The Matthew Aaron Show, November 12th, 2011 (James Dumont)

Born and raised in Chicago and New York City, James DuMont seemed destined for television; his great Uncle Alan B. DuMont created the DuMont Television Network of the ‘40’s and ‘50’s, which featured Jackie Gleason in THE HONEYMOONERS, filmed on DuMont television cameras and broadcast in homes on DuMont TVs. James’s father, James Sr., was a photographer and his mother studied interior design at the Art Institute of Chicago. Of French and Swedish decent, James began his career in Chicago as a child model as the 1966 Gerber Baby. DJing at the famed Studio 54 in NYC where his love of music and dancing. HBO’s TREME (where James works opposite Oscar winning actress Melissa Leo) and recently on TNT’s MEN OF A CERTAIN AGE (where he worked opposite 4-time EMMY winning actor Ray Romano). James has seven Feature Films coming out including FLYPAPER (with Patrick Dempsey from and the writers of THE HANGOVER), INSIDE OUT (with Michael Rappaport), THE CHAPERONE (with WWE star Triple H), After Dark Films original Horror/Thriller SECONDS APART (with Orlando Jones), TICKING CLOCK (with Cuba Gooding, Jr.), National Lampoon’s SNATCHED (with Andrew McCarthy), Xtinction Predator X and SPEED DEMONS. James is currently in Mexico filming LITTLE BOY with OSCAR nominees Emily Watson & Tom Wilkinson and just finished filming, a pilot for the USA Network. He also currently working on 5 Feature Films he is developing with his producing partners in NYC, LA and Louisiana and developing his one-man- play MY LIFE AS A DJ.