Jay Huguley
| Jay Huguley | |
|---|---|
| Born |
James S. Huguley July 26, 1966 Englewood, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1995–present |
James S. "Jay" Huguley (born July 26, 1966) is an American film, TV and theatre actor, best known for playing David on AMC's The Walking Dead, and Jimmy Ledoux on HBO's True Detective, opposite Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson.
Huguley was born in Englewood, New Jersey and raised in nearby Tenafly, New Jersey, the youngest of three boys, to father Arthur W. Huguley, III, a commodities trader and President of Westway Trading Corporation, and mother Katherine McCrae Yarborough Huguley, a housewife.
As a child, Huguley spent his teenage years attending The Peddie School, a boarding school in Hightstown, New Jersey, from where he later graduated. He spent a year abroad at The University of London studying Political Science, and graduated from American University in Washington, D.C., with a double major in Political Science and Communications.
Huguley studied acting at The Lee Strasberg Institute in New York, New York, under the aegis of Anna Strasberg, and at the Beverly Hills Playhouse in Los Angeles, under the world-renowned teacher Milton Katselas.
Prior to his professional acting career, Huguley was a fashion model. Following college, he was discovered working as a lifeguard, when someone working in fashion in New York suggested he should try modeling. Two Polaroids were taken of him, and he was brought into New York City. Soon after. he received a contract with Wilhelmina Models, which sent him to London, Paris, Milan and Sydney, Australia.
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