His debut visual album, Call Out, has played 31 film festivals worldwide and received the highly commended designation from London’s Classical Music Digital Awards.

The show was filmed live at Chris’s Jazz Cafe in Philadelphia, produced by Des Moines Metro Opera, and released as an album in 2021.

The son of a professional jazz guitarist, James played percussion and served as drum major in his high school marching band.

[3] James, inspired by actor Nathan Lane,[4] majored in musical theatre at Ithaca College and later moved to New York City.

He created the speaking role of The Scribe/Amenhotep III in Phelim McDermott's Laurence Olivier Award winning 2016 production of Philip Glass’s Akhnaten at English National Opera.

[5] In 2018 he appeared on CBS as the Secret Serviceman to Mike Pence on the series finale of Murphy Brown and in 2022 on NBC's Law & Order: Organized Crime as Jacob.

[15] James is a life-long advocate for animal rights and volunteers with the anti-fur trade fox sanctuary, Pawsitive Beginnings, in Key Largo, Florida, He narrated their mini documentary, Chasing Fur, in 2020.