The Biography

Jamie McBride (born James Francis McBride, April 6, 1969, in Venice, California) is an American actor and LAPD police officer, 5′ 11″ (1.80 m) tall, who has been active since 1997, making his earliest screen appearance in an episode of LAPD. He frequently portrays police officers, FBI agents, border patrol agents, and other authority figures, and is particularly noted for appearing in three Michael Bay films: The Island (2005), Transformers (2007), and Ambulance (2022). His most notable film credits include Traffic Cop #2 in Collateral (2004, starring Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx), Laurent Team Member in The Island (2005, with Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson), Bill (Border Patrol) in Babel (2006, directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu), FBI Agent in Transformers (2007, with Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox), Police Officer in Otis (2008), Police Sergeant in Fix (2008), Gibson in Dirty (2016), Goon 4 in Songbird (2020), SIS Undercover (Jay) in Ambulance (2022, with Jake Gyllenhaal and Yeun Sook), and Dan Vogel in Mercy (2026). Other credits include Beauty Shop (2005), Sucker Free City (2004), 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out (2003), Tribunal (2010), and The Death & Life of Eddy Betsco (2011). On television he has appeared in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2009, as Joey Niagra / Jack Nettles), Lie to Me (2009, as Skinhead), Castle (2015), Desperate Housewives (2006), Robbery Homicide Division (2002), and A Place Called Hollywood (2019). He has also done stunt work on Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and appeared as himself on Inside Edition, Today, FOX & Friends, and LAPD: Life on the Beat.