Occupation Actor Role Actor | Name Jeff Hephner Years active 2000–present | |
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Full Name Jeffrey Lane Hephner Born June 22, 1975 (age 49) ( 1975-06-22 ) Sand Creek, Michigan, USA Parents Patti Hephner, Tom Hephner Movies and TV shows Similar People John Shea, Olga Fonda, Gerald McRaney, Sharon Stone, Mike Colter Profiles | ||
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Jeffrey Lane "Jeff" Hephner (born June 22, 1975) is an American actor, known for his recurring role as Matt Ramsey in the third season of the Fox drama The O.C. (2005-2006) and starring as Morgan Stanley Buffkin in the short-lived CW comedy-drama Easy Money (2008-2009). He had a recurring role as football coach Red Raymond in the short-lived CW drama Hellcats and co-starred as Ben Zajac in the Starz political drama Boss (2011–2012) with Kelsey Grammer. In 2015, he starred as John Case in the short-lived TNT action drama Agent X. Hephner had a recurring role as firefighter-turned-medical student Jeff Clarke in NBC's Chicago franchise in the original drama Chicago Fire from 2013 to 2014 and reprised his role in the show's medical drama spin-off Chicago Med from 2016 to 2017.
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- Jeff hephner interview afterbuzz tv s spotlight on
- Jeff Hephner goes deep cover in Agent X
- Early life
- Career
- Filmography
- References
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Jeff Hephner goes deep cover in 'Agent X'
Early life
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Hephner was born in Madison Heights, Michigan, to Tom and Patti Hephner, and grew up in the small town of Sand Creek, located in southern Michigan near Adrian. Hephner was athletic growing up, playing basketball and football, and he graduated from Sand Creek High School. Hephner was named to the academic all-state team for Class C-D for the 1993–1994 season.
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He attended and played basketball for Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan for two years before transferring to Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Michigan for two years.
Career
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Hephner began his Hollywood career with small roles in two feature films: in the war drama Tigerland (2000), starring Colin Farrell and the romantic comedy-drama Maid in Manhattan (2002), starring Jennifer Lopez and Ralph Fiennes, where he played a room service waiter. Also in 2002, he starred in two short films, The Outlands and So How Do You Feel About Your Watch.
After starring in the short-lived Fox legal drama The Jury as Keenan O'Brien in 2004, in 2005, he guest-starred in the NBC legal drama Law & Order: Criminal Intent in season 4: episode 21 titled "The Unblinking Eye" as Michael Pike.
Hephner starred as author Pat Conroy in the Hallmark Hall of Fame TV movie The Water Is Wide (2006) with Alfre Woodard, based on Conroy's book and a remake of the drama Conrack (1974), starring Jon Voight.
He starred as Morgan Stanley Buffkin in The CW comedy-drama Easy Money. The show aired for four episodes in October 2008 before it was cancelled and the other four episodes already filmed aired in mid-2009.
Following the cancellation of Easy Money, Hephner guest-starred in Private Practice, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, NCIS, Castle and had a recurring role in four episodes of the short-lived NBC medical drama Mercy as Pete Boswick, a firefighter and a love interest of Nurse Chloe Payne (Michelle Trachtenberg).
In 2010, Hephner replaced Ben Browder in a recurring role in the short-lived CW comedy-drama Hellcats as Red Raymond, a football coach and the former flame of Hellcats' coach Vanessa Lodge (Sharon Leal).
BuddyTV ranked Hephner #86 on its list of "TV's Sexiest Men of 2011".
in 2911, Hephner was cast as Nick Dalton in the short-lived NBC historical crime drama The Playboy Club, but was replaced by Eddie Cibrian before filming began.
From 2011 to 2012, Hephner co-starred with Kelsey Grammer as Ben Zajac in the Starz political drama Boss.
From 2013 to 2014, Hephner had a recurring role in the second season of the NBC drama Chicago Fire as Jeff Clarke, a firefighter and a former U.S. Marine.
In 2015, Hephner co-starred with Sharon Stone in the short-lived TNT action drama Agent X as John Case, a former Special Forces operator, who becomes "Agent X".
From 2016 to 2017, Hephner reprised his role as Jeff Clarke in Chicago Fire's medical spinoff Chicago Med, where Clarke returns to medical school. He appeared in the first season finale and recurred in the show until towards the end of the second season.