ACTOR
James D. Rolfe
- Known for
- Smiling Friends (2020)
27 archived facts 2 topics 1 source Last reviewed Oct 2026
James D. Rolfe is an actor best known for Smiling Friends.
James D. Rolfe's Children: 12 Family Facts
- #002
Among his favorite bands are Black Sabbath (Ozzy/Dio), Deep Purple, Judas Priest, Led Zeppelin, Metallica, AC/DC, The Who, The Offspring, Queen, Guns N' Roses, Pink Floyd, ZZ Top, The Rolling Stones, Iron Maiden, White Zombie/Rob Zombie, Tool, Primus, System of a Down, Boston, Survivor, Van Halen, Slayer, Def Leppard, Heart, Aerosmith, Rush, Mötley Crüe, The Misfits, Ramones, Blue Öyster Cult and Whitesnake.
- #003
His favorite films: * The War of the Worlds (1953) * The Transformers: The Movie (1986) * The Sandlot (1993) * The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) * The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) * Dawn of the Dead (1978) * Evil Dead II (1987) * Frankenstein (1931) * Jason and the Argonauts (1963)/Clash of the Titans (1981) * The Blob (1958) * Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943) * Halloween (1978) * Planet of the Apes (1968) * First Blood (1982) * Wayne's World (1992)/Wayne's World 2 (1993) * Plan 9 from Outer Space (1958) * Godzilla (1954) * Dracula (1931) * Full Metal Jacket (1987) * Scarface (1983) * The Wolf Man (1941) * One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) * Groundhog Day (1993) * Psycho (1960) * Back to the Future Part II (1989) * Jurassic Park (1993) * The 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964) * The Great Escape (1963) * North by Northwest (1959) * Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) * Batman (1989) * Night of the Living Dead (1968) * The Sword in the Stone (1963) * Rear Window (1954) * This Is Spinal Tap (1984) * Jaws (1975) * Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) * The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) * Vertigo (1958) * Ed Wood (1994) * American Movie (1999) * Gremlins (1984) * Ghostbusters (1984) * the Star Wars trilogy * Rocky (1976) * Back to the Future (1985) * The Wizard of Oz (1939) * King Kong (1933) * It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963).
- #004
He has a daughter born on April 26, 2013.
- #006
It was his maternal grandfather who introduced him to Atari video games.
- #011
Throughout his childhood, he was an avid collector of Nintendo Power magazines. Although he praises the magazine in many respects (especially for the insider information about Nintendo games), he later realized he was disgusted by the advertisements printed on the first pages. It even went so far that, because he was disgusted by what he saw, he once stapled the first two pages of an issue of Nintendo Power together.
- #012
He first started telling stories with a camera. He would take photographs, tape them to a piece of paper and write what happened in the story beneath the image. When his family bought a video camera, he began shooting video, and that was what started his passion for filmmaking.
- #015
From 1999 to 2004, he attended the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. After graduating, he continued to live in Philadelphia. During the filming of Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie (2014), he moved to Los Angeles briefly and returned to Philadelphia after the film was completed.
- #016
His maternal grandfather served in the United States Navy.
- #017
He is a big fan of Jackie Chan and even considers him his favorite actor.
- #019
His favorite video games are Castlevania (1986), The Legend of Zelda (1986), Super Mario Bros. (1985), Mega Man (1987), Metroid (1986) and Contra (1987).
- #021
Rolfe was one of the early adopters of digital video, buying a Panasonic AG-DVX100 video camera during his senior year of college while his friends were still using hand-cranked 16 mm film cameras. The results he got with the DVX100 were so impressive that the rest of his class quickly started using it too.
- #022
The earliest series he remembers watching as a child was Turbo Teen (1984).
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