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Jeffrey Dean Morgan is an American actor who portrays Negan in AMC's The Walking Dead.
Biography
Jeffrey Dean Morgan was born on April 22, 1966, in Seattle, Washington. While in school, he played football and captained the basketball team. He became one of the star players in the school team, before being sidelined by an injury. Disheartened by this, he decided to pursue a career in graphic designing.
In the late 80s, he decided to move to Los Angeles and learn acting. He soon started auditioning for TV and film roles. His natural charisma and acting skills managed to get him a few minor roles by the early 90s.
In 1996, he played the first major role of his career in the science-fiction series The Burning Zone. His performance was appreciated and by the mid-2000s, he finally started getting major films and TV series roles.
Other Works
- Dillinger and Capone
- Undercover Heat
- In the Blink of an Eye
- Road Kill
- Days of Wrath
- Watchmen
- The Losers
- Jonah Hex
- Heist
- Desierto
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
- The O.C.
- Supernatural
- Grey's Anatomy
- Shameless
- Texas Rising
- The Good Wife
Trivia
- His former manager (who happened to be a very good friend of his) dropped him because he just wasn't getting work just the day before he got his role on Supernatural (2005), claiming she couldn't resurrect his career.
- Stated that many people who recognize him mistake him for Javier Bardem.
- He had to lose 40 pounds in a short period of time to play a man with tuberculosis in Texas Rising (2015). He lost the weight by eating only a can of tuna per day.
- He played the father of 2 unrelated superheroes. He played Thomas Wayne, father of Bruce Wayne, aka Batman, in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), and he played The Comedian, father of Laurie Jupiter, aka The Silk Spector, in Watchmen (2009).
External Links
- Jeffrey Dean Morgan on IMDb
- Jeffrey Dean Morgan on Facebook
- Jeffrey Dean Morgan on Instagram
- Jeffrey Dean Morgan on Twitter