
Biography
Ford grew up in West Boylston, Massachusetts. He is the son of John, a fire-fighter, and Linda, a nurse. At a very young age began making short films with friends and writing scripts. He was athletic as a kid and played a wide variety of sports. Towards the end of high school he began focusing more on acting and decided to do more theatre. Jim, then attended the renowned acting conservatory: The Hartt School, in West Hartford, Connecticut, where he received his B.F.A. in drama. He also studied Shakespeare extensively in England. Jim has combined his classical training and athletic background to amass a large and diverse amount of credits, which include everything from art house indie films to 100 million dollar action films. Jim has lived in both Los Angeles and New York.
Filmography32 titles

The Departed

Fringe

Gossip Girl

R.J. Decker

Gotham

The Good Wife

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

The Town

The Mysteries of Laura

Across the Universe

Madam Secretary

Glass

Motherless Brooklyn

The Heat

The Purge: Election Year

The Last O.G.

Pride and Glory

Surrogates

Transcendence

I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry

Touched with Fire

Conviction

R.I.P.D.

The Dark Tower

Noah

Proud Mary

A Vigilante

American Dresser

Exeter

Sharknado 2: The Second One

Knock Knock

Tenant