Jeff Fahey

Jeff Fahey was born on November 29, 1952, in Olean, NY the sixth child in a family that was to grow to number thirteen children in all. At seventeen years old, immediately after graduating from high school, Fahey chose to leave his family and answer the call of the “open road.” This “voyage of discovery” took him from Alaska to Europe, to Israel, where he worked on a kibbutz, to India, the exotic land where he turned 19 years old, to the Himalayas and Afghanistan.

His great range and diversity as an actor may have found its roots during this exploratory period, when Jeff lived and learned of the lifestyles and cultures of the vast diversity of people around the globe. Working his way around the world by taking odd jobs at different ports, he worked as an ambulance driver in Germany, on the pipeline in Alaska, and on a fishing boat at some point in-between. In his early twenties, Jeff found himself once more in the United States and Jeff proved his adaptability and determination to succeed in Gratowski experimental theatre and the Studio Arena in Buffalo, New York.

Through experimental theatre Fahey was introduced to the world of dance where he undertook the study of classical dance, modern dance and ballet with the likes of Martha Graham School, The Alvin Alley School and then with the Joffrey Ballet. At the Joffrey he was taken under the wing of legendary choreographer Agnes De Mille.

The Joffrey Ballet led to stage roles, beginning with Broadway revival of Brigadoon, toured with Oklahoma, performed in Paris in West Side Story and in the West End in Orphans with Albert Finney. Upon returning to New York Jeff was set to star as ‘Gary Corelli’ in the popular daytime soap opera ONE LIFE TO LIVE. Jeff starred on daytime television in order to finance his own experimental theatre productions out of the Raft Theatre on Theatre Row.

Jeff Fahey received his feature film break when he was offered the role of ‘Tyree’ in Lawrence Kasdan’s SILVERADO starring opposite Kevin Costner, Brian Dennahey, Kevin Kline, and Danny Glover. From his breakthrough in SILVERADO in 1984, and continuing in an unbroken line to the present day, Jeff Fahey has never experienced a lull in his acting career. Working along side of Robert Mitchum, Brian Denahey, Pierce Brosnan, Clint Eastwood, just to name a few and with directors like Larry Kasdan, Sandra Locke, John McKinsie, Clint Eastwood, Dan Petrie Sr. and Gary Sinise.

In 1994, Jeff was offered the opportunity to star in the television series, THE MARSHAL, produced by his close friend, and acting colleague, Don Johnson. Fahey has said that more than any other vehicle he had acted in to date, his own personality, values, and feelings become encompassed in the character that was to evolve, and emerge, as Winston MacBride. Unique in its concept, the show starred only Fahey - as he liked to say in interviews at the time - "one man, one hour".

Never one to wait for life to catch up to his aspirations and goals, Fahey now added producing to his resume. Jeff has brought his passion for film to the other side of the camera as a producer on the films CLOSE CALL, CHOOSING MATTHAIS, EXTRA MARITAL, THE UNDERGROUND, and THE SWEEPER. All of Fahey’s endeavors in producing have been both critical and financial successes.

Fahey continues to seek out roles that allow him to stretch the bounds of his own individuality and to explore the human condition. His movies, therefore, represent an extremely eclectic mixture of type and content, as Fahey has repeatedly accepted the challenge of portraying multiple personas that are living and reacting to a variety of lifestyles and experiences.

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