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Jack Coleman (II) More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth
21 February 1958, Easton, Pennsylvania, USA

Birth Name
John MacDonald Coleman

Height
6' 2" (1.88 m)

Spouse
Beth Toussaint (21 June 1996 - present) 1 child

Trivia

A sixth-generation grandson of Benjamin Franklin, in turn related to President John Calvin Coolidge Jr. and a remote descendant of the old Earls of Orkney and the ancient Kings of Scotland.

Graduated from Duke University in 1980, where he studied acting.

Has one daughter Tess, born in 1999, who appeared in the Wes Craven film Red Eye (2005).

In theater, he won the 1986 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for his performance in "Bouncers".

Studied acting at the National Theater Institute at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, and Writers' Boot Camp.

Gained TV notice after replacing Al Corley in the role of "Steven Carrington", one of prime-time television's first openly gay characters, on the night time soap "Dynasty" (1981).


Personal Quotes

After a hit show is over, you soon realize this is a very tough business ... brutally tough. But I'm a better actor and I have more gravitas than I had at 24 with bleached-blonde hair.


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