Jeff Yagher

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Jeff Yagher
Born
Jeffrey Brian Yagher

(1961-01-18) January 18, 1961 (age 64)
Education Ohio State University, Columbus (BA)
Yale University (MFA)
OccupationActor
Years active1984–present
Spouse Megan Gallagher
Children2

Jeffrey Brian Yagher (born January 18, 1961) is an American actor.

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Personal life

Born in Lawrence, Kansas, he graduated from Ohio State University and then attended the Yale School of Drama, where he appeared in productions of The Vultures, We Can't Pay, We Won't Play, and Las Madres. His younger brother Kevin Yagher is a special effects technician. [1] Yagher's second marriage is to actress Megan Gallagher, and they have two children together. [2]

Career

His television debut was in V: The Series as Kyle Bates. He starred in the pilot of 21 Jump Street as Tommy Hanson. He played both lead roles in The Twilight Zone episode "The Once and Future King", portraying both an Elvis impersonator and the real Elvis Presley, with a split screen used to allow him to appear alongside himself. He appeared in an episode of Newhart as Stoney and in the Seinfeld episode "The Rye" as John Jermaine, a jazz musician who dates Elaine Benes. He starred in the TV movie Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman along with Sandra Bullock in 1989. He appeared in several episodes of Six Feet Under , playing Hoyt Woodworth, in 2004. He appeared in Without a Trace (2007) and Bones (2009).

His film credits include Dead Man's Folly (1986), Big Bad Mama II (1987), Shag (1989), My Fellow Americans (1996), The Pandora Project (1998), and View from the Top (2003).

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1987 Big Bad Mama II Jordan Crawford
1989 Shag Jimmy Valentine
1991No SecretsMichael
1991 Lower Level Craig FulsonDirect-to-video
1993The Red CoatShort film
1996 My Fellow Americans Dorothy / Lt. Ralph Fleming
1998 The Pandora Project Bruce Bobbins
2001Pursuit of HappinessNeighbor from 207Uncredited[ citation needed ]
2003 View from the Top Ghost Rider
2005 Mr. & Mrs. Smith 40's Man
2012 Atlas Shrugged: Part II Jeff Allen
2014 Atlas Shrugged Part III: Who Is John Galt? Jeff Allen/Narrator

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1984–1985 V Kyle BatesMain role, 19 episodes
1985 Magnum, P.I. Lieutenant Andy Hawkes, USNEpisode: "Blood and Honor"
1986 Dead Man's Folly Eddie SouthTelevision movie
The Twilight Zone Gary Pitkin / Elvis PresleyEpisode: "The Once and Future King/A Saucer of Loneliness"
The New Gidget JerryEpisode: "Jeff's Anniversary"
Hotel TomEpisode: "Forsaking All Others"
1987 Murder, She Wrote Deputy Wayne BeelerEpisode: "The Cemetery Vote"
1988
September GunBrian BrianTelevision movie
Newhart StoneyEpisode: "Goonstruck"
1989 Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman Jim GoldmanTelevision movie
Freddy's Nightmares Rick RakeEpisode: "Silence Is Golden"
1990 Tales from the Crypt Enoch, The Two-Faced ManEpisode: "Lower Berth"
Shangri-La Plaza George BondoEpisode: "Pilot"
Murder, She Wrote Scott FieldingEpisode: "The Big Show of 1965"
1991 Pros and Cons JacksonEpisode: "Once a Kid"
1992 Civil Wars John BeaverEpisode: "Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense"
Jake and the Fatman Peter DymitrowEpisode: "Ain't Misbehavin"
Bodies of Evidence Jack HoughtonEpisode: "Nightmoves"
1992–1993 Room for Two Keith WymanMain role, 26 episodes
1993 Doogie Howser, M.D. Nathan GageEpisode: "You've Come a Long Way, Babysitter"
Murder, She Wrote Marcus RuleEpisode: "Killer Radio"
Mother of the Bride KenTelevision movie
1994 One of Her Own HellerTelevision movie
Madonna: Innocence Lost PaulTelevision movie
1995 Columbo Teddy McVeighEpisode: "Strange Bedfellows"
Live Shot Alex RydellMain role, 13 episodes
1996 Seinfeld JohnEpisode: "The Rye"
A Kidnapping in the FamilyJack TaylorTelevision movie
1998 House Rules PatrickEpisode: Pilot
A Wing and a PrayerJack LoweTelevision movie
The Net Tim DanielsEpisode: "North by Northwestern"
Millennium Mark BiancoEpisode: "...Thirteen Years Later"
1999 The Practice Reporter Michael SawyerEpisode: "Lawyers, Reporters and Cockroaches"
Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane KentEpisode: "Under Mom's Thumb"
Action MartyEpisode: "Mr. Dragon Goes to Washington"
Oh Baby NoahEpisode: "Friendship"
2000 It's Like, You Know... Frank WillsEpisode: "Heat"
Profiler Jason BendrossEpisode: "Besieged"
Family Law N/AEpisode: "Metamorphosis"
7th Heaven Prof. Gene HatchEpisode: "Losers"
Star Trek: Voyager IdenEpisode: "Flesh and Blood" (2-part episode)
2001 Mysterious Ways Cal MontgomeryEpisode: "Strike Two"
Walker, Texas Ranger HawkinsEpisode: "Medieval Crimes"
Touched by an Angel Mike RiceEpisode: "Netherlands"
2002 Crossing Jordan Ross LarkenEpisode: "As if by Fate"
2003 Reba Terry HolliwayEpisode: "Terry Holliway"
2004 Angel Fell LeaderEpisode: "Time Bomb"
2004–2005 Six Feet Under HoytRecurring role, 6 episodes
2005 Alias Greyson WellsEpisode: "The Descent"
2007 Day Break N/AEpisode: "What If He's Not Alone?"
The Game MikeEpisode: "The Big Chill?"
Without a Trace Gary SedgwickEpisode: "The Beginning"
2009 Bones Sean MortensonEpisode: "The Critic in the Cabernet"
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Brett McDowellEpisode: "The Lost Girls"
2011 Body of Proof Dr. Adam FarberEpisode: "Your Number's Up"

References

  1. Englund, Robert; Goldsher, Alan (2009). Hollywood Monster: A Walk Down Elm Street with the Man of Your Dreams. Simon and Schuster. p. 138. ISBN   9781439163252.
  2. "EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: DS9 & Voyager Guest Star Megan Gallagher". Star Trek. 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2015-08-16.