Jerald Eugene "Jere" Burns II (born October 15, 1954) is an American actor. With his sharp features and soft drawl, Burns is often cast as disarmingly affable villains or other shady types.
He's a regular face in film, television and theatre. He's perhaps best known for his work on television, particularly for his role as sleazy ladies' man Kirk Morris on Dear John, manipulative psychiatrist Anson Fullerton on Burn Notice, psychotic mobster Jake Abernathy on Bates Motel and the understanding Group Leader on Breaking Bad.
The role that many know him for, however, is that of Dixie Mafie middle-man Wynn Duffy on the critically acclaimed Justified. Originally a one-shot guest appearance, Burns was gradually upgraded to recurring and then to a regular to the positive fan and critical reception to his performance.
Roles
- 1984 - Hill Street Blues as James Fitzsimmons
- 1985 - Hunter as Greg Jones
- 1985 - Riptide as Kefler
- 1987-1988 - Max Headroom as Breughel / Breughal
- 1988-1992 - Dear John as Kirk Morris
- 1989 - Wired as Lou Connors
- 1993 - B.o.B as Pete Schmidt
- 1998 - Fantasy Island as Pete Collins
- 1999 - Just Shoot Me! as Roy
- 2000 - Touched by an Angel as Sam Rigney
- 2001 - The Outer Limits (1995) as Jake Worthy
- 2002 - Sabrina the Teenage Witch as Gabriel
- 2002 - Family Law as John Caruthers
- 2004-2007 - Kim Possible as Mego
- 2005 - 8 Simple Rules as Commissioner
- 2005 - Las Vegas as Dan Clayman
- 2006 - The King of Queens as Keith
- 2006 - Will & Grace as Man in Cast
- 2006-2008 - Boston Legal as A.D.A. Joe Isaacs
- 2008 - Psych as Derek Ford
- 2008 - According to Jim as Jerry
- 2009 - CSI as Dr. Shaw
- 2010-2011 - Breaking Bad as Group Leader
- 2010-2014 - Justified as Wynn Duffy
- 2011-2012 - Burn Notice as Anson Fullerton
- 2012 - Hawaii Five-0 as Spencer Madsen
- 2013 - Bates Motel as Jake Abernathy
- 2013 - Grey's Anatomy as Ben Bosco
- 2015 - Last Man Standing (2011) as Victor Vogelson
- 2015 - Suits as Vince Sanfilippo
- 2016 - Major Crimes as Elliot Chase
- 2016-2018 - Angie Tribeca as Chet Atkins
- 2017-2018: American Dad! as Dimitrious Pertz
- 2018 - The X-Files as Dr. Randolph Luvenis
- 2018 - Incredibles 2 as Detective
- 2019 - Lucifer as Jacob Tiernan
- 2019 - The Detour as Blu Brown
- 2019-2021 - All Rise as Adam Pryce
- 2020 - Dead to Me as Howard Hastings
- 2020 - Sydney to the Max as Davey Rogers
- 2022 - NCIS: Los Angeles as Arnold Blume
