Jere Burns
{{short description|American actor (b. 1954)}}
{{Infobox person
| image =
| name = Jere Burns
| birthname = Jere Eugene Burns II
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|10|15}}
| birth_place = Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
| alma_mater = {{Plainlist|
| occupation = Actor
| spouse = {{Plainlist|
- {{marriage|Melissa Keeler|1982|1996|reason=div}}
- {{marriage|Kathleen Kinmont|1997|1999|reason=div}}
- {{marriage|Leslie Cohen|2008|2018|reason=div}}}}
| children = 4
| yearsactive = 1970–present
}}
Jere Eugene Burns II{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/54/Jere-Burns.html|title=Jere Burns Film Reference Page|publisher=Film Reference|website=www.filmreference.com}} ({{IPAc-en |'|dʒ|ɛr|i}}; born October 15, 1954) is an American actor who has appeared in theatre productions and on television. He played the roles of ladies' man Kirk Morris on the television series Dear John, DIA psychiatrist Anson Fullerton on the television series Burn Notice, Jack on the sitcom Something So Right, and Dixie Mafia middle-man Wynn Duffy on Justified.{{cite news|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/9707/Jere-Burns/biography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102084925/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/9707/Jere-Burns/biography|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-11-02|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|date=2013|title=Jere Burns}}
Early life
Jere Eugene Burns II was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the son of a gown and cap manufacturer. He attended the Browne & Nichols School and graduated in 1973.{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/bbn-cambridge/docs/bb_n_mag_summer_20201006|title=BB&N Bulletin|date=Fall 2020|access-date=April 3, 2024|quote=Of his many friends from B&N, particular mention should be made of...Jere Burns '73}} Burns was drawn to acting late in college. After graduating from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1980, he moved to Manhattan and was cast in Don Juan at the New York Shakespeare Festival.
Career
Burns has appeared on Broadway; his Broadway theatre credits include Hairspray and After the Night and the Music.
Burns made his television debut in a small role on ABC's ABC Afterschool Special episode "Mom's on Strike" in 1984. He had a recurring role as rapist James Fitzsimmons on Hill Street Blues and body collector Breughel on Max Headroom. In 1988 he landed the role of sleazy Kirk Morris on Dear John. In 1989 he appeared in the William Lustig film Hit List as Jared Riley. He appeared as the villainous Cade Dalton on the NBC miniseries The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw (1991), hateful Vice President of Sales Pete Schmidt on Bob (1993), a member of the feuding family in Greedy (1994), Jack Farrell in Something So Right (1996), and Ben Stuart in Life-Size (2000). He portrayed the title character's brother in "The Trouble with Harry", an episode of the series Twice in a Lifetime directed by David Winning (2000); Frank Alfonse on Good Morning, Miami (2002); Keith on The King of Queens (2006); Michael on Help Me Help You (2006); Dr. Jim on Surviving Suburbia (2007); Derek Ford on Psych, Bosco on Grey's Anatomy (2013); and Jacob Tiernan on Lucifer (2019). He starred as an FBI agent in the movie Otis (2008). Other screen credits include Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (2001).{{Citation needed|date=December 2017}}
In 2010, he appeared in AMC's series Breaking Bad as the group leader for a Narcotics Anonymous meeting as a part of a twelve-step program, which main character Jesse Pinkman attended. He also had a recurring role on FX's Justified as Wynn Duffy,{{cite magazine |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2015/03/31/justified-postmortem-jere-burns-mikey-loyalty/ |title='Justified' postmortem: Jere Burns talks about Mikey's loyalty and THAT scene |last=Fowle |first=Kyle |date=March 12, 2015 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=December 12, 2020}} a sadistic lieutenant in the Dixie Mafia, and appeared as villain Anson Fullerton in Seasons 5 and 6 (2011–2012) of Burn Notice on USA Network.{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/burn-notice-casts-breaking-bad-213137 |title='Burn Notice' Casts 'Breaking Bad' Actor as a Psychologist |last=Ng|first=Philiana|date=July 19, 2011|work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=December 12, 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2011/07/jere-burns-joins-burn-notice-for-major-recurring-role-148340/ |title=Jere Burns Joins 'Burn Notice' For Major Recurring Role|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=July 19, 2011|work=Deadline |access-date=December 12, 2020}}
Burns had a recurring role as Jake Abernathy on the A&E series Bates Motel in 2013, and appeared as Lieutenant Atkins in the TBS series Angie Tribeca.
Personal life
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In 1982, Burns was married to Melissa Keeler. After 14 years of marriage, they filed for divorce in 1996. The following year in 1997, he married actress Kathleen Kinmont, and they divorced in 1999. In 2008, he was married to Leslie Cohen. They later divorced in 2018 after ten years of marriage.
He has four children.
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
!Title !Role !Notes |
|---|
| 1986
| Levesque | |
| 1986
| Washington Aide | |
| 1989
| Hit List | Jared Riley | |
| 1989
| Wired | Lou Connors | |
| 1994
| Greedy | Glen McTeague | |
| 1997
| Santa Fe | Dr. Dan Yates | |
| 1998
| My Giant | Weller, the Movie Director | |
| 2001
| Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles | Arnan Rothman | |
| 2002
| Mother Ghost | Cemetery Agent | |
| 2002
| New Suit | Dixon Grain | |
| 2005
| Ben Zabrinski | |
| 2008
| Otis | Agent Ralph Hotchkiss | Direct-to-video |
| 2009
| Jeffrey Nobels | |
| 2011
| Prom | Principal Dunnan | |
| 2014
| The Crop | The Farmer | Short film |
| 2014
| The Amateur | Joey's Dad | |
| 2015
| Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant | Herb Thompkins | |
| 2015
| The Muppets: First Look Presentation | Carl | Short film |
| 2015
| Mental Manny | |
| 2016
| Hot Air | |
| 2018
| Uncredited |
| 2018
| Detective (voice){{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/la-et-me-incredibles-2-premiere-20180606-story|title='Incredibles 2' team on the sequel's 14-year gap, and putting Elastigirl center stage|last=Schoellkopf|first=Christina|date=June 6, 2018|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=December 12, 2020}} | |
| 2018
| Adolescence | Mr. Z | |
| 2020
| The Catch | Eddie Nance | |
| 2020
| Professor Timothy Phillips | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
!Title !Role !Notes |
|---|
| 1970
| Steve | Episode: "God Bless the Children (Pilot)" |
| 1984
| James Fitzsimmons | Episodes: "Watt a Way to Go" and "Rookie Nookie" |
| 1984
| Hal | Episode: "Mom's on Strike" |
| 1985
| Eddie Watson | Episode: "Fire on the Wing" |
| 1985
| Riptide | Kefler | Episode: "The Twisted Cross" |
| 1985
| Hunter | Greg Jones | Episode: "The Beach Boy" |
| 1986
| Rick Badham | Episode: "Steele on the Air" |
| 1986
| | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 1986
| Brother Vinnie | Episode: "God, the Universe & Hot Fudge Sundaes" |
| 1987
| Ohara | Greene | Episode: "Eddie" |
| 1987–1988
| Breughel / Breughal | 4 episodes |
| 1987
| Pinter | Episode: "Little Girl Lost" |
| 1988
| Kevin Barry | Episode: "I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan" |
| 1988–1992
| Kirk Morris | 90 episodes |
| 1989
| Turn Back the Clock | William Hawkins | Television movie |
| 1990
| Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter | Cliff Bartel | Television movie |
| 1991
| The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw | Cade Dalton | Television movie |
| 1993
|Jeffrey Horan | Episode: "A Married Man" |
| 1993
| Bob | Pete Schmidt | 8 episodes |
| 1994–1995
| Tom Booker | 18 episodes |
| 1995
| Stephen Primes | Television movie |
| 1996
| The Secret She Carried | Lewis Snow | Television movie |
| 1996–1998
| Jack Farrell | 37 episodes |
| 1998
| Fantasy Island | Pete Collins | Episode: "We're Not Worthy" |
| 1999
| Steven Jensen | Uncredited |
| 1999
| Roy | Episode: "Nina's Choice" |
| 1999
| Eddie Madden | Television movie |
| 2000
| Ben Stuart | Television movie |
| 2000
| Thomas "Tom" Lasky / Tom the Homeless Man | Episode: "The Trouble with Harry" |
| 2000
| Andy Winston | Episode: "The Talented Mr. Ripoff" |
| 2000
| Cover Me | Kerry Fever | Episode: "The Fever Flip" |
| 2000
| Sam Rigney | Episode: "Legacy" |
| 2001
| Jake Worthy | Episode: "The Vessel" |
| 2002
| Gabriel | Episode: "Time After Time" |
| 2002
| John Carruthers | Episode: "Big Brother" |
| 2002–2004
| Frank Alfano | 35 episodes |
| 2002
| Chip Wheeler | Episodes: "Sophisticated Ladies" and "A Taste of Money" |
| 2004–2007
| Mego (voice) | Episodes: "Go Team Go" and "Stop Team Go!" |
| 2005
| Commissioner | Episode: "VolleyBrawl" |
| 2005
| Dan Clayman | Episode: "One Nation, Under Surveillance" |
| 2005
| Brian Goodman | 3 episodes |
| 2006
| Howard | Episode: "Snow Job" |
| 2006
| Keith | Episode: "Hartford Wailer" |
| 2006
| Man in Cast | Episode: "Finale: Part 1" |
| 2006
| Lawyer Friend | Episode: "Heal Thyself" |
| 2006–2007
| Michael | 14 episodes |
| 2006–2008
| A.D.A. Joe Isaacs | Episodes: "BL: Los Angeles" and "Rode vs. Wade: The Musical" |
| 2006
| Norman the Doorman | Episode: "Upper West Side Story" |
| 2008
| Psych | Derek Ford | Episode: "Disco Didn't Die. It Was Murdered!" |
| 2008
| Jerry | Episodes: "Andy's Proposal" and "Cabin Boys" |
| 2009
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Dr. Shaw | Episode: "The Gone Dead Train" |
| 2009
| Dr. Jim | 13 episodes |
| 2010
| The Geniuses | Charles Bodin | Television movie |
| 2010
| Patrick Drayton | Episode: "The Whistleblower" |
| 2010–2015
| Wynn Duffy | 46 episodes |
| 2010–2011
| 4 episodes |
| 2010
| Strange Brew | Ted | Television movie |
| 2011
| Donald | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2011
| Love Begins | Sheriff Holden | Television movie |
| 2011
| Richie Salerno | Episode: "There's Nothing to Fix" |
| 2011–2012
| Anson Fullerton | 9 episodes |
| 2011
| Family Practice | George Foote | Television movie |
| 2012
| Spencer Madsen | Episode: "Popilikia" |
| 2013
| Jake Abernathy | 4 episodes |
| 2013
| Ben Bosco | Episode: "Map of You" |
| 2015
| Victor Vogelson | Episode: "Daddy Dearest" |
| 2015
| Suits | Vince Sanfilippo | Episode: "Denial" |
| 2015
| Carl | Episodes: "Pilot" and "Pig Girls Don't Cry" |
| 2015
| From Dusk till Dawn: The Series | Winchester Greely | Episodes: "The Last Temptation of Richard Gecko" and "There Will Be Blood" |
| 2016
| Elliot Chase | Episode: "Moral Hazard" |
| 2016–2018
| Chet Atkins, Paddy Atkins, Eric Atkins | 40 episodes |
| 2017–2018
| Dimitrious Pertz (voice){{cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Jere-Burns/|title=Jere Burns - 2 Character Images|website=Behind The Voice Actors|access-date=October 12, 2019}} | Episodes: "The Bitchin' Race" and "Klaustastrophe.tv" |
| 2017–2018
| Sid Robbins | 5 episodes |
| 2018
| Dr. Randolph Luvenis | Episode: "Nothing Lasts Forever" |
| 2019
| 3 episodes |
| 2019
| Lucifer | Jacob Tiernan | Episode: "Devil Is as Devil Does" |
| 2019
| Blu Brown | Episode: "The Entertainer" |
| 2019–2021
| All Rise | Adam Pryce | Episodes: "Fool for Liv" and "Bette Davis Eyes" |
| 2020
| Howard Hastings | 3 episodes |
| 2022-2023
| Howard Pembrook | 3 episodes |
| 2024
| Llewellyn Mathers | 9 episodes |
References
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External links
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