Jason Gedrick

Actor

Birthday February 7, 1965

Birth Sign Aquarius

Birthplace Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

Age 59 years old

Nationality United States

Height 1.8 m

#19177 Most Popular

1965

Jason Michael Gedrick (born February 7, 1965) is an American actor best known for his work on the television series Murder One and Boomtown, and the motion picture Iron Eagle as Doug Masters.

Gedrick was born in Chicago, Illinois, and is of Polish descent.

1983

He changed his surname to the homonymous "Gedrick" and began his career as an extra in films such as Bad Boys (1983) and Risky Business (1983).

1985

He had roles in The Heavenly Kid (1985), Iron Eagle (1986), and Promised Land (1987) with director Michael Hoffman, Iron Eagle II (1988 in an uncredited role for the first few minutes of the movie), Born on the Fourth of July (1989), the cult classic Rooftops (1989), Backdraft (1991), and Crossing the Bridge (1992).

1993

Gedrick then appeared in television series such as Class of '96 (1993) and Sweet Justice (1994).

1994

In 1994, Gedrick starred in the film The Force with Yasmine Bleeth and Kim Delaney.

1995

He starred in the first season of Steven Bochco's 1995 television series Murder One, which followed the trial of Gedrick's character, bad-boy actor Neil Avedon.

1996

Gedrick next took roles in television series such as EZ Streets (1996), Falcone (2000), and The Beast (2001), none of which were major successes.

1997

His next major project was the three-hour TV film The Third Twin (1997), a thriller based on the best-selling 1996 novel by the British writer Ken Follett.

He also appeared in Mario Puzo's 1997 miniseries, The Last Don, and in its sequel, The Last Don II.

1999

In 1999, he guest starred on Ally McBeal as the "hot car wash guy".

2002

Gedrick returned to television screens as Tom Turcotte in 2002's Boomtown.

The series, which also starred Donnie Wahlberg and Neal McDonough, was a moderate success, but ratings plummeted – particularly after the second season altered the show’s format, and Boomtown was cancelled.

2003

In 2003, Gedrick played Andrew Luster, the infamous rapist in a Lifetime movie based on his trial, A Date with Darkness.

2006

Gedrick was part of the cast of the 2006 NBC television series Windfall, also starring Luke Perry and Gedrick's former Boomtown alumnus, Lana Parrilla.

He starred in the 2006 movie Hidden Places alongside Sydney Penney and Shirley Jones.

2007

In 2007, Gedrick again starred alongside Donnie Wahlberg in the A&E original movie Kings of South Beach.

He was also the new love interest at Scavo's Pizzeria in Desperate Housewives in seasons 3 and 4, on ABC.

2009

In 2009, he appeared in Lie to Me.

2011

In 2011, he appeared in Necessary Roughness as Dr. J. D. Aldridge, a former graduate school professor and possible love interest for series lead Callie Thorne.

2012

Gedrick was a member of the cast of the HBO series Luck, which ran for one season in 2012.

Gedrick appears in a multi-episode arc playing the manager of a Miami-area gentlemen’s club that becomes linked to a high-profile murder case in season 7 of Dexter.

Beginning in November 2012, Gedrick starred as Evan Farnsworth, a struggling professor at a prestigious Maine boarding school, in the Hallmark film The Wishing Tree.

In late 2012, Gedrick appeared on an episode of NBC's Grimm.

2015

In 2015, he had a season-long arc as serial killer Raynard Waits in the Amazon Prime original television series Bosch, along with a recurring role as Liam in The CW's 2012 series Beauty & the Beast.

2016

In 2016, Gedrick starred as estranged Det. Mark Hickman, Lt. Mike Tao's ex-partner, on Major Crimes.

2019

Since 2019, Gedrick has not appeared in any movie or television projects.