James Stanek (born August 5, 1971) is an American theatre, film, and television actor.
Stanek was born in Havre de Grace, Maryland and raised in Cranberry Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh.
He attended the Seneca Valley School District where he performed in such musicals as Grease and Little Shop of Horrors, among others.
In Stanek's senior year of high school he auditioned for, and was accepted, into the Mini Stars musical theatre program at the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera.
[citation needed] He attended and graduated from Carnegie Mellon University.