Jeff Yagher
{{short description|American actor}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Jeff Yagher
| birth_name = Jeffrey Brian Yagher
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|1|18}}
| birth_place = Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| education = Ohio State University, Columbus {{small|(BA)}}
Yale University {{small|(MFA)}}
| children = 2
| occupation = Actor
| spouse = Megan Gallagher
| years_active = 1984–present
}}
Jeffrey Brian Yagher (born January 18, 1961) is an American actor.
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.{{Cite book |title=Hollywood Monster: A Walk Down Elm Street with the Man of Your Dreams |last1=Englund |first1=Robert |authorlink1=Robert Englund|last2=Goldsher |first2=Alan |publisher=Simon and Schuster |year=2009 |page=138|isbn=9781439163252}} Yagher's second marriage is to actress Megan Gallagher, and they have two children together.{{Cite web|title = EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: DS9 & Voyager Guest Star Megan Gallagher|url = http://www.startrek.com/article/exclusive-interview-ds9-voyager-guest-star-megan-gallagher|accessdate = 2015-08-16|date = 2013-09-27|website = Star Trek}}
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=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1987
| Jordan Crawford | |
| 1989
| Shag | Jimmy Valentine | |
| 1991
| No Secrets | Michael | |
| 1991
| Craig Fulson | Direct-to-video |
| 1993
| The Red Coat | | Short film |
| 1996
| Dorothy / Lt. Ralph Fleming | |
| 1998
| Bruce Bobbins | |
| 2001
| Pursuit of Happiness | Neighbor from 207 | Uncredited{{citation needed|date=May 2017}} |
| 2003
| Ghost Rider | |
| 2005
| 40's Man | |
| 2012
| Jeff Allen | |
| 2014
| Atlas Shrugged Part III: Who Is John Galt? | Jeff Allen/Narrator | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 1984–1985
| V | Kyle Bates | Main role, 19 episodes |
| 1985
| Lieutenant Andy Hawkes, USN | Episode: "Blood and Honor" |
| rowspan="4"| 1986
| Eddie South | Television movie |
| The Twilight Zone
| Gary Pitkin / Elvis Presley | Episode: "The Once and Future King/A Saucer of Loneliness" |
| The New Gidget
| Jerry | Episode: "Jeff's Anniversary" |
| Hotel
| Tom | Episode: "Forsaking All Others" |
| 1987
| Deputy Wayne Beeler | Episode: "The Cemetery Vote" |
| rowspan="3"| 1988 |
| September Gun
| Brian Brian | Television movie |
| Newhart
| Stoney | Episode: "Goonstruck" |
| rowspan="2"| 1989
| Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman | Jim Goldman | Television movie |
| Freddy's Nightmares
| Rick Rake | Episode: "Silence is Golden" |
| rowspan="3"| 1990
| Enoch, The Two-Faced Man | Episode: "Lower Berth" |
| Shangri-La Plaza
| George Bondo | Episode: "Pilot" |
| Murder, She Wrote
| Scott Fielding | Episode: "The Big Show of 1965" |
| 1991
| Jackson | Episode: "Once a Kid" |
| rowspan="3"| 1992
| John Beaver | Episode: "Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense" |
| Jake and the Fatman
| Peter Dymitrow | Episode: "Ain't Misbehavin" |
| Bodies of Evidence
| Jack Houghton | Episode: "Nightmoves" |
| 1992–1993
| Keith Wyman | Main role, 26 episodes |
| rowspan="3"| 1993
| Nathan Gage | Episode: "You've Come a Long Way, Babysitter" |
| Murder, She Wrote
| Marcus Rule | Episode: "Killer Radio" |
| Mother of the Bride
| Ken | Television movie |
| rowspan="2"| 1994
| Heller | Television movie |
| Madonna: Innocence Lost
| Paul | Television movie |
| rowspan="2"| 1995
| Columbo | Teddy McVeigh | Episode: "Strange Bedfellows" |
| Live Shot
| Alex Rydell | Main role, 13 episodes |
| rowspan="2"| 1996
| Seinfeld | John | Episode: "The Rye" |
| A Kidnapping in the Family
| Jack Taylor | Television movie |
| rowspan="4"| 1998
| Patrick | Episode: Pilot |
| A Wing and a Prayer
| Jack Lowe | Television movie |
| The Net
| Tim Daniels | Episode: "North by Northwestern" |
| Millennium
| Mark Bianco | Episode: "...Thirteen Years Later" |
| rowspan="4"| 1999
| Reporter Michael Sawyer | Episode: "Lawyers, Reporters and Cockroaches" |
| Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane
| Kent | Episode: "Under Mom's Thumb" |
| Action
| Marty | Episode: "Mr. Dragon Goes to Washington" |
| Oh Baby
| Noah | Episode: "Friendship" |
| rowspan="5"| 2000
| Frank Wills | Episode: "Heat" |
| Profiler
| Jason Bendross | Episode: "Besieged" |
| Family Law
| {{TableTBA|N/A}} | Episode: "Metamorphosis" |
| 7th Heaven
| Prof. Gene Hatch | Episode: "Losers" |
| Star Trek: Voyager
| Iden | Episode: "Flesh and Blood" (2-part episode) |
| rowspan="3"| 2001
| Cal Montgomery | Episode: "Strike Two" |
| Walker, Texas Ranger
| Hawkins | Episode: "Medieval Crimes" |
| Touched by an Angel
| Mike Rice | Episode: "Netherlands" |
| 2002
| Ross Larken | Episode: "As if by Fate" |
| 2003
| Reba | Terry Holliway | Episode: "Terry Holliway" |
| 2004
| Angel | Fell Leader | Episode: "Time Bomb" |
| 2004–2005
| Hoyt | Recurring role, 6 episodes |
| 2005
| Alias | Greyson Wells | Episode: "The Descent" |
| rowspan="3"| 2007
| {{TableTBA|N/A}} | Episode: "What If He's Not Alone?" |
| The Game
| Mike | Episode: "The Big Chill?" |
| Without a Trace
| Gary Sedgwick | Episode: "The Beginning" |
| rowspan="2"| 2009
| Bones | Sean Mortenson | Episode: "The Critic in the Cabernet" |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
| Brett McDowell | Episode: "The Lost Girls" |
| 2011
| Dr. Adam Farber | Episode: "Your Number's Up" |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0944891|name=Jeff Yagher}}
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Category:American male television actors
Category:American male film actors
Category:People from Lawrence, Kansas
Category:Male actors from Kansas
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