Jay Huguley

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Jay Huguley
Born (1966-07-26) July 26, 1966 (age 58)
OccupationActor
Years active1995–present

Jay Huguley (born July 26, 1966) is an American film, TV and theatre actor, best known for playing David on AMC's The Walking Dead , [1] and Jimmy Ledoux on HBO's True Detective .

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Early life and education

Huguley was born in Englewood, New Jersey and raised in nearby Tenafly, New Jersey, [2] [3] the youngest of three boys, to father Arthur W. Huguley, III, a commodities trader and president of Westway Trading Corporation, and mother Katherine McCrae Yarborough Huguley, a housewife.

As a child, Huguley spent his teenage years attending the Peddie School, a boarding school in Hightstown, New Jersey, from where he later graduated. He spent a year abroad at the University of London studying political science and graduated from American University in Washington, D.C., with a double major in political science and communications.

Huguley studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, under the aegis of Anna Strasberg, and at the Beverly Hills Playhouse in Los Angeles, under the world-renowned teacher Milton Katselas.

Career

Prior to his professional acting career, Huguley was a fashion model. Following college, he was discovered working as a lifeguard, when someone working in fashion in New York suggested he should try modeling. [4] Two Polaroids were taken of him, and he was brought into New York City. Soon after. he received a contract with Wilhelmina Models, which sent him to London, Paris, Milan and Sydney, Australia.

Huguley lived in Paris throughout the early-1990s, where he worked as a model for brands like Armani, Valentino, Zegna and Romeo Gigli. He first realized his passion for acting while taking a directing class in college, where one of his assignments was to audition for the school play to get an idea of what actors experience in their process of attempting to score acting roles. He got the part of the Gentleman Caller in Tennessee Williams The Glass Menagerie . Huguley then moved back to the United States, where he began to work regularly in theatre and studied at the Lee Strasberg Institute. He moved to Los Angeles to do a play directed by Lee’s widow, Anna Strasberg.

In his earliest appearances on television, Huguley starred in smaller roles on Mad TV , The Norm Show , Walker, Texas Ranger , Providence , and Strong Medicine before getting more recurring roles in TV shows such as Summerland , and Alias . He also starred in 2010 as Richard Hightower on the long-running soap opera, The Young and the Restless .

Huguley is best known for playing David on AMC's The Walking Dead , [5] and Jimmy Ledoux on HBO's True Detective . Huguley also played Will Branson on Seasons 3 and 4 of the HBO series Treme , and Whit Peyton in the ABC TV series, Brothers & Sisters .

Huguley has also played recurring characters in ABC Family's "Ravenswood" (spin-off to Pretty Little Liars ), and in the CW's Star-Crossed. He's also guest-starred in episodes of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend , Red Band Society , Nashville , Breaking In , Drop Dead Diva , and Army Wives .

In 2013, he appeared in Steve McQueen’s film 12 Years a Slave , starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Brad Pitt, and Michael Fassbender. [6]

In 2015, he appeared in Helen Hunt's Ride , and starred as Jonah Bock in the hit indie darling, Sunny in the Dark, a feature film written by Courtney Ware, for which he took home the award for "Best Actor" from the Northeast Film Festival. [7]

In 2016, Huguley appeared in the highly anticipated horror film, Abattoir , by the man credited for furthering the Saw franchise, Darren Lynn Bousman. Abattoir has already nabbed a sequel deal, prior to its official theatrical release.

Huguley's most recent roles include Heart, Baby and William Henry Moody in Lizzie , both released in 2018. He has twice portrayed historical figures. In 2013, he played Sheriff H.P. Voorhies, the man who negotiated freedom of Solomon Northup in 12 Years a Slave and most recently, as William Henry Moody, the prosecuting attorney in the infamous Lizzie Borden trial in the film Lizzie alongside Chloe Sevigny and Kristen Stewart.

In 2008, Huguley starred in David Lindsay-Abaire’s Tony Award-winning play Rabbit Hole at the Skylight Theatre. About his performance, the Los Angeles Times said, "Jay Huguley dwells inside the play’s contradictions and connects us to its anguished, buoyant heart." In 2009, Huguley played the lead role of Henry in Tom Stoppard’s play The Real Thing at Los Angeles’ Skylight Theatre.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995Vampire Vixens from VenusDrained Driver
1995Call GirlArthur Benton
1998Brina's ProblemMichael
1999TemptationsTanner
2003 Melvin Goes to Dinner Johnny Extra
2003Saved by the RulesMike
2005Silent MenRichard 'Sadhu'
2005Stress, Orgasms, and SalvationReverend James
2012HijackedTim
2013Hot Guys with GunsBruce Lieberman
2013 12 Years a Slave Sheriff H.P. Voorhies
2014Patient ZDr. Vincent Gersh
2014 When the Game Stands Tall Coach TowneUncredited
2014 Ride Co-worker
2015Sunny in the DarkJonah
2016Carbon CanyonMr. Loris
2016 Abattoir Felix
2017The HammerOfficer Paul
2018 Lizzie William Henry Moody
2018 Tales from the Hood 2 Fitch Measpine
2018Almost HomeLexus John
2019The HacksKevin
2019 From Zero to I Love You Eric Dupont
2019 Killerman James Manning
2020 The Glorias TV Interviewer
2020The Eagle and the AlbatrossDean
2020The Fox HunterEdwin McCushing
2020Surviving in L.A.Mark
2021 The Eyes of Tammy Faye Jimmy Swaggart
2022 The Walk Riley

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1998 Mad TV CopEpisode: "Vivica A. Fox"
2000 The Norm Show ManEpisode: "I've Got a Crush on You"
2000 Walker, Texas Ranger Detective RogersEpisode: "Deadly Situation"
2001 Dexter's Laboratory Hokochoo2 episodes
2002 That '80s Show Bartender3 episodes
2002 Providence Georgeous DoctorEpisode: "It's Raining Men"
2002Meet the MarksJay 'the groom'Episode #1.1
2003 Boomtown Chris HamlinEpisode: "The Hole-in-the-Wall Gang"
2004 Strong Medicine Donald MurrayEpisode: "Graft"
2005 Summerland Doug Fox3 episodes
2005, 2006 Alias Dr. Peter Marks2 episodes
2006 Medium Larry Greene / Best ManEpisode: "Knowing Her"
2006 Cold Case Joe Livingston (1979)Episode: "The Key"
2006Thick and ThinGerardEpisode: "Jen the Model"
2006–2007 Brothers & Sisters Whit Peyton6 episodes
2007 What About Brian Martin FirstEpisode: "What About the Tangled Web..."
2008 Quarterlife ArthurEpisode: "Goodbyes"
2010 The Young and the Restless Richard Hightower4 episodes
2010Dad's HomeBrian WestmanTelevision film
2011 Drop Dead Diva Kevin WilliamsEpisode: "Prom"
2012 Breaking In Sean HurleyEpisode: "The Legend of Hurley's Gold"
2012 Army Wives Dr. Paul CampellEpisode: "Handicap"
2012–2013 Treme Will Branson6 episodes
2013 Nashville DeweyEpisode: "I'm Sorry for You, My Friend"
2013 The Neighbors PaulEpisode: "Mother Clubbers"
2013Anna NicoleJohn LawftonTelevision film
2013–2014 Ravenswood Tom Beddington3 episodes
2014 True Detective Jimmy LedouxEpisode: "After You've Gone"
2014 Star-Crossed Ray Whitehill4 episodes
2014 Red Band Society Sean FaheyEpisode: "So Tell Me What You Want

What You Really Really Want"

2015 CSI: Cyber GordonEpisode: "L0M1S"
2015 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Young Rebecca's FatherEpisode: "I Hope Josh Comes to My Party!"
2015 The Walking Dead Dave3 episodes
2016 The Inspectors Frank MacomEpisode: "No Good Deed"
2016 Halt and Catch Fire Cal EricksonEpisode: "Rules of Honorable Play"
2016 Rosewood David B. JonesEpisode: "Boatopsy & Booty"
2016 The Real O'Neals GaryEpisode: "The Real Tradition"
2019 The Purge Defense AttorneyEpisode: "Blindspots"
2020 NCIS: New Orleans Ben KinnamanEpisode: "Relentless"
TBAPegasusActorEpisode: "Do you believe in magic?"

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