DAVID CASTAÑEDA

NETFLIX 2024 (season 4) 

+  Umbrella Academy as Diego 

+ Most Dangerous Game : New York

+ PokerFace (2023)  Directed by  Rian Johnson

+  SICARIO 2  +  El Chicano

+  We Die Young  +  Standing Up, Falling Down

+  The Tax Collector directed by David Ayer

Film Reviews :   "David Castañeda is going to be a bona fide movie star. He has a real gravity to him, and is able to move levels in a conversation without doing much beyond changing his posture or  his eyes."  The Ringer

+ "Caring, nurturing, patient, & devoted!   Jimbo  (James) is a great teacher/coach and even a friend...He can make you laugh at any time, but encourages you like no other.  Working with him  from the start of my career and now over 10 years later  -  has kept me evolving and growing.  Definitely making me a better/stronger/more confident actor and having results that are specific, honest, detailed, and always real.  I love this man! "

bobby soto

+ Flamin' Hot  2023

+  MUNDO actor, writer, executive producer, 

along with executive producer  Eva  Longoria

The Tax Collector (2020)

starring with Shia LaBeouf

written by David Ayer 

+ Narcos: Mexico

+ "Like a thick and knotted ships rope - James has helped me to learn to untangle any script and see every detail that's in front of me. He shows me how to see multiple layers of a character, from their emotional state, and how I can find -- in myself a way to stand up for each one I play.

James is a true brother to all actors.  "

arielle  VANDENBERG

+ Host: CBS Series "LOVE ISLAND" 2019-2021

+ Series Regular - "Meet the Browns",  + ABC Family's "Greek",

+ Film: "The Ugly Truth" + Multiple National Commercials

+ Influencer + SnapChat + Instagram

+  "...I am so thankful for everything that James has done for me in my acting career. And extremely happy that I have a teacher-coach I can trust and be myself around...  "YES, I can honestly say I have the best teacher ever..." I have learned the most and had the most fun in James’ class!"

Demore  Barnes

+ Series Regular - + NBCs - Law & Order: SVU, 

   CBS' & David Mamet's "The Unit" 

+ Recurring -   + CW's The Flash, +  NBC's Hannibal,  + 12 Monkeys Series, + Hemlock Grove,

+ Supernatural, + Caprica, + XIII

+  "...So many of us actors have received a gift we're not certain how to use.  James continues to teach me to wield my own gifts with great skill, confidence, and a commanding force..."

Laura REgan

+ SERIES REGULAR on FOX's  "Minority Report," 

+ AMC's "Mad Men, + Without a Trace, 

+Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, +  Law & Order: Criminal Intent

+  "...Vague, generalized acting finds its ‘antidote’ in James Reese. He never fails to detect falsity, and doesn't let any of his actors get away with a single non-specific moment in their work. His coaching is a litmus test for authenticity..."

DAVID KESSLER

 David K. Kessler (screenwriter) for Film Starring Johnny Depp "Minamata"

Johnny Depp plays celebrated U.S. photographer W Eugene Smith in the true-story thriller that pits Smith against a powerful corporation responsible for poisoning the people in Minamata, Japan in 1971. It’s based on the book by the photographer and his wife Aileen Mioko Smith, written for the screen by David K. Kessler