Quentin was born in Portland, Oregon in 1972 to parents Richard and Susan James. His family moved to Australia 10 years later and he continued to work his way into the career he had always wanted - acting. In 1990, at age 18, his parents were killed in a car crash in their home city of Adelaide, South Australia and a few months later Quentin moved to Sydney. He worked his way through various small theatre productions until a role in "The Wizard of Oz" got him noticed. He went on to appear in "Death of a Salesman" in 1998 before appearing in various well-received theatre productions.In 2002, he made it into television, guest starring in Blue Heelers (1994) and then getting a major role in the children's series _"Dragon Chronicles, The" (2002)_. His next major role will be in a detective series and he continues to make his way towards stardom.