Jeffrey Dean Morgan - Biography

Last Editor: wren7maps				Jeffrey Dean Morgan Biography -   Name : Jeffrey Dean Morgan Profession : Actor Born : Jeffrey Dean Morgan April 22, 1966 (1966-04-22) (age 42) Seattle, Washington, U.S.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan Trivia -

He has a dog named Bisou which means "a little and sweet kiss" in French. Bisou is a female 9-year-old Rottweiler mix. In his free time he enjoys spending time with his friends and laughing as much as possible, painting, writing and reading. Under "skills," his résumé lists: basketball, baseball and many other sports, Mountain & Water Athletics, Cooking, Construction. Under "dialects," it lists: New York, Italian, various regional dialects. He is friends with his agent, Richard Lewis, whose support was "invaluable in keeping me going and getting back to where I am today." His former manager (who happened to be a very good friend of his) dropped him because he just wasn't getting work just the day before he got his role on "Supernatural" (2005), claiming she couldn't resurrect his career. Did a painting and donated it to the 'Race for the Rescues' "Walk of Paws Celebrity Art Auction," on October 29, 2006. The money raised at the event went to help shelter dogs and cats in and around Pasadena, CA. Learned to play the guitar for his part in P.S. I Love You (2007), after about a week of lessons from Heart's Nancy Wilson. Is a die-hard Seahawks fan. Started a graphic art company in Seattle before moving to Los Angeles and becoming an actor. His mother, Sandy, is a big fan of "Grey's Anatomy" (2005). The Morgan (noble) family is originally from Llandaff, Glamorgan, Glamorganshire, Wales, and descends through female and illegitimate line from Edward III, King of England, and Pedro I, King of Castille. A branch eventually came to New England in the 1600s and among its descendants are writer Charles Edward Ives, President Millard Fillmore, the Rockefeller family, pioneer Daniel Boone (b. Daniel Morgan Booone), writer Tennessee Williams (born Thomas Lanier Williams,) writer 'Zelda Sayre (wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald, actress 'Katharine Hepburn' (born Katharine Houghton Hepburn), actor Humphrey Bogart (born Humphrey Deforest Bogart), inventor George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. and writer Laura Ingalls Wilder (born Laura Elizabeth Ingalls). Recently broke up with his "Weeds" (2005) co-star, Mary-Louise Parker. He is of primarily Scottish heritage. He and his Watchmen (2009) co-star Billy Crudup both have been in a relationship with Mary-Louise Parker. Crudup lived with her from 1996-2003 and they have a son together. Morgan started dating Parker in 2008, they became engaged, but eventually broke up.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan Detailed Biography -

Jeffrey Dean Morgan (born April 22, 1966) is an American actor. Morgan became well known in 2006 for playing three high-profile recurring roles simultaneously: patient Denny Duquette on Grey's Anatomy, patriarch John Winchester on Supernatural, and Judah Botwin, the deceased husband of show protagonist Nancy Botwin (Mary-Louise Parker) on the Showtime series Weeds. Morgan was born in Seattle, Washington and attended Ben Franklin Elementary School, Rose Hill Junior High and Lake Washington High School in the Seattle suburb of Kirkland. Morgan was a basketball player in high school and university, until a knee injury ended his desire for a career in the sport. He was a graphic artist for a time, until he helped a friend move to Los Angeles. Starting with the 1991 movie Uncaged, Morgan has appeared in 15 feature films. The bulk of Morgan's work has been in television. He was the star of the 1996-1997 television show The Burning Zone; his character, Dr. Edward Marcase, appeared in 10 out of 19 episodes that season. Since 2000, he has amassed a number of credits in television shows such as ER, JAG, Walker, Texas Ranger, Angel, Tru Calling, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Sliders, The O.C., and Monk. In 2005 and 2006, Morgan simultaneously appeared in three separate television series: On the CW series Supernatural as John Winchester, the mysterious father of Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles); in a recurring role on ABC's Grey's Anatomy as heart transplant patient Denny Duquette, who carried on a relationship with intern Izzie Stevens (Katherine Heigl) and died in the show's second-season finale. (During the third season's three show arc his character made an appearance during Meredith's death scene.); as Judah Botwin, on the Showtime series Weeds. Morgan's three roles are notable in that all three of the characters are now deceased, two of whom died onscreen. Morgan was cast in a new project by Grey's Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes. The show, tentatively titled "Correspondents", was to have started production in summer 2007. ABC picked up a spinoff of Grey's Anatomy, called Private Practice, that was also created by Rhimes, and that project has rendered the future of "Correspondents" uncertain. Morgan is also among the cast of a movie that is based on a novel by the Irish novelist Cecelia Ahern, PS, I Love You. The movie was released on December 21 2007. Another 2007 film starring Morgan is The Accidental Husband, which finished filming in New York City in March 2007. Morgan also recently finished filming Days of Wrath, a film about gangland violence in Los Angeles. It has been confirmed that Morgan will portray The Comedian, a cigar-chomping vigilante, in the upcoming Watchmen, based on Alan Moore's graphic novel. At some point in his young adulthood he was married, according to a 1993 interview in Playboy. Little is known publicly about the marriage, other than that it ended in divorce. Morgan began dating his former Weeds costar, Mary-Louise Parker, in December of 2006. The couple briefly split in June of 2007, though they later reconciled. On February 12, 2008, Morgan and Parker announced their engagement, only to break it off in April 2008.