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Jeff FaheyAdd to My CelebsAge 59 Birthday Nov. 29th, 1952 Born in Olean, New York, USA Height 6' 0" |
Jeff Fahey's Main TV Roles
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Main Movie Roles2010 - Machete2007 - Grindhouse 2007 - Planet Terror 2006 - Only The Brave 2006 - Scorpius Gigantus 2004 - Darkhunters 1999 - Apocalypse II Revelation 1994 - Wyatt Earp 1992 - The Lawnmower Man 1991 - Body Parts 1990 - Impulse 1990 - White Hunter Black Heart 1989 - True Blood 1986 - Psycho III 1985 - Silverado |
NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB
Jeff was born in Olean, New York, and moved to Buffalo when he was 10, where he attended Father Baker's High School. After graduation in 1972, he traveled around the world doing odd jobs. He was a crewman on a fishing boat, drove an ambulance in Germany, lived on a Kibbutz in Israel and spent some time in India. He then returned to Buffalo and joined the Studio Arena Theatre. From there Jeff went to New York City where he studied with Myra Rastova, began doing off Broadway theatre and television soap operas. He started a production company and produced off-Broadway shows out of the Raft Theatre on Theatre Row. Jeff first gained attention as a motion picture actor in Lawrence Kasden's "Silverado" in which he played Brian Dennehy's deputy Tyree, a cold blooded killer with a thirst for vengeance. Jeff starred in the acclaimed live television play "The Execution of Raymond Graham" and the TNT mini-series "444 Days." He starred for over 2 years in the daytime serial "One Life To Live." He appeared in the Broadway revival of "Brigadoon," toured with "Oklahoma," performed in Paris in "West Side Story," and in London in "Orphans" with Albert Finney. Jeff was raised in Buffalo as one of 13 children in an Irish-American family.
TRIVIA:
- He joined the cast of _"Lost" (2004)_ (qv) in 2008 and is working with two former co-stars, 'Josh Holloway' (qv), with whom he worked in _Cold Heart (2001)_ (qv), and 'Naveen Andrews' (qv), with whom he worked in _Grindhouse (2007)_ (qv).
- Often travels to Kabul, Afghanistan, where he has been supporting an orphanage for several years.
- Danced with the Joffrey ballet for three years.
- He is a partner in a construction company and a film grips group called "Black Sheep Grips."
- He is the co-founder of the American Road Production Workshop Series at the Raft Theatre in New York, and participates in the Writers' & Directors' Workshops there.
- He is one of 13 children.
- Was invited to take ballet and instantly caught the bug. Despite being at the advanced age of 25, he won a full scholarship to dance with the Joffrey Ballet in New York City.
- He left home at the age of seventeen and subsequently hitchhiked to Alaska, backpacked through Europe and worked in an Israeli kibbutz, among many other adventures.
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