Bio
James Colby is an American actor best known for his starring role as Captain John Baker in the action-comedy police procedural television series Taxi Brooklyn, based on the film Taxi written by Luc Besson.
Colby began his career onstage in New York both on and Off Broadway, as well as regionally and internationally, in plays by Shakespeare, Chekhov, Williams, O'Neill, Miller and Beckett, to name just a few.
His work in television includes many regular and recurring roles, as well as numerous guest star appearances, in series such as Law & Order, Law & Order: SVU, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Person of Interest, Deception, Blue Bloods, Rescue Me and Body of Proof.
Film credits include Inside Llewyn Davis, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Lowlife, Tower Heist, Safe, Animal Rescue, What Maisie Knew, Company Man, Solitary Man and Anatomy of the Tide.