James DeVoy

His first look at a Movie set was during the filming of Charley, which was filmed in Southie in 1967 and many scenes were shot on O St. and 2nd street, where James lived and grew up. At around 6 years old, James remembered watching the filming of the movie Charley, at M street Park, in South Boston. Charley was sitting on a swing, all alone with nothing but bright lights all around, he does not remember there being anyone else around him. The man was the actor, Cliff Robertson. To James this was a very magical event and he felt something very special inside, as he watched the silent action. It was like a dream state for James. He never forgot that feeling and a little dream was born; but placed on the back burner for a long time.

James was raised in South Boston, Massachusetts where he thrived in sports, Golden Gloves Boxing being his first love and savior. Born May 8, 1960, Mother's Day, at the Boston City Hospital, 9 lbs 10 Oz. James Malcolm DeVoy, was named after his grandfather. James has 4 brothers and 2 sisters, and was the sixth child. James played sports by day and early evenings and drank beer and drove cars till all hours of the night with his much older friends, starting at around age of 7, he was a pretty adventurous little kid. He had two groups of friends with whom he would hang out with, during the day the athletes; but in the midnight hours James mostly hung out with the older crowd and even partied in the company of his 5th grade teacher on a few occasions, while still in 5th grade, she was not aware of this at the time!He was out for adventure from a very early age and wore it like a badge of courage; but he always new something was not right, about the way he lived and how he felt inside and how he thought about himself and those around him and the world as a whole. He works on his life's Challenges today, on a daily basis.