<Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Michael Weverstad (1977 - 12 - 24) December 24, 1977 (age 40) Detroit, Michigan, U.S. </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Occupation </Th> <Td> Actor </Td> </Tr> <P> Michael Raymond - James (born Michael Weverstad; December 24, 1977) is an American actor . He is best known for playing René Lenier in the first season of the HBO series True Blood, Britt Pollack on the FX series Terriers, and Neal Cassidy / Baelfire on the ABC series Once Upon a Time . </P> <P> Raymond - James was born in Detroit, Michigan, and graduated Clarkston High School in 1996, where he was a football and track standout . He started out doing theater and studied at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York, with George Loros, Geoffrey Horne and Robert Castle . Following several stage appearances in New York, including' The Petrified Forest' at the Pantheon Theater, he relocated to Los Angeles . </P>

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