No, he's not Javier Bardem.
Jeffrey Dean Morgan (born April 22, 1966 in Seattle, Washington) is an American actor.
He is best known for portraying Denny Duquette in the Medical Drama Grey's Anatomy (2006-2009), John Winchester on Supernatural, the Comedian in Zack Snyder's Watchmen and Negan Smith in the Walking Dead television universe.
He's been married twice. First to actress Anya Longwell (1998-2003), then currently to Hilarie Burton (2019-present).
Filmography
Film
- Six: The Mark Unleashed (2004) as Tom Newman
- Live (2007) as Rick
- Fred Claus (2007) as Man Getting Parking Ticket
- P.S. I Love You (2007) as William Gallagher
- The Accidental Husband (2008) as Patrick
- Watchmen (2009) as Edward Blake / The Comedian
- Taking Woodstock (2009) as Dan
- The Losers (2010) as Clay
- Jonah Hex (2010) as Jeb Turnbull
- The Possession (2012) as Clyde Brenek
- Red Dawn (2012) as Sgt. Maj. Andrew Tanner USMC
- The Salvation (2014) as Delarue
- Solace (2015) as Agent Joe Merriweather
- Heist (2015) as Luke Vaughn
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) as Thomas Wayne
- Rampage (2018) as Agent Harvey Russell
- The Unholy (2021) as Gerry Fenn
- Fall (2022) as James
Television
- JAG (1995) as Weapons Officer (episode: "Shadow")
- Sliders (1996) as Sid (episode: "El Sid")
- Walker, Texas Ranger (2000) as Jake Horbart (episode: "Child of Hope")
- ER (2001) as Firefighter Larkin (episode: "The Crossing")
- The Practice (2002) as Daniel Glenn (episode: "The Test")
- Angel (2002) as Sam Ryan (episode: "Provider")
- The District (2002) as Father William Natali (episode: "Forgive Me, Father")
- CSI (2003) as Undercover Agent (episode: "All For Our Country")
- Star Trek: Enterprise (2003) as Xindi-Reptillian (episode: "Carpenter Street")
- Tru Calling (2004) as Geoffrey Pine (episode: "Two Pair")
- Monk (2004) as Steven Leight (episode: "Mr. Monk Takes Manhattan")
- The O.C. (2005) as Joe Zukowski (episode: "The Accomplice")
- Weeds (2005) as Judah Botwin (2 episodes)
- Supernatural (2005-2007, 2019) as John Winchester (13 episodes)
- Grey's Anatomy (2006-2009) as Denny Duquette (23 episodes)
- Shameless (2014) as Charlie Peters (episode: "Lazarus")
- Texas Rising (2015) as 'Deaf' Smith (5 episodes)
- Extant (2015) as JD Richter (13 episodes)
- The Good Wife (2015-2016) as Jason Crouse (19 episodes)
- The Walking Dead Television Universe as Negan Smith
- The Walking Dead (2016-22, 63 episodes)
- The Walking Dead: Dead City (2023-, 6 episodes)
- Robot Chicken (2017) as Negan Smith (episode: "The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking")
- The Boys (2023) - unknown character
Video Games
- Tekken 7 (2019) as Negan Smith
Tropes
- Ascended Fanboy: As a self-described fan of The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and becoming in Feguson’s own words “a friend of the show” he has been a guest on the show nine times including an episode where he remained for the second guest’s (Mary Lynn Rajskub) interview and appearing on another for his birthday.
- Chronically Killed Actor: His characters tend to die. A lot.
- Creator Backlash: An early role as a Xindi in Star Trek: Enterprise was such a miserable experience (largely due to the heavy makeup triggering his claustrophobia) that he nearly gave up on acting entirely.
- Dawson Casting:
- He played the Comedian at every point in his life, which called for an Age Lift for a scene where the Comedian was meant to be 16 but was still being played by an actor old enough to be his father.
- He played Batman's father Thomas Wayne, in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. While Morgan is six years older than Ben Affleck, who plays Batman, the movie has a scene where Bruce laments the fact that "[He's] older than [his] father ever was." Additionally, Thomas's tombstone reads "1942-1981", meaning Thomas was at most 39 when he was killed, whereas Morgan was 48 during filming.
- Dyeing for Your Art:
- Learned to play the guitar for his part in P.S. I Love You, after about a week of lessons from Heart's Nancy Wilson.
- Had a tattoo of a revolver made on his right arm during the shooting of The Salvation.
- Had a more solid build before The Walking Dead. His role as The Comedian in Watchmen and John Winchester in Supernatural are good examples. For The Walking Dead, however, he decided Negan should have a lean and hungry look.
- Knuckle Tattoos: "XOGV" (Hugs and kisses George Virginia, in honour of his daughter) across his right hand, and "Gusy" (His son Augustus' nickname) on his left.
- Old Shame: His aforementioned role as a Monster of the Week on Star Trek: Enterprise, which he stated nearly made him quit acting.
- Romance on the Set: He was briefly engaged to his former Weeds costar Mary-Louise Parker in 2008.
- Star-Making Role: After appearing in Supernatural, his acting profile began to skyrocket.
- Tall, Dark, and Snarky: Stands 6'2 and frequently plays imposing characters.
- What Could Have Been: There were plans for him ro reprise the role of Thomas Wayne, as the Flashpoint Batman along with Lauren Cohan as its Martha Wayne Joker. The plans fell through with the post-Batman v. Superman turmoils of the DC Extended Universe and The Flash ultimately has little to do with Flashpoint at all.
- You Look Familiar: Played two different characters on JAG.
