- Born
- Birth nameJames Riley Blake
- Nickname
- JB
- Height6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
- James Blake was born on December 28, 1979 in Yonkers, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Dunlop Srixon: Switch to Better (2017), Wimbledon (1937) and Open Access (2004). He has been married to Emily Snider since November 9, 2012. They have one child.
- SpouseEmily Snider(November 9, 2012 - present) (1 child)
- American tennis player. His best ranking was number 22 on the world in 2003.
- His mother, Betty, is British & his father, Thomas, is African American
- Attended Harvard University
- Grew up in Fairfield, Connecticut with singer John Mayer.
- Father Thomas died in July 2004 of stomach cancer at age 57.
- It's a tremendous thing for kids and I want my kids to be involved in sports as well just to get that and give them confidence
- [on police misconduct]Over 50 percent of police misconduct investigations, last year were not seen to completion, so we want to make sure that people are seeing this to completion and getting the settlements, getting the disciplinary action required for these kind of incidents.[June 2017]
- [on the city of New York handling his 2015 mistaken identity incident]he city of New York was excellent.It's two years and it seems like that's a long time but I think that's pretty quick with the bureaucracy you go through to deal with a city as big as New York.
- I wanted to showcase that there's a lot of positive stories in sports and a lot of athletes that do the right thing with their voices, with their platform, like LeBron James for example. There's so many positive stories that kids can look at and see that sports can bridge gaps, religious gaps, gender gaps, any sort of equality
- I truly believe that almost all police officers are doing the job the right way. They're doing it with honor, with dignity, keeping our communities safe. But the ones that aren't need to be held accountable because they're making it tougher for the ones that are doing the job right
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