Professional career

Since 2002, Snyder has appeared on numerous television shows. His television credits include the television film, Anna's Dream, and the TV series Married to the Kellys, Gilmore Girls, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, Related, Without A Trace, Cold Case, Eli Stone, Drop Dead Diva, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Blue Bloods, The Outrageously Fabulous Weekly Parody Talk Show. He can also be seen in the shorts The Baker's Dozen, A Cut Above, 5 or Die, Webloe Jobs, True Blood: The Parady Movie, Genre This, and, most recently, Adonis.

Snyder has had various movie roles and is best known for his role as Malcolm in She's the Man. His other roles include Dave in Pretty Persuasion, Jeremy in The Gingerbread Man, Seth in Shuttle, David in An American in China, and Ben Carter in Anderson's Cross. He recently finished filming the movie Meth Head.

On the stage, Snyder's credits include the Los Angeles and Vegas productions of Rock of Ages as Drew, Happy Days, The Fantasticks, Hamlet, Ray Bradbury's Let's All Kill Constance, Sneaux, Plop, and Oklahoma! He also played Luke Skywalker in The Star Wars Trilogy in Thirty Minutes. Snyder originated the role of Wade "Cry-Baby" Walker in Cry-Baby, which had its premiere at La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego on November 18, 2007. He then transferred with the cast and made his Broadway debut the following year. Cry-Baby began previews at the Marquis Theatre on March 15, 2008, opened on April 24, 2008, and closed on June 22, 2008. In 2010, Snyder starred as Marius in the Encores! production of Fanny, and in 2011, Snyder originated the role of Marco Venier in the premiere of Dangerous Beauty at the Pasadena Playhouse, which ran from February to March.

Snyder has appeared in several benefit concerts, including "Broadway Rocks Anaheim" and "Rebuild Japan", and in various cabarets in the Los Angeles area, including Upright Cabaret's "I Want To Hold Your Hand: The Music of the Beatles", and The Coterie's "Cousins: An Evening with Beck and May" and "Red Carpet Memories: A Celebration of Academy Award-Nominated Songs". From January 2012 to March 2012, Snyder starred as Christian in Show at Barre's "For The Record: Baz Luhrmann."

Snyder's voice can be heard on the studio recording of Bare: A Pop Opera, which was released on October 30, 2007. His first solo album, L.A. Curse, was released on March 20, 2008.

Snyder performed as Billy Bigelow in Carousel at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Connecticut, which ran from July 13, 2012 to September 29, 2012.

On August 7, 2013, it was announced that Snyder would join the cast of "If/Then," a new musical coming to Broadway in Spring, 2014, with a pre-Broadway run at the National Theater in Washington, D.C. from November 5 - December 8, 2013. Snyder played as Josh, an army doctor who meets and falls in love with Liz (Elizabeth) played by Idina Menzel) on her first day back in Madison Square Park in New York City. The musical opened on March 30, 2014. He was next seen as Prince Henry in the world premiere of the musical Ever After, which is based on the 1998 film of the same name.

Credits

Theatre

Year	Show	Role	Notes
2002	Patrick Gorman's Star Wars in 30 Minutes	Luke Skywalker
2003	Sneaux!	Ensemble/French Poodle	(w/ Kristen Bell)
2005	Rock of Ages	Drew	Los Angeles
2006
	Las Vegas
2007	Cry-Baby	Wade "Cry-Baby" Walker	La Jolla Playhouse
2008	Broadway; Apr. 24 - June 22, 2008
2010	Fanny	Marius	Encores!
2011	Dangerous Beauty	Marco Venier	Pasadena Playhouse; Feb - March, 2011
2012	Carousel	Billy Bigelow	Goodspeed Opera House
2013	Johnny Baseball	Johnny	Williamstown Theatre Festival
	If/Then	Josh	National Theatre
2014			Broadway, Mar. 30, 2014 - Mar. 22, 2015
2015	Ever After	Prince Henry	Papermill Playhouse
	If/Then	Josh	National Tour, Oct. 13, 2015 - Jan. 29, 2016
2016	Casa Valentina	Jonathon	Pasadena Playhouse

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Pretty Persuasion	David
	The Baker's Dozen	Jeremy Leigh	Short
	The Gingerdead Man	Jeremy Leigh
2006	She's the Man	Malcolm Festes
	A Cut Above	Trent Desmond	Short
2008	Shuttle	Seth
2010	An American in China	David
	Anderson's Cross	Ben Carter	Short
	Webloe Jobs	Dick Webloe	Short
2011	True Blood: The Parody Movie	Jason Stackhouse	Short
2012	Genre This	Justin Amara	Short
2013	Adonis	Kip	Short
	Meth Head	Pete

TV

• Anna's Dream, Kyle (TV movie), 2002
• Married to the Kellys, Zac (1 episode), 2004
• Gilmore Girls, Yale Guy #1 (1 episode), 2004
• The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, Jason Harrington (1 episode), 2005
• Related, Collin, (1 episode), 2005
• Without a Trace, Breck Mulligan (1 episode), 2006
• Cold Case, Bingo Zohar '53 (1 episode), 2007
• Eli Stone, Carter Jameson (1 episode), 2008
• 5 or Die, Freddy (short), 2008
• Drop Dead Diva, David (1 episode), 2010
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Hunter Ahearn (1 episode), 2011
• Blue Bloods, Billy Coffin (1 episode), 2011
• The Outrageously Fabulous Weekly Parody Show, Ensemble (1 episode), 2012
• Internet Icon, Actor (1 episode), 2013
• Rizzoli and Isles, Brad Adams (1 episode), 2013
• Hey Kid: Backstage at If/Then with James Snyder, Self (24 episodes), 2014-15
• The Good Wife, Gil Berridge (1 episode), 2015

Discography

• Bare: A Pop Opera (studio cast recording), 2007
• L.A. Curse, 2008, debut solo album
• If/Then (original Broadway cast recording), 2014, #19 on the Billboard 200
• Cry-Baby (studio cast recording), 2015

Concerts

• Feb. 28, 2011- Show at Barre in Los Angeles (w/ Bryce Ryness)
• May 3, 2015- Birdland (w/ Prince Charming)
• Sep. 17, 2015- Cry-Baby Reunion at 54 Below

Awards and Nominations

• 2014 Broadway.com Audience Award for Favorite Onstage Pair (w/ Idina Menzel for If/Then (won)
• 2014 Broadway.com Audience Award for Favorite Supporting Actor in a Musical for If/Then (nominated)

[ Source: Wikipedia ]