Jeff Fahey
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Fahey in 2004
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Jeffrey David Fahey November 29, 1952 Olean, New York, United States |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1982–present |
Jeffrey David "Jeff" Fahey (born November 29, 1952) is an American film and television actor. He has portrayed Captain Frank Lapidus on the ABC series Lost and the title role of Deputy Marshal Winston MacBride on The Marshal. He is also known for his humanitarian work with orphans and refugees.
Jeff Fahey also starred in History Channel's 2015 mini-series "Texas Rising" where he portrayed Tom Rusk, the Secretary of War for the new Republic of Texas who fought alongside General Sam Houston.
Fahey was born in Olean, New York, the sixth of 13 siblings in an Irish American family. His mother, Jane, was a homemaker, and his father, Frank Fahey, worked at a clothing store. Fahey was raised in Buffalo, New York, from the age of ten and attended Father Baker's High School there. Fahey left home at the age of 17, subsequently hitchhiking to Alaska. He later backpacked through Europe, and worked on an Israeli kibbutz.
Fahey started performing when he won a full scholarship to dance at the Joffrey Ballet School at the age of 25. He performed in theaters across the United States and on Broadway. He landed his first major role in television playing Gary Corelli on the soap opera One Life to Live.
In 1985 he received his first major role in film, playing Tyree in Silverado. In 1986 he starred in Psycho III as Duane Duke, a money desperate guitarist. That same year, Fahey guest starred on the Season 3 premiere of Miami Vice as gun dealer Eddie Kaye, famously destroying Detective Sonny Crockett's Ferrari Daytona.
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