Jon Tenney's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) The Closer Agent Fritz… Equal Justice Peter Bauer The Division Hank Riley Good Company Will Hennes… Brooklyn South Patrol Sgt.… Kristin Tommy Balla…

Main Movie Roles 2011 - Green Lantern 2010 - Legion 2009 - The Stepfather 2002 - Buying the Cow 2000 - You Can Count on Me 1998 - Homegrown 1998 - Music From Another Room 1997 - Fools Rush In 1996 - The Phantom 1995 - Nixon 1994 - Lassie 1994 - Beverly Hills Cop III 1993 - Tombstone 1991 - Guilty by Suspicion

BIOGRAPHY:

Jonathan F. W. "Jon" Tenney (born December 16, 1961) is an American actor.

Personal life
Tenney was born in Princeton, New Jersey to a psychiatrist mother and a research physicist father. He received his B.A. degree from Vassar College, where he majored in drama and philosophy. He then studied at Juilliard, after which he made his professional debut starring in a touring production of The Real Thing directed by Mike Nichols.

He was married to actress Teri Hatcher from 1994 to 2003. They have one daughter, Emerson Rose Tenney, born in November 1997.

Career
This led to his working steadily on and off-Broadway, as well as in regional theater. His New York City stage credits include Biloxi Blues, The Substance of Fire, and The Heiress.

Tenney's work in television includes a lead role in the short-lived Steven Bochco series Brooklyn South, the Kristin Chenoweth sitcom Kristin and guest appearances on Will & Grace, Murphy Brown, Spenser: for Hire, and Get Real. He currently co-stars as Kyra Sedgwick's love interest on the TNT crime drama The Closer. Also, he is playing Dr. Simon, the love interest of Sally Field's character Nora Walker on Brothers and Sisters.

He appeared as Matthew Perry's best friend in Fools Rush In. Tenney has appeared in small roles in such films as Tombstone, Nixon, and Music from Another Room. He also played an important supporting role in the '90s cult classic Watch It and appeared in the 2009 horror film The Stepfather as Michael's biological father.


TRIVIA:

• Cousin of 'Jay Wolf (II)' (qv) and 'Thea Andrews' (qv).
• The youngest of four children.
• Graduated from Vassar College.
• Was studying at Juilliard when he left to play a role in the National Tour of "The Real Thing," by 'Tom Stoppard' (qv).
• (28 February 2003) Wife 'Teri Hatcher' (qv) filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences. According to the petition submitted in Los Angeles Superior Court, the couple have agreed to joint custody of their five-year-old daughter, Emerson Rose.
• Mother was a psychiatrist, father a nuclear physicist.
• Daughter Emerson Rose (b. 1997).
• Darkly handsome American lead and support actor who played tough guy roles in the late 1980s and '90s.