James Wilder (actor)James Wilder is an American film and television actor.Early lifeWilder was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and raised in Sausalito, California. The son of a French mother and an Italian father, Wilder performed as a fire eating street performer before he became an actor.CareerDuring his career, Wilder portrayed Adam Louder on the Fox soap opera Models Inc., Christopher Searls on the ABC TV drama Equal Justice and Nick Lewis on the 1993 remake of Route 66 on NBC.Personal lifeIn 1997, Wilder dated actress Kirstie Alley. The two met on the set of Nevada and soon were engaged, but "ended their four-year relationship."