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Full Name Donnie Lee Jeffcoat, Jr. Born February 16, 1975 (age 49) ( 1975-02-16 ) Gulfport, Mississippi, U.S. Other names Don Jeffcoat, Donnie Jeffcoat Occupation Actor/Martial Arts Instructor Years active 1987–present/2006-present Education University of California, Irvine Movies and TV shows Fortress, Wish Upon a Star, Wild & Crazy Kids, Eagle Eye, Camera Obscura Similar People Blair Treu, Danielle Harris, Lois Chiles, Drew Daywalt, D J Caruso | ||
Donald Lee Jeffcoat Jr. (credited as Donnie Jeffcoat and Don Jeffcoat; born February 16, 1975) is an American actor.
Life and career
Jeffcoat was born in Gulfport, Mississippi, to a beautician mother and a chocolate-factory worker father. His childhood was marked with many family moves including Alabama, Oklahoma and California. Jeffcoat has been acting since age eight. He got his big break playing Eric Antonio on The Wonder Years. He later starred and appeared on a number of films and television shows, including the children's game show Wild & Crazy Kids broadcast on Nickelodeon, which he hosted from 1990 to 1992. He also had a small role as Craig on General Hospital. Jeffcoat attended college at the University of California, Irvine. He was also in the 1988 horror movie Night of the Demons.
He is perhaps most recognized for his roles as Joseph "Joey" Riley Buchanan on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live, Michael Towner on 7th Heaven, and Kyle in the hit Disney movie Wish Upon a Star, alongside Katherine Heigl and Danielle Harris. He portrayed Detective Stan Miller in CSI: NY and finished a Web series titled Camera Obscura, directed by Drew Daywalt (Stark Raving Mad), which was launched in October 2009. He recently starred in the World War II film Fortress (2011 film), which was directed by Mike Phillips, released on DVD in 2012 and starred in a film called Hotchfeld, directed by Barry Kneller, which was released in 2012.
Jeffcoat is currently back in Los Angeles pursuing his acting career and teaching martial arts at his school that he opened in June 2011, the Shaolin American Self-Defense Academy, in North Hollywood, California. He is a third-degree Black Belt in Kenpō Karate.
