Jeff Fahey
Milestones
- Birthplace: Olean, New York
- Birthday: November 29, 1952
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2008
Joined the fourth season of ABC's "Lost"
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2007
Starred in "Planet Terror," Robert Rodriguez's half of the goretastic double feature "Grind House" a collaboration with Quentin Tarantino
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2004
Joined the cast of NBC's "American Dreams" as a military operative who has dealings with Will Estes' JJ Pryor
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1999
Starred as a senator who gets kidnapped by a milita group, while on board a train in "Hijack"
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1994
Cast in the Lawrence Kasdan western, "Wyatt Earp"
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1992
Played human guinea pig, Jobe Smith in "The Lawnmower Man" loosely based on the short story by Stephen King
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1992
TV series debut, played title character in "The Marshal" (ABC)
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1991
Debut in a TV miniseries, "Iran: Days of Crisis"
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1989
First leading role in a feature, "Outback"
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1988
Portrayed an arrogant boxer in "Split Decision"
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1986
Made London stage debut opposite Albert Finney in "Orphans"
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1986
Played an itinerant rock singer in "Psycho III"
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1985
Debut in a TV-movie for which he also earned an Emmy nomination, "The Execution of Raymond Graham"
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1985
Feature debut, "Silverado" playing Deputy Tyree
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1982 to 1985
TV acting debut as Gary Corelli on the daytime soap, "One Life To Live"
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1980
Appeared on Broadway in "Brigadoon"
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1975
Worked on a kibbutz in Israel and celebrated his 19th birthday in India
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1973
Left home at age 17 to hitchhike to Alaska, then backpacked around Europe
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Appeared in "West Side Story" on the Paris stage
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Born in Olean, NY and from age 10 raised in Buffalo, NY
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Formed his own production company, Tyree Pictures, named after his charcter from "Silverado"
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Moved to New York and did odd jobs including teaching ballroom dancing
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Paired with Martin Zurla to jointly produce off-Broadway plays out of the Raft Theatre
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Trekked through the Himalayas and Afghanistan
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Won a full scholarship to dance with the Joffrey Ballet in New York City, where he danced for three years
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Worked with the Studio Arena Theater in Buffalo