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Rusameekae Fagerlund

Thai actor

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Source revisionJul 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ47545257 ↗
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Rusameekae Fagerlund (Thai: รัศมีแข ฟ้าเกื้อล้น, RTGS: Ratsamikhae Fakuealon; born James Fogerlund on 5 August 1986), also known as James Rusameekae, is a Thai-American-Senegalese actor, volleyball player, and celebrity boxer. He is best known for appearing in the 2017 TV series Club Friday to Be Continued: Friends, Foes and the 2019 series The Leaves. In 2025, he was part of Team Thailand in the South Korean reality series Physical: Asia.

Biography

Early life

Rusameekae Fagerlund, who never met his Senegalese father, was born in Phuket province, Thailand, and lived there until he was ten. He then moved to Sweden with his mother.

Acting career

After returning to Thailand, Fagerlund applied for acting work with GMM Grammy, as a protégé of Thai actor Saksit Tangthong. He has since gone on to appear in several films and television programs, including Club Friday to Be Continued: Friends, Foes (2017), The Leaves (2019), Why R U? (2020), and Pen Tor (2024). In 2025, he was part of Team Thailand in the South Korean reality series Physical: Asia, and he starred in the supernatural comedy film The Red Envelope.

Volleyball

Fagerlund competed in the 2022–2023 Men's Volleyball Thailand League for Diamond Food Men's Volleyball Club.

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The public source identifies “Rusameekae Fagerlund” as thai actor. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Rusameekae, Fagerlund and Thai.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1986, 2017, 2019, 2025—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1986-08-05. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Rusameekae, Fagerlund and Thai providing the first useful test.
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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q47545257. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1986, 2017, 2019 and 2025.

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