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Jeff was born in Olean, New York, and moved to Buffalo when he was 10, where he attended Father Baker's High School. After graduation in 1972, he traveled around the world doing odd jobs. He was a crewman on a fishing boat, drove an ambulance in Germany, lived on a Kibbutz in Israel and spent some time in India. He then returned to Buffalo and joined the Studio Arena Theatre. From there Jeff went to New York City where he studied with Myra Rastova, began doing off Broadway theatre and television soap operas. He started a production company and produced off-Broadway shows out of the Raft Theatre on Theatre Row. Jeff first gained attention as a motion picture actor in Lawrence Kasden's "Silverado" in which he played Brian Dennehy's deputy Tyree, a cold blooded killer with a thirst for vengeance. Jeff starred in the acclaimed live television play "The Execution of Raymond Graham" and the TNT mini-series "444 Days." He starred for over 2 years in the daytime serial "One Life To Live." He appeared in the Broadway revival of "Brigadoon," toured with "Oklahoma," performed in Paris in "West Side Story," and in London in "Orphans" with Albert Finney. Jeff was raised in Buffalo as one of 13 children in an Irish-American family.

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He is one of 13 children.

He is a partner in a construction company and a film grips group called "Black Sheep Grips."

He is the co-founder of the American Road Production Workshop Series at the Raft Theatre in New York, and participates in the Writers' & Directors' Workshops there.

He owns his own production company under the banner Tyree Productions, which he is partners in with his 5 brothers.

Was invited to take ballet and instantly caught the bug. Despite being at the advanced age of 25, he won a full scholarship to dance with the Joffrey Ballet in New York City.

Taught ballroom dancing.

Danced with the Joffrey ballet for three years.

Was once a vacuum cleaner salesman, encyclopedia salesman, and a trainer in a health club.

Spent time trekking through the Himalayas and Afghanistan in his younger years while traveling around the world.

He joined the cast of "Lost" (2004) in 2008 and is working with two former co-stars, Josh Holloway, with whom he worked in Cold Heart (2001), and Naveen Andrews, with whom he worked in Grindhouse (2007).

He left home at the age of seventeen and subsequently hitchhiked to Alaska, backpacked through Europe and worked in an Israeli kibbutz, among many other adventures.

Often travels to Kabul, Afghanistan, where he has been supporting an orphanage for several years.

Personal Quotes

(Making so many movies at once on a regular basis): "I got used to it quickly, because it's an easier job than what I was doing. I was making four or five films a year, mostly independent films, around the world. Out of the 41 films I've done, maybe seven of them have been studio films, I had an easy gig. So I would go from film to film. And there would be a new crew, new actors, new directors, new producers, new locations, some much worse than others. I'm not complaining about the work; I'm just saying that having a nice trailer on the set, a nice hotel, and a studio and a network behind your show is a lot easier than wondering why your tent is leaking."

"Eventually, I'll build a ranch and raise horses."

(On appearing on the new TV show "The Marshall"): "All my buddies over the years, like Kevin Costner and the guys -- I see 'em go here, I see 'em go there -- but I just do my work. And now this. People say it's going to change your life. I tell them that it's always changing anyway."

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