Background
Roday was born in San Antonio, Texas, as James David Rodriguez. His father, Jaime "Jim" Rodriguez, is of Mexican descent, and his mother, Irene Rodriguez, is of English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry.
Roday was born in San Antonio, Texas, as James David Rodriguez. His father, Jaime "Jim" Rodriguez, is of Mexican descent, and his mother, Irene Rodriguez, is of English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry.
He attended Taft High School in San Antonio. At New York University"s Experimental Theatre Wing, Roday studied theatre and earned a bachelor"s degree in fine arts
He starred on the United States of America Network series Psychology as hyper-observant consultant detective and fake psychic Shawn Spencer. Roday has acted in various theatrical productions, including Three Sisters, A Respectable Wedding, Severity"s Mistress, and Sexual Perversity in Chicago and Extinction with his theater company, Red Dog Squadron, for which he also directed the play Greedy and wrote and directed the one-act play Sustenance. He starred in the 2003 film Rolling Kansas, and appeared in the 2005 film adaptation of The Dukes Of Hazzard as Billy Prickett and the 2006 film Beerfest.
The team also worked on a script for the film adaptation of the video game Driver.
Roday directed his first feature film, Gravy in 2013, written by him and Todd Harthan. Roday"s television credits include starring roles on National Broadcasting Company"s Mission Match in 2003 as "Nick Paine" and 2001"s First Years as "Edgar "Egg" Ross".
The July 7, 2006 series premiere of United States of America Network"s original series Psychology (airing following the season premiere of United States of America"s other comedic success, Monk) was the highest-rated scripted basic cable television show premiere of 2006. In 2012, Roday served as the special guest ring announcer for the Master in Surgery Punk versus
The Miz match on the 12 March edition of WWE Raw SuperShow.