The 'Psych' actor is switching his name back to James Rodriguez in celebration of his Mexican-American heritage. You don't want to have to carry the extra baggage. And Id often drop something in., Most significantly, though, these references were never framed as jokes. But also, in a situation where its time sensitive and money sensitive and you have 150 people on a crew who all want to get home to their families at the end of the day, unless you are bleeding out, you push through it. 2023 Vox Media, LLC. So those two things were in place; and then the third thing was the character. Other early film credits include the 2003 film Rolling Kansas and the 2005 film adaptation of The Dukes Of Hazzard. This self reflection has led Roday to revert back to the name of his youth. New episodes air Wednesdays at 10 PM ET on ABC. The actor: James Roday Rodriguez, 44, who has a very perusable IMDb page and is currently starring in ABCs version of This Is Us, a.k.a. He is best known for starring on the USA Network series Psych as hyper-observant consultant detective and fake psychic Shawn Spencer. James Roday, star of Psych, has decided to \"reclaim\" his Latino heritage by using his last name again. That's about as far removed as you can get, I think, from a psychic detective with daddy issues. Id hold up a finger. James Roday Makes A Public Name Change The character: Shawn Spencer, a psychic detective-for-hire stuck in arrested development yet two steps ahead of everyone while solving crimes on USAs Psych and in its two sequel films, the second of which premiered on Peacock on July 15. And as an actor, that's what you want. Until then, Shawn primarily operated in the same format while solving cases with the SBPD: He would reverse engineer everything in his head, figure out how to psychically come up with solutions, and present them in an idiotic manner. Theres a silent moment at the end of an episode, season threes Ghosts, where he finds out that Henry was the one who was trying to save the marriage, and his mom left to save her own self. Privacy Policy. Q: Rome and Regina, they had a baby they named it John and still lost it. I came into the process with Chris Knight from Real Genius [in mind], Roday Rodriguez explains. He studied theater at New York University's Experimental Theatre Wing, where he earned a bachelor's degree in fine arts. Take his very first movie, Coming Soon, the "American Pie for girls." James Roday Rodriguez (@JamesRoday) / Twitter He was a racist giving Rome (Romany Malco) a hard time, and got what he deserved. She's gone. Roday's also a born thespian, and he's been doing a lot of work in the Los Angeles theater scene and occasionally off-Broadway. James Roday Rodriguez on His 'A Million Little Things' Journey
