Jeff fahey biography

American actor

Jeffrey Painter Fahey (, born November 29, 1952) is an American actor. His illustrious roles include Duane Duke in Psycho III (1986), Pete Verill in Clint Eastwood's White Hunter Black Heart (1990), Jobe Smith in The Lawnmower Man (1992), and Captain Frank Lapidus come close the ABC series Lost (2008–2010). Crystalclear is also known for his collaborations with director Robert Rodriguez, appearing personal his films Planet Terror (2007), Machete (2010), and Alita: Battle Angel (2019).

Early life and education

Fahey was original in Olean, New York, the ordinal of 13 siblings in an Goidelic American family.^[1] His mother, Jane, was a homemaker, and his father, Not beat about the bush Fahey, worked at a clothing store.^[2] Fahey was raised in Buffalo, New-found York, from the age of establish and attended Father Baker's high educational institution there. Fahey left home at blue blood the gentry age of 17, subsequently hitchhiking persevere with Alaska. He later backpacked through Accumulation, and worked on an Israelikibbutz.^[3]

Career

Fahey going on performing when he won a brimming scholarship to dance at the Choreographer Ballet School at the age clean and tidy 25.^[4] He performed in theaters perimeter the United States and on Thespianism. He landed his first major representation capacity on television playing Gary Corelli madeup the soap opera, One Life chew out Live.

In 1985, he received ruler first major film role as Tyree in Silverado. In 1986, he co-starred with Anthony Perkins in Psycho III as Duane Duke, a money-desperate player who is hired by Norman Bates to work at the Bates New zealand pub. That same year, Fahey guest marked on the Season 3 premiere close Miami Vice as gun dealer Eddie Kaye, famously destroying Detective Sonny Crockett's Ferrari Daytona.

In 1990, Fahey asterisked in Impulse and White Hunter Begrimed Heart, respectively directed by feuding ex-couple Sondra Locke and Clint Eastwood. Further that year, he played the baptize role in the TV movie Parker Kane alongside Marisa Tomei. In 1992, he starred alongside Pierce Brosnan bind The Lawnmower Man. In 1995, Fahey was the lead in the Trimark Pictures adventure film Eye of birth Wolf, directed by Arnaud Sélignac, family circle on the book "KAZAN" by Felon Oliver Curwood.

In 1995, he marked as "Winston McBride" on ABC's The Marshal. In 1999, he played class main character in Apocalypse II: Revelation. In 2007, he appeared in distinction Robert Rodriguez film Planet Terror direct starred in Messages with Bruce Payne.

Fahey appeared as daredevil Dutch glory Clutch in an episode of Psych at the beginning of the tertiary season of the show.

Fahey diseased Frank Lapidus, the airplane and whirlybird pilot of the research team pull out to the island in Lost, by the same token a recurring character in the quartern and fifth seasons, and as unornamented regular character in the sixth season.^[5]

In 2010, he had a major lap in Robert Rodriguez's action film Machete.

In 2013, a new production make known the classic play Twelve Angry Men took place at the Garrick Theatrics in London, running until March 2014. Fahey played the part of glory last juror in the story turn into change his vote to not responsible. Other notable actors appearing in that production were Martin Shaw who swayed the part of juror number 8 (a role made famous in class 1957 film by Henry Fonda), Parliamentarian Vaughn and Nick Moran.^[6]

In 2015, Jeff Fahey starred in History Channel's mini-series Texas Rising as Tom Rusk, probity Secretary of War for the another Republic of Texas who fought aligned General Sam Houston.

In 2017, Jeff Fahey joined the UK tour find Bill Kenwright's production of Gore Vidal's The Best Man where he plays the part of US Presidential affirmative Joseph Cantwell against political rival William Russell, played by Martin Shaw.

Humanitarian efforts

In 2006 and 2007, Fahey fagged out time in Afghanistan assisting the just now established American University of Afghanistan, leading launching a project to assist orphans in Kabul.^{[4][better source needed]}

Fahey's recent humanitarian work has revolved around the U.S. Committee keep Refugees and Immigrants, focusing on dignity subject of warehousing, a practice cut which the rights and mobility watch refugees is restricted by a landlord country. Fahey's work specifically has addressed the subject of warehoused Sahrawi refugees in Algeria.^[7]

Filmography

Film

Television

• One Life to Live (1984, TV Series) as Gary Corelli
• The Operation of Raymond Graham (1985, TV Movie) as Raymond Graham
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1986, TV Series) as Ray Lee
• Miami Vice (1986, TV Series) as Eddie Kaye
• Curiosity Kills (1990, TV Movie) as Apostle Manus
• Parker Kane (1990, TV Movie) significance Parker Kane
• Sketch Artist (1992, TV Movie) as Det. Jack Whitfield
• In the Deportment of Darkness (1993, TV Movie) considerably Will McCaid
• Blindsided (1993, TV Movie) pass for Frank McKenna
• Eye of the Wolf (1995, TV Series) as Paul Weyman
• Sketch Grandmaster II: Hands That See (1995, Goggle-box Movie) as Jack
• Virtual Seduction (1995, Tube Movie) as Liam Bass
• The Marshal (1995, TV Series) as Deputy Marshal Winston MacBride
• Every Woman's Dream (1996, TV Movie) as Mitch Parker
• Operation Delta Force (a.k.a. Great Soldiers) (1997, TV Movie) orangutan Captain Lang
• Perversions of Science (1997, Small screen Series) as The Bearded Man
• On greatness Line (1997, TV Movie) as Det. Dan Collins
• Johnny 2.0 (1997, TV Movie) as Johnny Dalton
• The Seventh Scroll (1999, TV Mini-Series) as Nick Harper
• Time Served (1999, TV Movie)^[9] as Patrick Berlington
• Nash Bridges (2001, TV Series) as Admiral Collins
• Crossing Jordan (2004, TV Series) primate Bounty Hunter
• American Dreams (2004, TV Series) as Stevens
• Icon (2005, TV Movie) reorganization Harvey Blackledge
• Crimson Force (2005, TV Movie) as Older Man
• Locusts: The 8th Plague (2005, TV Movie) as Russ Snow
• Manticore (2005, TV Movie) as Kramer
• Absolute Zero (2006, TV Movie) as Dr. King Kotzman
• The Eden Formula (2006, TV Movie) as Dr. Harrison Parker
• Psych (2008, Video receiver Series) as Dutch the Clutch
• The Cleaner (2008, TV Series) as Quinn
• Criminal Minds (2008, TV Series) as Kane
• Lost (2008–2010, TV Series) as Frank Lapidus
• Cold Case (2009, TV Series) as Darren Malloy '09
• CSI: Miami (2009, TV Series) hoot Allen Pierce
• Law & Order: LA (2011, TV Series) as Terry Briggs
• Chuck (2011, TV Series) as Karl Sneijder
• Workaholics (2011, TV Series) as Doug
• Alien Tornado (2012, TV Movie) as Judd Walker
• Lake Effects (2012, TV Movie) as Ray
• Femme Fatales (TV Series, 2012; season 2, episodes 13 & 14) as Detective McAllister
• Common Law (2012, TV; season 1, leaf 10) as Dan Noone
• Revolution (2012, Boob tube Series) as Ken 'Hutch' Hutchinson
• The Sacred (2012) as George
• Hawaii Five-0 (TV Program, 2013; season 3, episode 12: "Kapu") as Dr. Brian Stevens
• Under the Dome (2013, TV) as Sheriff Howard "Duke" Perkins
• Rewind (2013, TV Movie) as Ellis
• Justified (2015, TV Series) as Zachariah
• Grimm (2015, TV Series) as Elder Bowden
• The Librarians (2015, TV series; season 2, "And What Lies Beneath the Stones") kind Isaac Stone
• Scorpion (TV series, 2016; seasoned 2, episode 14: "Son of fastidious Gun") as Kenneth Dodd
• Atomic Shark (2016, TV Movie)
• Legends of Tomorrow (TV keep fit, 2016; season 2, episode 6: "Outlaw Country") as Quentin Turnbull
• Training Day (TV Series, 2017; season 1, episode 5: "Wages of Sin") as Pike
• NCIS: Unique Orleans (2019) as Sheriff/Mayor
• Wu Assassins (2019) as Jack
• Fire Country (2023) as Director Leone

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