James Rolfe is an American filmmaker, actor, YouTuber, and online personality. He is best known for creating and starring in the YouTube webshow Angry Video Game Nerd, a joint production between Rolfe's Cinemassacre Productions, GameTrailers, and ScrewAttack.

KNOWN FOR

Smiling Friends
2022
The Angry Video Game Nerd
2004
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness
2007
Stoney
2001
George A. Romero's Resident Evil
2025
James & Mike Mondays
2012
Return to... Return to Nuke 'Em High aka Vol. 2
2017
You Know What's Bullshit?
2007
Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie
2014
Beer Man
2004
Neighbor Nerds
2023
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: The Game - The Movie
2015

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
51
Directing
29
Writing
27
Producing
8
Editing
7
Art
1
Visual Effects
2
Crew
4
2025
George A. Romero's Resident Evil
as Self
2025
TerrorBytes: The Evolution of Horror Gaming
as Self
2024
Are You Dead Yet?
as Police Dispatcher
2023
FPS: First Person Shooter
as Self
2023
Neighbor Nerds
as Self
2022
Mom n' Pop: The Indie Video Store Boom of the 80s/90s
2022
In Search of Darkness: Part III
as Self
2022
Smiling Friends
as Screamer
2021
Rarity: Retro Video Game Collecting in the Modern Era
as Self
2020
VHS Massacre Too
as Self
2020
In Search of Darkness: Part II
as Self
2020
The Head Returns
as Doc/Bob
2019
Not for Resale
as Self
2019
In Search of Darkness
as Self
2017
Return to... Return to Nuke 'Em High aka Vol. 2
as The Angry Video Game Nerd
2016
Shooting Clerks
as Leonard James Nash
2016
Flying Fuckernauts vs. The Astro Bastards
as The Fuckernaut/Narrator/The Angry Video Game Nerd
2015
Plan 9
as Policeman
2015
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: The Game - The Movie
as Gravedigger (uncredited)
2014
Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie
as The Nerd
2012
James & Mike Mondays
as Himself
2010
The Dragon In My Dreams
as Himself
2009
Board James
as Board James
2008
Cinemassacre 200
as Himself
2008
Rocky Jumped a Park Bench
as Himself
2007
Return Of The Ghostbusters
as The Angry Video Game Nerd
2007
You Know What's Bullshit?
as The Bullshit Man
2007
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness
as Himself
2006
Wizard of Oz 3: Dorothy Goes to Hell
as Narrator
2005
The Deader the Better
as Suit Zombie (uncredited)
2005
The Mexican Mummy
as Narrator
2004
Legend of the Blue Hole
as Narrator
2004
Beer Man
as Beer Man (as Beer Man)
2004
The Angry Video Game Nerd
as The Nerd
2003
Curse of the Cat Lover's Grave
as Man eating pasta
2002
ROLFE: A No-Budget Dream
as Self
2001
Cinemaphobia
as The Film Actor
2001
It Came from Beyond the Toilet
as Face in the dark (uncredited)
2001
Kung Fu Werewolf from Outer Space
as Voice of Ninjas
2001
Stoney
as Mark Margolis (uncredited)
1999
The Head Incident
as Dr. Memrix/Bob
1998
The Rotten Corpse of Snix
as Jim/Xins (as James D. Rolfe)
1998
The Possessed Mask of Snix
as Jim/Xins/Snix (as James D. Rolfe)
1998
The Banishing of the Evil Spirit of Snix
as Jim/Snix/Xins (as James D. Rolfe)
1997
Snix Again
as Jim/Xins
1997
Red Zombie
as Zombie Master (uncredited)
1996
Snix: The Return
as Jim/Xins
1996
A Night of Total Terror
as Theif
1993
Snix
as Jim
Bits
as Angry Video Game Nerd
Macleod: There Can Be Only One
as Self