James Scott (born 14 January 1979) is a British actor of Scottish descent. His first major work in the US was on the soap opera All My Children. Scott originated the role of Ethan Cambias in August 2004 and played it until February 2006. He moved on to Days of Our Lives where he took on the role of EJ DiMera in May 2006. Scott began his career working in the music industry, and later started acting in community theatre. Shortly after this, he moved to London. While there, he studied at LAMDA, the London Academy of Music and Dance. Later, he began to model for several clothing lines. During a modeling trip to LA, he went to an acting class at the Ivanna Chubbuck studio in Hollywood. The class inspired him to save money and make the move to Los Angeles. He studied acting for two more years before being cast on All My Children.

Fighting in Salem

A brawl breaks out between EJ and Rafe. Lucas watches and laughs as the two men box over Sami. John shows up and stops the fight. Since EJ is clearly the loser, he decides that he better do something more underhanded if he wants to win their little war. He goes to meet with Justin and orders a DNA test on Nicole’s baby the moment it pops out. He is less interested in the baby than in using evidence of fraud to ruin Rafe’s career. He doesn’t mind taking Daniel down either if he is in cahoots with them. Jenn just happens to be eavesdropping.

When Sami runs into Rafe, she wants to talk about their kiss. He refuses to admit it meant something to him. After he walks off, she bumps into EJ and informs him that Rafe doesn’t want her. However, she would rather focus on work than have a relationship with Elvis. He claims to be cool with that, but he turns around and continues his plan to destroy Rafe. Already in a mood for scheming, he doles out advice to his baby brother about his wedding and Nick. Chad keeps getting more paranoid about the released felon thanks to spending all of his time on internet message boards. This only gets worse when he notices that Gabi and Nick have become friends. He starts to assume that they must be plotting to ruin his happy day. When he gets violent with Gabi, Nick defends her and Caroline kicks Chad out of the pub. Chad has a fit and tells Mel they need to leave town forever. She refuses to run away. Maggie shows up, fresh from getting an earful from Victor and Brady about what a daft idea  about the wedding. Maggie urges Mel to just follow her heart. After some reflection, Mel goes to see Nick. They have an honest discussion and she decides he’s changed for the better. She accidentally leaves her scarf behind. As Nick strokes it, Chad finds him and freaks out, pummeling him.

Nicole tries kissing Daniel but the doctor repeats to her that they can only be friends. She wants to argue about that but Jenn gets in the way. She confronts Nicole about the paternity ruse and the threat it poses to Daniel’s career. When she breaks the news that the doctor has been administering more than medical care to her, Jenn explodes.! Abby walks in on the fight and her mom stalks off. Nicole warns the young lady that her mom is a loose cannon and asks her to keep an eye on Jenn. At that moment, Jenn tracks down Daniel in a panic that his life is about to be destroyed. He’s hurt when he learns how disappointed she is in him for getting involved with Nicole. Meanwhile, Nicole has been having nightmares about EJ taking her baby. She decides to enlist the help of an unwitting Sami.

Sami and Lucas have another run-in. She tells him that EJ and Rafe have both backed off. He makes it clear that he still doesn’t want her. She starts to worry that Rafe might actually feel the same way. After things get busy at work, she decides that she needs to complain to someone. She bumps into Rafe, who has just been getting a push from Gabi to get back with Sami. The blond unloads on him and asks him out to dinner. He’s reluctant but she prods him. On his way to the meal that evening, he has a run-in with EJ and they bicker about Nicole.

Roman has heartbreaking news for Bo and Hope. It looks like they need to take a pay cut to keep the Salem PD afloat. Hope agrees, but Bo decides he’d rather do something else with his life. Hope is supportive, even if that means he’s leaving town (!).

Justin tries being positive about his son’s relationship with Will. Adrienne isn’t feeling the same way. Will walks in on them bickering about it. Adrienne bluntly tells William that he’s very nice but he also has a few screws loose. Will mopes home and cancels his date with Sonny, telling his mom that he’s not good enough for the boy he likes. He blames Sami and Kate for giving him the ‘screw-up’ genes. This leads to Kate and Sami double teaming Adrienne, but she battles them back and insists that Will would break her son’s heart. Still in a fighting mood, Adrienne later winds up having a fight with Maggie about Mel’s wedding. When her son hears about her trashing Will, he gives her a lecture and then runs out to find him. Sonny assures Will that he is good enough for him.

Updates:

Meredith Scott Lynn has been cast as Anne, a hospital worker who has a

problem with Jennifer.

Greg Vaughan arrives as Eric Brady on November 14.

Jean Bruce Scott will be back as Jessica Fallon for four episodes beginning

on August 31.