Biography
Jon Tenney left Juilliard when Mike Nichols cast him in the road company of "The Real Thing" and then returned to New York and appeared in the cast of Neil Simon's "Brighton Beach Memoirs" and "Biloxi Blues". He was also in "Sweet Sue", a short-lived play starring Mary Tyler Moore and Lynn Redgrave. Tenney began working in TV in small roles in the ABC daytime drama "Ryan's Hope" and guesting on "Spencer: For Hire". His first series was the …
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Career Milestones
| Appeared on Broadway in "Brighton Beach Memoirs" and "Biloxi Blues" | ||
| Made professional debut in a touring production of "The Real Thing"; directed by Mike Nichols | ||
1987 | Cast in the Broadway production of "Sweet Sue" with Mary Tyler Moore and Lynn Redgrave | |
1988 | Appeared as regular on short lived Fox series, "The Dirty Dozen" | |
1990 | Was series regular on ABC's "Equal Justice" | |
1991 | Had small role in "Guilty By Suspicion" | |
1994 | Co-starred with Eddie Murphy in "Beverly Hills Cop III" | |
1995 | Played Morris the suitor in Broadway revival of "The Heiress" | |
1996 | Had a featured role in "The Phantom" | |
1996 | Was series regular on the short-lived CBS series, "Good Company" | |
1997 | Cast in the CBS drama "Brooklyn South" | |
1997 | Co-starred with Matthew Perry in "Fools Rush In" | |
1998 | Joined John Lithgow and Billy Bob Thornton in the comedy, "Homegrown" | |
1999 | Cast in the short-lived FOX drama, "Get Real" | |
2000 | Cast opposite Laura Linney in "You Can Count on Me" | |
2000 | Had leading role of a slick politician in David Marshall Grant's Off-Broadway play "Current Events" | |
2000 | Played Cynthia Nixon's married lover in the feature, "Advice From a Caterpillar" | |
2001 | Appeared in the short-lived NBC sitcom, "Kristin," starring Kristin Chenoweth | |
2004 | Had a recurring role on Lifetime's "The Division" as Hank Riley | |
2005 | Cast as Agent Fritz Howard on the TNT series, "The Closer" | |
2005 | Starred in the TNT series "The Closer" as FBI Agent Fritz Howard | |
2006 | Cast in the Albert Brooks' comedy, "Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World" | |
2009 | Cast in the remake of "The Stepfather" | |
2009 | Lent his voice to the animated FOX series, "American Dad!" | |
2010 | Co-starred in the apocalyptic thriller, "Legion" | |
Awards
2006 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in The Closer |
2008 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in The Closer |
2009 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in The Closer |
2010 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in The Closer |