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Jeffrey Dean Morgan (born 22 April 1966; age 57) is the American actor who played the Xindi-Reptilian Damron in the Star Trek: Enterprise episode "Carpenter Street". He is perhaps best known for his recurring roles on three television series: Weeds (2005), Grey's Anatomy (2006-07), and Supernatural (2005-08).
Early life and career
Morgan was born in Seattle, Washington. He desired a career as a basketball player but a knee injury he sustained while playing the sport in college made this impossible. He began acting after helping a friend move to Los Angeles and deciding to remain himself.[1]
He made his film debut with a lead role in the 1991 independent action thriller Uncaged with Henry Brown. He then appeared in the 1995 film Dillinger and Capone, which starred fellow Star Trek alumni F. Murray Abraham, Jeffrey Combs, Catherine Hicks, Clint Howard, Bert Remsen, and Time Winters. Morgan also co-starred with Meg Foster in the film Undercover Heat.
Morgan made his episodic television debut in a 1995 episode of JAG with Christopher Darga, followed by a 1996 episode of Sliders, the hit science fiction series on which John Rhys-Davies was a regular. Morgan then became a regular on UPN's science fiction series, which ran during the 1996-97 television season. His co-stars on this series included James Black and Michael Harris. Morgan left the series after the first eleven episodes due to creative differences, and the circumstances of his departure temporarily stalled his career.
1997-2004
After leaving The Burning Zone, Morgan starred in the 1997 independent film Legal Deceit with Phil Morris and then had a role in the 1999 film Road Kill. He returned to television in 2000 with a guest appearance on the CBS action drama series Walker, Texas Ranger with fellow Enterprise guest actor Clay Wilcox, followed shortly thereafter with an episode of NBC's ER with Michelle Bonilla, James Cromwell, Lily Mariye, Michael McGrady, Marcello Tubert, and Amy Wheaton.
Morgan has since on such television shows as The Practice (with Bill Smitrovich), Angel (with Keith Szarabajka), The Division (with Tracey Walter), CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (with David Andrews, Rudolf Martin, and Scott Alan Smith), Monk (with Frank Collison), and The O.C. (with Melinda Clarke and Alan Dale). He also had a brief recurring role on JAG in 2002, working with Corbin Bernsen, Steven Culp, Kris Iyer, Scott Lawrence, Zoe McLellan, and Jennifer Savidge.
In addition, Morgan co-starred with Gina Philips and Kellie Waymire in the 2003 short film Something More. He also starred with Philips, as well as Diedrich Bader, in the horror comedy film Dead & Breakfast.
2005-present
Recurring TV roles
During his short time as Judah Botwin on Weeds, Morgan worked alongside Star Trek: Deep Space Nine guest stars Michelle Krusiec and Andy Milder. In his three years playing the mysterious John Winchester on Supernatural, Morgan co-starred with fellow Star Trek performers Jim Beaver, Julian Christopher, Colby Paul, and Jerry Rector. Several of Morgan's Supernatural episodes were directed by Kim Manners.
Morgan played heart transplant patient Denny Duquette on the hit medical drama Grey's Anatomy during the show's second and third seasons. On this series, Morgan acted with fellow Trek alumni Andrew Borba, John Cho, Shannon Cochran, Ann Cusack, Albert Hall, Mark Harelik, Stephen Lee, John Prosky, and Cress Williams.
Feature films
Morgan had a supporting role in the mystery thriller Chasing Ghosts, as did Patrick Kilpatrick, Mark Rolston, Sean Whalen, and Tom Wright. He then appeared in the independent drama Live!, along with Jessica Collins, Michelle Krusiec, Karen Landry, and Todd Stashwick. He also co-starred with Teri Garr in Kabluey, an acclaimed comedy which premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival in 2007.
Since then, Morgan has been working on higher-profile films. He had a supporting role in the 2007 romantic drama P.S. I Love You, along with James Marsters. He also played the second male lead in the romantic comedy The Accidental Husband, which is set for US release in September 2008.
More recently, Morgan portrayed the role of The Comedian (aka Edward Blake) in 2009's Watchmen, based on the acclaimed graphic novel by Alan Moore. Matt Frewer and Stephen McHattie will also appear in this film, which is being edited by William Hoy (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country). Before Morgan was cast, the film's producers were pushing Star Trek Nemesis actor Ron Perlman for the role of The Comedian. [2]
Morgan's other upcoming films include All Good Things (in which he co-starred with Kirsten Dunst and Frank Langella) and Shanghai. He is also set to star in Ang Lee's biographical drama Taking Woodstock. [3]
Personal life
Morgan was married sometime prior to 1993, but this marriage ended in divorce. He later had a short romance with his Weeds co-star Mary-Louise Parker. They began dating in December 2006 but split up in June 2007, although they later reconciled.[4][5] They announced their engagement in February 2008, but they broke it off two months later.[6][7]
External links
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- Jeffrey Dean Morgan at TheGreysAnatomyWiki.com