneously with a tale about a young girl in New York from fifty years ago as they both seek the s...

Rebel in the Rye

Rebel in the Rye

2017

as Gus Lobrano

6.6
Acting

The life of celebrated but reclusive author J.D. Salinger, who gained worldwide fame with the publication of his novel The Catcher in the Rye.

Dave Made a Maze

Dave Made a Maze

2017

as Harry

6.4
Acting

Dave, an artist who has yet to complete anything significant in his career, builds a fort in his living room out of pure frustration, only to wind up ...

After Adderall

2016

as The Agent

3.5
Acting

In 2010 James Franco optioned the rights to Stephen Elliott’s memoir, The Adderall Diaries. In 2015 The Adderall Diaries starring James Franco and Ed ...

Electric City

Electric City

2016

as Voice Actor (voice)

6.5
Acting

In a post-apocalyptic world, humanity lives in small settlements whose main activity is to produce electricity.

Advantageous

Advantageous

2015

as Fisher

6.0
Acting

In a near-future city where soaring opulence overshadows economic hardship, Gwen and her daughter, Jules, do all they can to hold on to their joy, des...

Ned Rifle

Ned Rifle

2015

as Simon Grim

5.9
Acting

Henry’s and Fay's son Ned sets out to find and kill his father for destroying his mother's life. But his aims are frustrated by the troublesome Susan,...

The Thrilling Adventure Hour Live

The Thrilling Adventure Hour Live

2015

as Doll Zero

4.3
Acting

A concert film designed to bring the live Thrilling Adventure Hour experience to those unable to attend a recording of the show was filmed, as a resul...

Book of Christ

2014

as Rev. Boxley Fryer

5.7
Acting

In this special, three experts explore the newly-discovered Book of Christ, the first and only book of the Bible written by Jesus himself.

The Boxtrolls

The Boxtrolls

2014

as Sir Broderick / Male Workman 1 / Male Workman 2 (voice)

6.7
Acting

An orphaned boy raised by underground creatures called Boxtrolls comes up from the sewers and out of his box to save his family and the town from the ...

Such Good People

Such Good People

2014

as Dr. Cooper Whitehead, Ph.D.

5.4
Acting

A young couple discovers a secret room filled with cash while house-sitting for rich friends who die while out of the country.

The Occupants

The Occupants

2014

as Glen

4.5
Acting

A supernatural thriller directed by Todd Alcott who co-wrote the script with Holly Golden, and features Michael Rady and Toby Huss. Golden produced th...

Bitter Orange

Bitter Orange

2013

as Sweetie

5.2
Acting

Despite her short skirt and bobbed hair, Myrtle’s no flapper—she’s a career girl with her eye on the prize. But over the course of an evening in the c...

iSteve

iSteve

2013

as Bill Gates

4.9
Acting

A comedic look at the life of Steve Jobs.

Grimm Fairy Tales Animated

Grimm Fairy Tales Animated

2012

as The Dark One

Acting

Animated adaptation of the Zenescope Comics horror/fantasy series.

Advantageous

Advantageous

2012

as Dave Fisher

5.0
Acting

Gwen is the spokesperson for a radical technology that allows people to overcome their natural disadvantages and begin life anew. But when her job and...

Manhattan Mixup

2011

as Ernst

Acting

A homage to screwballs and mistaken identity films like The Great Dictator & North by Northwest, set in 1943. It's Cora Apple's birthday, and she ...

From the Head

From the Head

2011

as Danny

4.7
Acting

Underneath Times Square, there's a strip club filled with beautiful women. Behind the club's bathroom door is Shoes, a bathroom attendant. For three y...

The Music Never Stopped

The Music Never Stopped

2011

as Mike Tappin

7.2
Acting

Henry struggles to bond with his estranged son, Gabriel, who suffers from a brain tumor that prevents him from forming new memories. With Gabriel unab...

Sound of My Voice

Sound of My Voice

2011

as Mr. Pritchett

6.3
Acting

A journalist and his girlfriend get pulled in while they investigate a cult whose leader claims to be from the future.

You Don't Know Jack

You Don't Know Jack

2010

as Jack Lessenberry

7.0
Acting

Controversy and legal problems follow Dr. Jack Kevorkian as he advocates assisted suicide.

Beware the Gonzo

Beware the Gonzo

2010

as Principal Roy

5.7
Acting

Eddie "Gonzo" Gilman is starting a revolution. When the wild-eyed rebel journalist is ousted from his prep school's newspaper by its über-popular edit...

Drones

Drones

2010

as Pete

5.7
Acting

Brian Dilks is an Office Drone. He spends his days at OmniLink in comforting monotony: facilitating the movement of product around the country, faxing...

The Diagnosis

2008

as Dr. Besman

Acting

Everyone needs a diagnosis.

Chicago 10

Chicago 10

2008

as Rennie Davis / Richard Schultz (voice)

6.0
Acting

Archival footage, animation and music are used to look back at the eight anti-war protesters who were put on trial following the 1968 Democratic Natio...

Across the Universe

Across the Universe

2007

as Sadie's Manager

7.1
Acting

When young dockworker Jude leaves Liverpool to find his estranged father in the United States, he is swept up by the waves of change that are re-shapi...

The Nanny Diaries

The Nanny Diaries

2007

as Educational Consultant

6.4
Acting

A college graduate goes to work as a nanny for a rich New York family. Ensconced in their home, she has to juggle their dysfunction, a new romance, an...

The Making of 'Fay Grim' or: How Do You Spell Espionage?

The Making of 'Fay Grim' or: How Do You Spell Espionage?

2007

as Himself

Acting

A short documentary about the making of 'Fay Grim.'

Fay Grim

Fay Grim

2007

as Simon Grim

5.6
Acting

Many years after her notorious husband, Henry Fool, fled after killing a neighbor, Fay Grim receives a visit from CIA agent Fulbright, who tells her t...

Death of a President

Death of a President

2006

as Dr. James Pearn

5.6
Acting

A fictional investigative documentary looks back on the "assassination" of George W. Bush and attempts to answer the question of who committed the mur...

The Last Romantic

The Last Romantic

2006

as Alex Scarvey

Acting

In this eccentric comedy, a poet moves to New York looking for professional success and ends up engaging in a series of strange encounters with New Yo...

Road

Road

2005

as The Ranger

2.2
Acting

Two exes take a dual-purpose road trip: allow Margaret (Catherine Kellner), a freelance photographer, to complete her assignment to check up on toxic ...

The Girl from Monday

The Girl from Monday

2005

as Funk

4.3
Acting

A comic drama about a time in the near future when citizens are happy to be property traded on the stock exchange.

B Movie

B Movie

2004

as Professor Friend

Acting

Cold, calculating, corrupt career cop Crazy Cave Man finds frequent fornicator Prof. Friend ferociously fellating furries.

American Splendor

American Splendor

2003

as Robert Crumb

7.2
Acting

An original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar.

Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde

Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde

2003

as Lab Technician

5.7
Acting

Now a rising young lawyer, Elle Woods is about to make partner at her firm, but when she finds out her dog's relatives are being used as cosmetic test...

Plain Dirty

Plain Dirty

2003

as Druden Hunt

4.0
Acting

Inez Macbeth is a pretty young woman married to Edgar, a moody and unstable felon. When Inez becomes interested in the sensitive and wealthy lawyer Dr...

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

2002

as Rod Flexner

6.7
Acting

Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. Television producer by day, CIA assassin by night, Chuck Barris was recruited by...

Daypass

Daypass

2002

as Simple Simon

Acting

A short comedy about love after life. A dead but undying romantic returns from the grave to further pursue the love of his life.

No Such Thing

No Such Thing

2002

as Concierge

5.9
Acting

A young journalist journeys to Iceland to find her missing fiancé only to encounter a mythical creature who longs to die.

Upheaval

Upheaval

2002

as Martin

6.5
Acting

A neurotic and overly-presumptuous mother accuses her family's au pair of stealing a cherished heirloom, much to the chagrin of her husband.

Teknolust

Teknolust

2002

as Agent Hopper

4.3
Acting

Anxious to use artificial life to improve the world, Rosetta Stone, a bio-geneticist creates a Recipe for Cyborgs and uses her own DNA in order to bre...

Intern

Intern

2000

as Olivier Di Santo

3.4
Acting

A young, underappreciated intern at the ultra-hip magazine Skirt must learn to deal with kissy-face phoniness, model tantrums and bulimic editors, whi...

Sweet and Lowdown

Sweet and Lowdown

1999

as Harry

6.8
Acting

In the 1930s, jazz guitarist Emmet Ray idolizes Django Reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in love with a mute woman.

Ride with the Devil

Ride with the Devil

1999

as Poker Player

6.4
Acting

Ride with the Devil follows four people who are fighting for truth and justice amidst the turmoil of the American Civil War. Director Ang Lee takes us...

The Book of Life

The Book of Life

1998

as True Believer

6.4
Acting

New Year's Eve takes on new meaning when the Devil, Jesus Christ, and Christ's assistant Magdalena discuss and debate the End of the World.

Henry Fool

Henry Fool

1998

as Simon Grim

6.6
Acting

An egocentric bum transforms the lives of a shy New Jersey garbageman and his sister.

The Sticky Fingers of Time

The Sticky Fingers of Time

1997

as Isaac

4.6
Acting

A sci-fi novelist in 1950s Brooklyn suddenly finds herself transported 40 years into the future. She quickly learns that she isn’t the only “timefreak...

The Other Also

The Other Also

1997

as Voice

5.0
Acting

A minimalist, atmospheric, meditation on the theme of "Love" or "Amour" that focuses on reconciliation and forgiveness.

NYC 3/94

NYC 3/94

1994

5.7
Acting

The mundane circumstances of a city under siege.

Opera No. 1

Opera No. 1

1994

as James

6.2
Acting

A comical mini opera following the exploits of two goddesses interfering with the lives of mortals. Mistaken identities, miscast spells, and rollerbla...

Grind

N/A

Acting

Four interconnected stories center around the gig economy, hustle culture, and evils of late-stage capitalism.

Fortunes

N/A

as Lewis Croshere

Acting

After an impulsive visit to a fortuneteller, three friends discover that the power of suggestion has forced them to consider the reality of "fate."

The Sisters Rosensweig

The Sisters Rosensweig

N/A

as Nick

Acting

Three very different sisters reunite after a lengthy separation and discover humanity, respect, and love in this definitive serious comedy about siste...

Marfa Lights

N/A

as Roscoe

Acting

A young salesman from the city sells solar panels to a rural community, only to realize his boss supplied faulty products. As installations fail, he f...