Jeff Ward is an American actor. He is best known for his starring roles as
Charles Manson
Charles Milles Manson (; November 12, 1934November 19, 2017) was an American criminal and musician who led the Manson Family, a cult based in California, in the late 1960s. Some of the members committed a series of nine murders at four loca ...
in ''Manson's Lost Girls'' (2016), Seth Marlowe in ''
Channel Zero: No-End House'' (2017), and
Deke Shaw in ''
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
''Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' is an American television series created by Joss Whedon, Jed Whedon, and Maurissa Tancharoen for ABC, based on the Marvel Comics organization S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement, and L ...
'' (2017–2020).
Early life and education
Ward was born in
Washington, D.C., and grew up in
Radnor, Pennsylvania
Radnor is a community located approximately 13 miles west of Philadelphia, in the Main Line suburbs. It straddles Montgomery and Delaware Counties, Pennsylvania. The community was named after Radnor, in Wales.
Radnor is home to Cabrini Univer ...
, a suburb of
Philadelphia
Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...
, where he began acting in theatrical productions. He has one younger sister who is a third grade teacher. Ward attended
Tisch School of the Arts
The New York University Tisch School of the Arts (commonly referred to as Tisch) is the performing, cinematic and media arts school of New York University.
Founded on August 17, 1965, Tisch is a training ground for artists, scholars of the a ...
along with fellow actor
Miles Teller.
He is also an alumnus of Stella Adler School for Acting.
Career
Ward received recognition after he was cast as
Charles Manson
Charles Milles Manson (; November 12, 1934November 19, 2017) was an American criminal and musician who led the Manson Family, a cult based in California, in the late 1960s. Some of the members committed a series of nine murders at four loca ...
in the 2016 TV movie ''Manson's Lost Girls'', a role he accepted because he felt that "people inherently have a slightly dark side."