James Duncan Rolfe (born July 10, 1980) is an American actor, comedian, director, producer, reviewer and writer who is best known for his internet production of The Angry Video Game Nerd. He also makes other projects such as Board James with friend and collaborator Mike Matei where he and Matei review classic board games, Monster Madness where Rolfe reviews 31 horror movies every October, and Movie Reviews for the Spike network. Starting out in his childhood, Rolfe filmed Nintendo video game reviews in the late 1980s and early '90s and has filmed more than 270 films during his career, taking classes to improve his skills. His career fully took off in 2004 with the beginning of the Angry Video Game Nerd. Two years later, Rolfe gained mainstream attention when one of his videos went viral after Matei persuaded him to publish them onto the internet. Between his time, he filmed videos he created on his own and most of them have been released on his website Cinemassacre. He also performed b...