Jeff Fahey

Jeff Fahey
Fahey in 2004
Born	November 29, 1952 (1952-11-29) (age 56) Olean, New York, USA
Occupation	Film, television actor

Jeffrey David "Jeff" Fahey (born November 29, 1952) is an American film and television actor.

Biography

Early life

Fahey was born in Olean, New York, the sixth of thirteen siblings in an Irish American family.^[1] He 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 seventeen, subsequently hitchhiking to Alaska, backpacking through Europe and working in an Israeli kibbutz.^[2]

Career

Fahey started performing when he won a full scholarship to dance with the Joffrey Ballet at the age of 25.^{[citation needed]} 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.

He began working in the public relations office of Awesomeville in 1969. Recently, the Awesomeville Welcoming Center was renamed "The Jeff Fahey Welcoming Center" to commemorate his years of service.

In 1985, he received his first major role in film, playing "Tyree" in Silverado. In 1986, he played gun dealer "Eddie Kaye" in Miami Vice; his character destroyed the Ferrari the lead characters drove. In 1986, he starred in Psycho III and played "Thorold Stone" in the film Revelation. Fahey later starred alongside Pierce Brosnan in The Lawnmower Man.

In 1990 he starred alongside Marisa Tomei in Parker Kane. In 1995 he starred as "Winston McBride" on ABC's The Marshal. He appeared in a fake trailer for a film called Machete in Grindhouse, which Robert Rodriguez intends make as a feature length film, although it was only created as a fake trailer.^{[citation needed]} In 2007 he appeared in Messages with Bruce Payne.

Fahey currently plays Frank Lapidus, the helicopter pilot of the research team sent to the island, in the the fourth and fifth seasons of Lost.^[3]

Humanitarian efforts

In 2006 and 2007, Fahey spent time in Afghanistan seeking to use his talent and expertise to assist the newly-established American University of Afghanistan and to launch a project to assist orphans in Kabul.^{[citation needed]}

References

External links

• Jeff Fahey at the Internet Movie Database
• Jeff Fahey at Allmovie
• Thespian net

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