Roday was born in San Antonio, Texas, as James David Rodriguez. He attended Taft High School in San Antonio. His father, Jaime "Jim" Rodriguez, is of Mexican descent, and his mother, Irene Rodriguez, is of English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry. Roday\'s father is a retired Air Force Master Sergeant and used to be the regional catering manager of Taco Cabana.\n', '

At New York University\'s Experimental Theatre Wing, Roday studied theatre and earned a bachelor\'s degree in fine arts. At the age of 22 he selected the professional name James Roday as there was already another "James Rodriguez" registered in the Screen Actors Guild.\n', '

Roday started his acting career starring in various theatrical productions, including Three Sisters, A Respectable Wedding and Severity\'s Mistress. He took on leading roles in Sexual Perversity in Chicago and Extinction which he produced with his theatre company Red Dog Squadron, for which he also directed the play Greedy and wrote and directed the one-act play Sustenance.\n', 'His most recent foray onto the stage was in December 2016, when he starred in the New York production of White Rabbit Red Rabbit by Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour.\n', '

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