Jeff Branson

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Jeff Branson
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Jeffrey Dale Branson

OccupationActor
Years active2000–present
Website www.jeffbranson.com

Jeffrey Dale Branson (born March 10, 1977) [1] is an American actor. He is known for his role as Ronan Malloy on The Young and the Restless , Jonathan Lavery on All My Children , and Shayne Lewis on Guiding Light .

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Career

Branson originated the role of Jonathan Lavery on the ABC soap opera All My Children on June 15, 2004. Although he was off the air from mid-April until August 2005 while his character was believed dead in an explosion, Branson remained on contract the entire time. Branson's last appearance on All My Children aired on December 18, 2007.

Branson's work prior to All My Children included a 2000 guest spot on NBC's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit . He had a small part that year in the film Shaft and in 2002 he was in the feature film Wolves of Wall Street .

In 2004, he played the role of a younger Alan Spaulding on Guiding Light ; he also played Shayne Lewis on Guiding Light up until the last episode of the show on September 18, 2009.

In 2005, Branson received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination in the category of Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his work on All My Children as Jonathan Lavery. In 2009, he received his second Daytime Emmy Award nomination for his portrayal of Shayne Lewis on Guiding Light. He won this award, tied with Vincent Irizarry from All My Children.

In June 2010, Branson began work on The Young and the Restless in the role of Ronan Malloy. Malloy is Nina Webster's long-lost son that was stolen as a baby and put up for adoption. He plays an undercover FBI agent on a mission to bust corrupt cops in Genoa City involved in a drug ring. He left the show from February to August 2011. On June 26, 2012, he arrived back in Genoa City because of Victor Newman. In 2012, Branson won the Dankies Award for outstanding supporting actor for his role as Malloy.

Branson played the character of "Johnny" in the 2010 film I Spit on Your Grave , a remake of the 1978 revenge film.

His television appearances outside of daytime drama include episodes of NCIS , NCIS: Los Angeles , The Mentalist , Law & Order: SVU , and Supernatural . He also appeared in the first season of Supergirl as Master Jailer.

Branson appears as Neil Armstrong in the Apple TV+ series For All Mankind.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000 Shaft Walter's friend
2001SemmelweisSchmellingShort film
2002Get the Hell Out of HeavenStixShort film
Wolves of Wall Street Tyler
2005Four Lane HighwayAndy
Building GirlMark
2006 The Big Bad Swim Noah Owens
Delirious TV soap star
2008Swing Vote: What Side Are You On?JackShort film
2009The Magnificent Cooly-TJohnny
2010 I Spit on Your Grave Johnny Stillman
2011HistoryHank MartinezShort film
2012DeleteFisherShort film
Trophy HusbandTrophy husbandShort film
MoniKaTerry Jo
2014Zoe GoneWalter
2015 Visions Glenn Barry
2016Beyond DoubtMr. Fields

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000 Strangers with Candy Episode: "The Blank Page"
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Chris LyonsEpisode: "Honor"
2004 Guiding Light Young Alan Spaulding Flashbacks
2004–2007 All My Children Jonathan Lavery163 episodes
2008 Without a Trace MarkEpisode: "22 x 42"
2008–2009 Guiding Light Shayne Lewis Series regular (116 episodes)
2010–2012 The Young and the Restless Ronan Malloy Series regular (159 episodes)
2011 CSI: Miami Dennis BaldwinEpisode: "Blood Lust"
2013 CSI: NY Andy SteinEpisode: "Command+P"
Chosen Chris2 episodes
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Mr DavariEpisode: "In Vino Veritas"
NCIS: Los Angeles Agent JenkinsEpisode: "Big Brother"
2014 NCIS Commander Chad HendricksEpisode: "Shooter"
Perception Scott KempEpisode: "Inconceivable"
The Mentalist Walker PondEpisode: "Black Market"
2015 Supernatural Jacob StyneEpisode: "Book of the Damned"
Party Monsters Dorian Gray TV film
2016 Supergirl Carl Draper / Master JailerEpisode: "Truth, Justice and the American Way"
Forever 31GregMiniseries
Episode: "Psycho"
Christmas in HomesteadVince HawkinsTV film
2017 Grimm Paul MalerEpisode: "El Cuegle"
Major Crimes Alan Redmond4 episodes
Ten Days in the Valley Dominic4 episodes
2019 For All Mankind Neil Armstrong 2 episodes

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References

  1. "Catching up with....Jeff Branson". Soap Opera Digest. July 8, 2013. p. 45.