Jeff Kober

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Jeff Kober
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Kober at the 2015 Walker Stalker Con
Born (1953-12-18) December 18, 1953 (age 70)
OccupationActor
Years active1985-present
Spouses
  • Rhonda Talbot (m. 1989–?)
  • Kelly Cutrone (m. 1998–?)
  • Adele Slaughter (m. 2013)
Children1

Jeff Kober (born December 18, 1953) [1] is an American actor, known for his television roles as Dodger in China Beach , Jacob Hale Jr. in Sons of Anarchy , Joe in the fourth season of The Walking Dead , and Kurt Nypo in Walker: Texas Ranger . He is also known his movie roles such as Roy Gaddis in Out of Bounds (1986), Patrick Channing in The First Power (1990), Marcus in One Tough Bastard (1995), and as Ponoma Joe in A Man Apart (2003). In February 2020, Kober joined the cast of ABC's General Hospital as Cyrus Renault. He exited the role in June 2021, but has made occasional guest appearances from August to December of the same year, winning a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his performance in the role in 2022. [2]

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Early life

Kober was born in Billings, Montana, on December 18, 1953. He moved to the Los Angeles area in his twenties and studied acting with theater educator Ed Kaye-Martin.

Career

Kober may be best known as Dodger in China Beach [3] and Daedalus in the short-lived cult horror series Kindred: The Embraced . He has made guest appearances on such television series as Buffy the Vampire Slayer , Law & Order: Special Victims Unit , CSI: Crime Scene Investigation , ER , 24 , The Closer , New Girl , [4] Criminal Minds , Star Trek: Voyager , and Star Trek: Enterprise . He played the character Julian Bradley in the two-part 1985 episode entitled "The Monster: Part 1&2" on Highway to Heaven . He played Jacob Hale, Jr. in the FX series Sons of Anarchy and Joe in the AMC series The Walking Dead . [3] [4] He also featured as DJ Ray from Reef Radio in Bacardi 1990s 'serve chilled' advertising campaign. [5] In 2013, Kober reprised his role as Daedalus for the Kindred: The Embraced DVD set in a special features segment called "Daedalus: The Last Will and Testament," which is meant for Abel (the boy Daedalus wanted to embrace in the episode "Romeo and Juliet"), who is now an adult and was embraced by Julian Luna as Kindred. He played a role in the 2005 film Love's Long Journey . He appeared in an episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia called "Gun Fever Too: Still Hot".

On June 24, 2022, Kober won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Cyrus Renault on General Hospital . [2]

Personal life

Kober is twice divorced. He married Rhonda Talbot on February 4, 1989; they had one child. On August 25, 1998, Kober married his second wife, fashion publicist Kelly Cutrone. Their marriage ended in divorce. On December 31, 2013, Kober married his current wife, Adele Slaughter. [6]

Kober is a bass guitarist who is a former member of The Walking Wounded. [7]

Kober visited Vietnam with co-star Dana Delany during filming of the television drama series China Beach (1988), which was based on U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. Their visit is documented in the Dana Delany episode of the series Intimate Portrait (1993), which features a discussion and photographs of their journey.

Kober is a noted artist who is responsible for the paintings attributed to his character Daedalus on Kindred: The Embraced (1996). Kober and Slaughter co-authored Art That Pays: The Emerging Artist's Guide to Making a Living.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1986 Out of Bounds Roy Gaddis
1988ViperMatt Thomas / Richard Gelb
1988 Alien Nation Josh Strader
1988 Lucky Stiff Ike
1990 The First Power Patrick Channing
1993The Hit ListRichard Cordon
1993The Baby Doll MurdersLouis
1995AutomaticMajor West
1995 Tank Girl Booga
1996 One Tough Bastard Marcus
1996 Demolition High Luther
1997 The Big Fall Johnny 'Axe' Roosevelt
1997 The Maker Rubicon Beziqui
1999 Inferno Beserko
2000MilitiaTom JeffriesUncredited
2001The WantZed
2002Defining MaggieBuddy
2002 Enough FBI Agent
2003 A Man Apart Pomona Joe
2004 Hidalgo Sergeant at Wounded Knee
2004World Without WavesDoug
2007 The Hills Have Eyes 2 Redding
2008MultipleTerry
2011Re-CutJohn Fowler
2012PerfectionHarry
2012 The Guilt Trip Jimmy
2015Bad BloodRay Baker
2016 Sully LT Cook
2016 River Guard Detective Mitchell
2017 Lost Cat Corona Sue
2017 Beauty Mark Bruce
2018 Leave No Trace Mr. Walters
2018Above All ThingsMr. Swanson
2018Dead SoundStone
2018 What Still Remains Zack
2019Char ManKent Bridewell
2019 Lie Exposed The Photographer
2021Topology of SirensDad
2023Self RelianceThe Cowboy

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1985 V Visitor OfficerEpisode: "The Hero"
1985 Highway to Heaven Julian Bradley2 episodes
1985 The Twilight Zone Younger CopEpisode: "Night of the Meek"
1986–1987 Falcon Crest Guy Stafford7 episodes
1987 MacGyver Matt BellEpisode: "Pirates"
1987 Ohara Frankie NelsonEpisode: "Toshi"
1987 Laguna Heat Vic HarmonTelevision film
1988–1991 China Beach Sgt. Evan 'Dodger' Winslow57 episodes
1992 Ned Blessing: The True Story of My Life Tors BucknerTelevision film
1992 Keep the Change Billy Kelton
1992 Angel Street Father Juan YasztremskiEpisode: "Midnight Times a Hundred"
1993 The Hat Squad Sgt. Dan ColtrainEpisode: "Dead Man Walking"
1993 Desperate Rescue: The Cathy Mahone Story J.D. RobertsTelevision film
1993 The X-Files BearEpisode: "Ice"
1993 A Matter of Justice TalbotTelevision film
1994 The Commish Gary SpurlingEpisode: "Bank Job"
1994 The Innocent TinsleyTelevision film
1994Higher EducationDale Evans4 episodes
1994, 1997 Walker, Texas Ranger Kurt Nypo / Russell Stafford3 episodes
1995 Earth 2 The Z.E.D.Episode: "Redemption"
1996 Women: Stories of Passion VincentEpisode: "Sing, Sing Me the Blues"
1996 The Lazarus Man MatzEpisode: "The Hold-Up"
1996 Kindred: The Embraced Daedalus8 episodes
1997Gold CoastRoland CroweTelevision film
1997, 1998 Nothing Sacred Michael Reyneaux2 episodes
1998 The Magnificent Seven Morgan ColtraneEpisode: "Safecracker"
1998The Advanced GuardDesmondTelevision film
1998 The Pretender Clavell DaneEpisode: "Bank"
1998 C-16: FBI Ringo LattimerEpisode: "The Art of War"
1998 Logan's War: Bound by Honor Sal MercadoTelevision film
1999 Poltergeist: The Legacy Raymond Corvus2 episodes
1999 Seven Days James RanceEpisode: "A Dish Best Served Cold"
1999 Charmed Jackson WardEpisode: "The Power of Two"
1999–2002 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Rack / Zachary Kralik4 episodes
2000 JAG Rory CoulterEpisode: "Body Talk"
2000 American Tragedy Bill PavelicTelevision film
2001 18 Wheels of Justice BobbyEpisode: "Dance with the Devil"
2001 Star Trek: Voyager IkoEpisode: "Repentance"
2001 Lost Voyage DazingerTelevision film
2001, 2004 NYPD Blue Leon / Tom2 episodes
2002 Star Trek: Enterprise TraegEpisode: "Shadows of P'Jem"
2002 Crossing Jordan Daryl WoodEpisode: "Crime & Punishment"
2002 ER Toby and Matt's DadEpisode: "First Snowfall"
2002WindfallBennettTelevision film
2003 The Shield Bruce RosenEpisode: "Inferno"
2003 Peacemakers Major HansenEpisode: "Dead to Rights"
2003 10-8: Officers on Duty Ken MeadeEpisode: "Blood Sugar Sex Magik"
2003 The Guardian Fred MurphyEpisode: "Believe"
2003, 2012 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Walter Hicks / Roger Wilder2 episodes
2004 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Abraham / Eugene HoffEpisode: "Charisma"
2004, 2006 Dr. Vegas Mitch2 episodes
2005 Criminal Minds LeoEpisode: "Derailed"
2005 Love's Long Journey MasonTelevision film
2006 24 Conrad HaasEpisode: "Day 5: 7:00 a.m.-8:00 a.m."
2006 The Closer Scott CampbellEpisode: "To Protect & to Serve"
2007 Supernatural RandallEpisode: "Folsom Prison Blues"
2008 Aces 'N' Eights TateTelevision film
2008 Reaper DennisEpisode: "Greg, Schmeg"
2008 The Cleaner Tom PorterEpisode: "House of Pain"
2008 Numbers BradyEpisode: "Conspiracy Theory"
2009 Cold Case Jack DubinskiEpisode: "Lotto Fever"
2009 Burn Notice FalconeEpisode: "Friends and Family"
2009 Mending Fences Jack Norris Jr.Television film
2009–2013 Sons of Anarchy Jacob Hale, Jr. 13 episodes
2010 Lost MechanicEpisode: "What Kate Does"
2010 CSI: Miami Glenn HarperEpisode: "Dishonor"
2010 Law & Order: LA ToomeyEpisode: "Harbor City"
2011 Breakout Kings Harry Lee ReddinEpisode: "Fun with Chemistry"
2012 New Girl Remy4 episodes
2013 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Creepy GuyEpisode: "Gun Fever Too: Still Hot"
2014 The Walking Dead Joe4 episodes
2014 NCIS: New Orleans Brick MyersEpisode: "Chasing Ghosts"
2016 Shameless Jupiter2 episodes
2016 Timeless Davy Crockett Episode: "The Alamo"
2016 12 Deadly Days DadEpisode: "Love Bites"
2017His Wives and DaughtersEddie Ray BanksEpisode: "Pilot"
2017–2018 The Walking Dead: Red Machete Joe3 episodes
2017–2018 NCIS: Los Angeles Harris Keane8 episodes
2018 Van Helsing SimonEpisode: "Christ Pose"
2019 Sneaky Pete Jacques ReynardEpisode: "The Stamford Trust Fall"
2019, 2021 Truth Be Told Jerbic2 episodes
2020 Interrogation DrakeEpisode: "Henry Fisher vs Eric Fisher 1992"
2020 Bosch John the Baptist Episode: "Money, Honey"
2020 Big Dogs Capt. DiBiasi7 episodes
2020The Church of MikeRandy PopeEpisode: "The Church of Mike"
2020–2022 General Hospital Cyrus Renault 168 episodes
2021 Big Sky Mr. Kennedy2 episodes

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