Jay Hayden

{{short description|American actor}}

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Jonathan Hayden is an American actor.{{Cite web |title=Jay Hayden |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/jay-hayden/bio/3000252500/ |access-date=2024-07-23 |website=TVGuide.com |language=en}} He is best known for his work in the ABC comedy-drama series The Catch (2016–17) and the Grey's Anatomy spinoff Station 19, both produced by Shondaland. He also has a recurring role in Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.

Early life and education

Hayden was born in Northfield, Vermont,{{cite web|url=https://www.disneyabcpress.com/abc/shows/station19/bios/|title=Station 19 Show bios: Jay Hayden|website=Disney ABC Press|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313154236/https://www.disneyabcpress.com/abc/shows/station19/bios/ |archive-date=March 13, 2018 |url-status=dead}} and is of half-Irish and half-Korean descent.{{Cite web |first=Cecily |last=Knobler |title=Catching Up with Jay Hayden |url=https://www.emmys.com/news/online-originals/catching-jay-hayden|date=April 12, 2016 |website=Television Academy |type=interview}} He won a soccer scholarship to the University of Vermont, where he was an English major but realized that acting was his primary interest; he moved to Los Angeles after graduation to pursue an acting career.

Career

In film, Hayden had a major role in The House Bunny (2008) and the lead role in the 2011 horror film State of Emergency.{{cite news |first=Ryan |last=Turek |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/horror/news/731705-image-entertainment-declares-a-state-of-emergency|title=Image Entertainment Declares a State of Emergency |website=Coming Soon |date=February 13, 2013|access-date=July 17, 2023}} He has since appeared in Wild Oats and the sports comedy Undrafted (both 2016).

On TV, he starred in the Hulu comedy mockumentary series Battleground in 2012.{{cite web |first=Michael |last=Schneider |url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/battleground-hulu-showrunners-1043362/ |title=Watch My Show: Battleground's JD Walsh and Marc Webb Answer Our Showrunner Survey|date=February 13, 2012 |website=TV Guide |access-date=July 17, 2023}} He had a regular role on The Catch,{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2015/03/mireille-enos-star-the-catch-shonda-rhimes-abc-pilot-1201384492/|title=Mireille Enos To Star In Shondaland ABC Pilot 'The Catch' |first=Nellie |last=Andreeva |date=March 2, 2015|website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=March 13, 2018}}{{cite magazine |url=https://daman.co.id/playing-with-fire/ |title=Jay Hayden, Star of Grey's Anatomy Spin-off Station 19 on DAMAN |type=interview |magazine=Da Man |date=April 17, 2018 |access-date=July 17, 2023 }} and recurring roles on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and SEAL Team.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/08/seal-team-michael-irby-jay-hayden-alona-tal-recur-cbs-drama-series-1202155086/|title='SEAL Team': Michael Irby, Jay Hayden, Alona Tal Set To Recur In CBS Drama Series |first=Denise |last=Petski |date=August 23, 2017 |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=March 13, 2018}} He was a series regular in the Grey's Anatomy spinoff Station 19 from 2018 to 2024.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/10/greys-anatomy-spinoff-jay-hayden-cast-shondaland-series-the-catch-alum-1202183849/|title='Grey's Anatomy' Spinoff: 'The Catch's Jay Hayden Cast In New Shondaland Series |first=Nellie |last=Andreeva |date=October 7, 2017 |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=March 13, 2018}}

His TV commercial appearances include the Amazon Kindle Mayday ads.{{Cite web |url=https://www.adfibs.com/jay-hayden/ |title=Jay Hayden |website=Adfibs |archive-date=August 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140820080615/http://www.adfibs.com/jay-hayden/ |url-status=dead }}

In September 2024, Deadline announced Hayden will play Agent Tyler Booth in FBI: International.{{cite web |last1=Cordero |first1=Rosy |title=‘Station 19’ Star Jay Hayden Joins ‘FBI: International’ For Season 4 |url=https://deadline.com/2024/09/jay-hayden-fbi-international-1236077060/ |website=Deadline |access-date=10 September 2024 |date=3 September 2024}}

Other work

Hayden is co-owner of David Vincent, a construction company.

Personal life

Hayden married actress Nikki Danielle Moore in June 2005; they were divorced in 2021. They have a son and a daughter.{{cite magazine |first=Johnni |last=Macke |date=April 27, 2021|title=Station 19's Jay Hayden and Wife Nicole Hayden Quietly Split After 14 Years of Marriage|url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/station-19s-jay-hayden-wife-nicole-split-after-14-years-of-marriage/|magazine=US Magazine|access-date=July 17, 2023}}

Filmography

= Film =

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Year

! Film

! Role

! class="unsortable" |Notes

rowspan="3" |2008

|Spring Break Massacre

|Rob

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The Agent

|Paul Goodman

|Short film

The House Bunny

|Kip

|

2009

|New Hope Manor

|Marty

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rowspan="3" |2011

|Sweet Illusions

|Max

|Short film

A Warrior's Heart

|J.P. Jones

|

State of Emergency

| Jim

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2012

|Relativity

|Carl

|{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}}

2015

|Testing

|Eddie

|Short film

rowspan="5" |2016

|It's Us

|Nelson

|

Blake Chandler: Psychic Investigator

|Blake Chandler

|Short film

Monolith

| Roy Lacombe

|

Undrafted

|Vinnie

|

Wild Oats

| Chip

|

2017

|Playing It Straight

|Kevin

|Short film

2018

|001LithiumX

| State Clerk

|

= Television =

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

2007

|How I Met Your Mother

| Pool Player

| Episode: "Monday Night Football"

2008

|The Suite Life on Deck

| Ted

| Episode: "Broke N Yo-Yo"

rowspan="2" |2012

|Battleground

|Chris 'Tak' Davis

|Series regular, 13 episodes

The Glades

| Jay Nelson

| Episode: "Poseidon Adventure"

2012–2013

| Criminal Minds

| Bobby Putnam

| 2 episodes {{Citation needed|date=January 2022}}

2014

| Mixology

| Dr. Eli Gold

| Episode: "Bruce & Maya"

2015

| Stalker

| Clay Adams

| Episode: "Love Hurts"

2016–2017

| The Catch

| Danny Yoon

| Series regular, 20 episodes

rowspan="2" |2017

|One Day at a Time

| Ben

|2 episodes

SEAL Team

|Brian

|4 episodes

2017–2018

|Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

| Dr. Daniel Shin

|4 episodes

2018–2024

| Station 19

| rowspan="2" | Travis Montgomery

| Main role; (Season 1-7) 103 episodes

2020–2022

|Grey's Anatomy

|Guest role; 4 episodes

2024–present

| FBI: International

| Agent Tyler Booth

|Recurring role (Season 4)

References

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