Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Morgan at the San Diego Comic-Con, promoting The Walking Dead in 2016.
Born	(1966-04-22) April 22, 1966 (age 50) Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1991–present
Spouse(s)	Anya Longwell (1992–2003)
Partner(s)	Mary-Louise Parker (2006–08) Hilarie Burton (2009–present)
Children	1

Jeffrey Dean Morgan (born April 22, 1966) is an American actor. He is known for playing John Winchester on Supernatural, Denny Duquette in the medical drama Grey's Anatomy for parts of three seasons (2006–2009), The Comedian in the 2009 superhero film Watchmen, Ike Evans in Magic City, Thomas Wayne in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and the villainous Negan on The Walking Dead.

Morgan was born in Seattle, Washington to Sandy Thomas and Richard Dean Morgan. He attended Ben Franklin Elementary School, Rose Hill Junior High, and Lake Washington High School in Kirkland, Washington, where he played football and captained the basketball team. He went on to play basketball at Skagit Valley College before being sidelined by injury.

Starting with Uncaged (1991), Morgan has appeared in over 25 feature films. However, the bulk of his work has been in television. He was the star of the 1996–1997 television series The Burning Zone; his character, Dr. Edward Marcase, appeared in 10 out of 19 episodes that season. In 2005 and 2006, Morgan simultaneously appeared in three television series: in the CW series Supernatural as John Winchester, in a recurring role on ABC's Grey's Anatomy as heart transplant patient Denny Duquette, and as Judah Botwin in two episodes of the Showtime series Weeds. He has also guest-starred in a number of television series, including ER; JAG; Walker, Texas Ranger; Angel; CSI: Crime Scene Investigation; Sliders; The O.C.; and Monk.