Jeffrey Brian Yagher (born January 18, 1961) is an American
actor
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.
Personal life
Born in
Lawrence, Kansas
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, he graduated from
Ohio State University
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and then attended the
Yale School of Drama
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, where he appeared in productions of ''The Vultures'', ''We Can't Pay, We Won't Play'', and ''Las Madres''. His younger brother
Kevin Yagher is a
special effects
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technician. Yagher's second marriage is to actress
Megan Gallagher, and they have two children together.
Career
His television debut was in ''
V: The Series'' as Kyle Bates. He starred in the pilot of ''
21 Jump Street'' as Tommy Hanson. He played both lead roles in ''
The Twilight Zone
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'' episode "
The Once And Future King", portraying both an
Elvis impersonator and the real
Elvis Presley
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, with a
split screen used to allow him to appear alongside himself. He appeared in an episode of ''
Newhart'' as Stoney and in the ''
Seinfeld
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'' episode "
The Rye" as John Jermaine, a jazz musician who dates
Elaine Benes
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. He starred in the TV movie ''
Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman'' along with
Sandra Bullock
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in 1989. He appeared in several episodes of ''
Six Feet Under'', playing Hoyt Woodworth, in 2004. He appeared in ''
Without a Trace
''Without a Trace'' is an American police procedural drama television series created by Hank Steinberg that aired on CBS from September 26, 2002 to May 19, 2009 with the total of seven seasons and 160 episodes. The series focuses the cases of ...
'' (2007) and ''
Bones'' (2009).
His film credits include ''
Dead Man's Folly'' (1986), ''Big Bad Mama II'' (1987), ''
Shag'' (1989), ''
My Fellow Americans
''My Fellow Americans'' is a 1996 American political comedy film directed by Peter Segal. It stars Jack Lemmon and James Garner as feuding ex-presidents, with Dan Aykroyd, Lauren Bacall, Esther Rolle, John Heard, Wilford Brimley, Bradley Whi ...
'' (1996), ''
The Pandora Project'' (1998), and ''
View from the Top'' (2003).
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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1961 births
Living people
American male television actors
American male film actors
People from Lawrence, Kansas
Male actors from Kansas
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