Born in Illinois, USA in 1943, James (better known as Jim) Storm is a character actor who began on the stage in the mid-1960s and quickly moved into soap opera where he thrived on such series as "One Life to Live", "Dark Shadows", and "The Bold and the Beautiful", also appearing in guest roles on many prime-time TV series including "The Rockford Files" and "St. Elsewhere". Though often cast in minor roles in films, he has delivered complex performances such as the tough-on-the-outside junkyard owner Duncan, a.k.a., "Big D", in "Chain Link" (2008). He is a musician as well as an actor.