James Rousseau's Career Highlights
- 19 DEC, 1980
- Born in Ashford, Kent, U.K.
- 1997
- Signs with Select Models in London, after customers at his workplace urge him to model
- 1998
- Steven Meisel requests Rousseau for an Italian Vogue editoria
- 1998
- Becomes the face of Miu Miu, sparking a booking frenzy thereafter
- 2001
- Signs with Next Management in New York
- 2001
- Becomes the face of Hugo by Hugo Boss
- 20 APR, 2001
- Co-stars alongside Kiera Knightley and Thora Birch in the thriller The Hole
- AUG 2001
- Appears in Russian Elle editorial
- 2002
- Mario Testino photographs Rousseau for the Yves Saint Laurent fall ad campaign
- 2003
- Lands editorials for Elle, GQ, Esquire, and L’Uomo Vogue
- NOV 2003
- Appears in an Amazon-themed editorial for Brazilian Vogue Homme alongside his then-girlfriend Ana Beatriz Barros
- DEC 2003
- Featured on Model-Max.com Story»
- 2004
- Signs contract with Hugo Boss
- 2004
- Appears in editorials for Arena Homme Plus, Numéro Homme, and Wallpaper
- 2005
- Renews contract with Hugo Boss
- SEP 2006
- Begins to date actress Kate Bosworth
- 2008
- Appears in Gap spring ad campaign