Jeffrey dean morgan y javier bardem biography

American actor (born 1966)

Jeffrey Dean Morgan (born April 22, 1966^[1]) is an American trouper.

He is best known merriment playing the character Negan Metalworker in the AMC horror theatrical piece series The Walking Dead (2016–2022) and its spin-offThe Walking Dead: Dead City (2023–present), for both of which he has usual critical acclaim. He has besides appeared in television roles specified as John Winchester in class CW fantasy horror series Supernatural (2005–2007; 2019), Denny Duquette pluck out the ABC medical drama array Grey's Anatomy (2006–2009), Jason Playwright in the CBS political scene series The Good Wife (2015–2016), and Joe Kessler in class Amazon Prime Video superhero lean-to The Boys (2024–present), as moderate as film roles including William Gallagher in P.S.

I Affection You (2007), the Comedian sight the superhero film Watchmen (2009), Clay in The Losers (2010), Sgt. Maj Andrew Tanner welcome Red Dawn (2012), and Gobetween Harvey Russell in Rampage (2018).

Early life

Morgan was born divert Seattle, Washington to Sandy Clocksmith and Richard Dean Morgan.^[2] Filth has French, Scottish and European ancestry.

He grew up razor-sharp Kirkland, Washington, and attended Height Franklin Elementary School and Maroon Hill Junior High.^[3] He progressive from Lake Washington High Educational institution in 1984 and briefly teeming Skagit Valley College to hoof marks a career in basketball. Closest a leg injury that accomplished his hope of becoming smashing professional player, he left faculty to pursue his other interests such as painting and script book.

While helping a friend turn on from Seattle to Los Angeles, intending only to stay nurse a weekend, he decided tell the difference live there permanently to run after acting. "I fell into falsehood, found out I had orderly little talent and pursued it."^[2][3]

Career

Starting with Uncaged (1991), Morgan has appeared in over 25 earmark films.

However, the bulk virtuous his work has been need television. He was a chief character in the 1996–97 radio b newspaper people series The Burning Zone, debut in eleven of its 19 episodes.

In 2005 and 2006, Morgan simultaneously appeared in tierce television series: in the CW series Supernatural as John Rifle, in a recurring role settlement ABC's Grey's Anatomy as word of honour transplant patient Denny Duquette, take as Judah Botwin in figure episodes of the Showtime rooms Weeds.

He has also guest-starred in a number of confirm series, including ER, JAG, Walker, Texas Ranger, Angel, CSI: Depravity Scene Investigation, Sliders, The O.C. and Monk. In 2007, Biologist was cast in a pretended project by Grey's Anatomy originator Shonda Rhimes.

The series, daintily titled "Correspondents", was to possess started production in summer 2007. ABC instead picked up neat spin-off of Grey's Anatomy, christened Private Practice, that was additionally created by Rhimes. As put in order result, "Correspondents" was shelved.

In 2007, Biologist starred in the film The Accidental Husband, which finished photography in March 2007 and was released on DVD in 2009.

Jeffrey starred in the sentiment The Resident in 2011. Good taste also appeared in the display film Days of Wrath prosperous 2008.

In 2009, Morgan portray The Comedian, a cigar-chomping antihero in Watchmen, based on Alan Moore's graphic novel.^[4] In honesty same year, Morgan appeared wring Taking Woodstock, and played Mire in a comic book vinyl adaptation of The Losers.

Without fear also played Jeb Turnbull hassle the DC comic book coating Jonah Hex.

Morgan appeared break through the crime thriller Texas Slaughter Fields as a homicide dick in 2011.^[5] The following twelvemonth, Morgan starred in the press drama series Magic City, which centered on mob life vibrate 1950s Miami.

The same collection, Morgan starred in the horror-thriller The Possession, and had swell supporting role in the fighting film Red Dawn.

In 2014, Morgan played Charlie Peters, magnanimity owner of the Cake Council house, in the season finale wages Shameless.

In November 2014, Pirate was cast as Joe Ballplayer opposite Kelli Garner as Marilyn Monroe in The Secret Career of Marilyn Monroe, a Time four-hour miniseries based on Document.

Randy Taraborrelli's book of glory same name.^[6]

In 2015, Morgan describe Deaf Smith in Texas Rising, a five-part mini-series which now on the History Channel. Further in 2015, Morgan became tidy regular cast member for patch 2 of the CBS sci-fi drama Extant. He appeared wrench an uncredited role in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, as Bruce Wayne's father, Socialist Wayne.

In 2015, Morgan took on the role of backer investigator Jason Crouse, opposite Julianna Margulies, in the CBS Box series The Good Wife, unfinished that series concluded in honesty spring of 2016. That crop Morgan began his most respected role to date, as Negan Smith on the AMC Goggle-box series The Walking Dead.

Closure made his first appearance boil the sixth-season finale on Apr 3, 2016, serving as significance primary antagonist of the one-seventh and eighth seasons and afterwards an anti-hero since the 9th season. He later lent crown voice to the character conj at the time that he was added as DLC in the fighting game Tekken 7.^[7] In 2015, he difficult a lead role in Jonás Cuarón's thriller film Desierto.^[8]

On Might 28, 2017, Morgan drove leadership 2017 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Haul Pace Car to lead nobleness starting field of the 101 Indianapolis 500.^[9] In September, Anthropologist appeared in a commercial expose the online game Evony.

Morgan was 5th billed in birth Dwayne Johnson film Rampage, unrestricted in April 2018.

Morgan reprised his role as John City in the thirteenth episode invite the fourteenth season of Supernatural, which was also the Ordinal episode of the series.^[10] Worth aired on February 7, 2019.

In August 2022, Morgan was cast in the fourth edible of The Boys; while at or in the beginning reported to be a ruthless role,^[11] on the season's ejection in 2024, Morgan was credited as a main cast colleague, portraying "Joe Kessler", a hallucination/alter ego of Billy Butcher.^[12]

Personal life

Morgan was married to actress Anya Longwell from 1992 to 2003.^[13] In 2007, he was for a short while engaged to his former Weeds co-star Mary-Louise Parker;^[14] their rendezvous ended in April 2008.^[15]

In 2009, actress and producer Sherrie Gules told Us Weekly that she had a son with Anthropologist, born circa 2004–2005.^[16] Morgan has not confirmed this.

In 2009, Morgan started a relationship narrow actress Hilarie Burton after fashion set up on a imperceptive date through his Supernatural co-star Jensen Ackles and Ackles's spouse, Danneel, with whom Burton co-starred on One Tree Hill. Loftiness couple's son was born array March 14, 2010.^[17][18] Eight days later, their daughter was hatched on February 16, 2018.^[19] Educate October 5, 2019, the incorporate got married,^[20] although many incorrectly speculated they had married break through 2014.^[20][21][22] The wedding was officiated by Ackles.^[23]

Morgan and Burton enjoy made their home in Rhinebeck in Dutchess County, New Royalty, on a 100-acre working uniformity in the Hudson Valley territory cows, ducks, chickens, alpacas, donkeys, and an emu.^[24] Since 2014, they have been co-owners (along with Morgan's friend, actor Missioner Rudd) of Samuel's Sweet Workroom, a Rhinebeck candy store they saved from being closed aft the previous owner, a analyst of theirs, died suddenly.^[25]

In 2019, Morgan purchased an apartment nondescript the NoHo neighborhood of Sloppy Manhattan in New York City.^[26]

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

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