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Jeffrey David Fahey (/ˈfeɪhi/, born November 29, 1952) is an American film and television actor. He has portrayed Captain Frank Lapidus on the ABC series Lost and the title role of Deputy Marshal Winston MacBride on The Marshal.

Jeff Fahey
Born
Jeffrey David Fahey

(1952-11-29) November 29, 1952 (age 69)
Olean, New York, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1980–present

Early life and education


Fahey was born in Olean, New York, the sixth of 13 siblings in an Irish American family.[1] His mother, Jane, was a homemaker, and his father, Frank Fahey, worked at a clothing store.[2] Fahey was raised in Buffalo, New York, from the age of ten and attended Father Baker's high school there. Fahey left home at the age of 17, subsequently hitchhiking to Alaska. He later backpacked through Europe, and worked on an Israeli kibbutz.[3]


Career


Fahey started performing when he won a full scholarship to dance at the Joffrey Ballet School at the age of 25.[4] He performed in theaters across the United States and on Broadway. He landed his first major role on television playing Gary Corelli on the soap opera, One Life to Live.

In 1985, he received his first major film role as Tyree in Silverado. In 1986, he co-starred with Anthony Perkins in Psycho III as Duane Duke, a money-desperate guitarist who is hired by Norman Bates to work at the Bates Motel. That same year, Fahey guest starred on the Season 3 premiere of Miami Vice as gun dealer Eddie Kaye, famously destroying Detective Sonny Crockett's Ferrari Daytona.

In 1990, Fahey starred alongside Marisa Tomei in the TV movie Parker Kane, and alongside Clint Eastwood in the Eastwood-directed White Hunter Black Heart. In 1992, he starred alongside Pierce Brosnan in The Lawnmower Man. In 1995, Fahey was the lead in the Trimark Pictures adventure film Eye of the Wolf, directed by Arnaud Sélignac, based on the book "KAZAN" by James Oliver Curwood.

In 1995, he starred as "Winston McBride" on ABC's The Marshal. In 1999, he played the main character in Apocalypse II: Revelation. In 2007, he appeared in the Robert Rodriguez film Planet Terror and starred in Messages with Bruce Payne.

Fahey appeared as daredevil Dutch the Clutch in an episode of Psych at the beginning of the third season of the show.

Fahey played Frank Lapidus, the airplane and helicopter pilot of the research team sent to the island in Lost, as a recurring character in the fourth and fifth seasons, and as a regular character in the sixth season.[5]

In 2010, he had a major role in the Robert Rodriguez's action film Machete.

In 2013, a new production of the classic play Twelve Angry Men took place at the Garrick Theatre in London, running until March 2014. Fahey played the part of the last juror in the story to change his vote to not guilty. Other notable actors appearing in this production were Martin Shaw who played the part of juror number 8 (a role made famous in the 1957 film by Henry Fonda), Robert Vaughn and Nick Moran.[6]

In 2015, Jeff Fahey starred in History Channel's mini-series Texas Rising as Tom Rusk, the Secretary of War for the new Republic of Texas who fought alongside General Sam Houston.

In 2017, Jeff Fahey joined the UK tour of Bill Kenwright's production of Gore Vidal's The Best Man where he plays the part of US Presidential hopeful Joseph Cantwell against political rival William Russell, played by Martin Shaw.


Humanitarian efforts


In 2006 and 2007, Fahey spent time in Afghanistan assisting the newly established American University of Afghanistan, and launching a project to assist orphans in Kabul.[4][better source needed]

Fahey's recent humanitarian work has revolved around the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, in which he has been focusing on the subject of warehousing, a practice in which the rights and mobility of refugees is restricted by a host country. Fahey's work specifically has addressed the subject of warehoused Sahrawi refugees in Algeria.[7]


Filmography



Film



Television



References


  1. Pergament, Alan (August 23, 1995). "Jeff Fahey, Hard-Working Lawman". Buffalo News. Retrieved December 10, 2007.
  2. Eberth, John T. (January 30, 2008). "Olean-born actor joins 'Lost' cast". Olean Times Herald. Retrieved September 4, 2010.
  3. "Jeff Fahey Biography". Yahoo! Movies. 2007. Archived from the original on February 21, 2007.
  4. "Jeff Fahey". IMDb. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  5. Jensen, Jeff (August 29, 2007). "Lost adds fifth new cast member". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved July 15, 2019 – via EW.com.
  6. "Twelve Angry Men - Garrick Theatre - ATG Tickets". ATG Tickets. November 12, 2013. Retrieved July 15, 2019 – via www.atgtickets.com.
  7. "About Refugees". U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) (Press release). October 22, 2009. Archived from the original on November 11, 2009. Retrieved January 28, 2010 – via www.refugees.org.
  8. "Beckman (2020)". Internet Movie Database.
  9. Mick Martin, Marsha Porter, The Video Movie Guide 2002 (2001), p. 1132


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[de] Jeff Fahey

Jeff Fahey (* 29. November 1952 in Olean, New York) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler.
- [en] Jeff Fahey

[es] Jeff Fahey

Jeffrey David Fahey (nacido el 29 de noviembre de 1952) es un actor estadounidense, de origen inglés, de cine y televisión.[1]

[ru] Фэйи, Джефф

Джеффри Дэвид «Джефф» Фейхи (англ. Jeffrey David «Jeff» Fahey) — американский актёр кино и телевидения, получивший известность как исполнитель роли Джоба Смита в фильме «Газонокосильщик» (1992) и Фрэнка Лапидуса в телесериале «Остаться в живых».


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