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, and the Comedian in the 2009 superhero film Watchmen. He began playing Negan in AMC's The Walking Dead sixth Season Finale and was made a regular cast member in the seventh season.
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): Tom Newman
- Fred Claus (2007): Man Getting Parking Ticket
- P.S. I Love You (2007): William Gallagher
- Watchmen (2009): Edward Blake / The Comedian
- Taking Woodstock (2009): Dan
- The Losers (2010): Clay
- Jonah Hex (2010): Jeb Turnbull
- The Possession (2012): Clyde Brenek
- Red Dawn (2012): Sgt. Maj. Andrew Tanner USMC
- The Salvation (2014): Delarue
- Solace (2015): Agent Joe Merriweather
- Heist (2015): Luke Vaughn
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016): Thomas Wayne
- Rampage (2018): Agent Russell
Television
- JAG (1995): Weapons Officer (episode: "Shadow")
- Sliders (1996): Sid (episode: "El Sid")
- Walker, Texas Ranger (2000): Jake Horbart (episode: "Child of Hope")
- ER (2001): Firefighter Larkin (episode: "The Crossing")
- The Practice (2002): Daniel Glenn (episode: "The Test")
- Angel (2002): Sam Ryan (episode: "Provider")
- The District (2002): Father William Natali (episode: "Forgive Me, Father")
- CSI (2003): Undercover Agent (episode: "All For Our Country")
- Star Trek: Enterprise (2003): Xindi-Reptillian (episode: "Carpenter Street")
- Tru Calling (2004): Geoffrey Pine (episode: "Two Pair")
- Monk (2004): Steven Leight (episode: "Mr. Monk Takes Manhattan")
- The O.C. (2005): Joe Zukowski (episode: "The Accomplice")
- Weeds (2005): Judah Botwin
- Supernatural (2005-2007, 2019): John Winchester/Azazel
- Grey's Anatomy (2006-2009): Denny Duquette
- Shameless (2014): Charlie Peters (episode: "Lazarus")
- Texas Rising (2015): 'Deaf' Smith
- Extant (2015): JD Richter
- The Good Wife (2015-2016): Jason Crouse
- The Walking Dead (2016-present): Negan Smith
- Robot Chicken (2017): Negan
Video Games
- Tekken 7 (2019): Negan
Tropes
- Badass Baritone: He is known for his distinctively deep voice. Works well in his villainous roles.
- Badass Beard: He frequently appears on-screen with facial hair, whether it's Perma-Stubble or Beard of Evil. Sometimes even both.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Playing Gertrude:
- He's only twelve and sixteen years older than his Supernatural sons Jensen Ackles (older) and Jared Padalecki (younger).
- As The Comedian in Watchmen. While the character was Age Lifted in flashbacks, he was still a 42-year old playing a character in his 60s during his death. He was also 12 years older than Malin Åkerman, who played Comedian's daughter, Silk Spectre.
- He played Batman's father, Thomas Wayne, in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. While Morgan is only 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."
- Rated M for Manly: His characters are all masculine and badass.
- 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 play imposing characters.
- You Look Familiar: Played two different characters on JAG.
