Jeff Fahey Birthday: November 29, 1952 Birth Place: Olean, New York, USA Height: 0' 0"
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Jeff Fahey was one of 13 children born to a suburban Buffalo couple. Fahey led a peripatetic early adulthood, holding down a multitude of jobs in a variety of countries. A stint with the Joffrey Ballet led to Broadway chorus work, which in turn led to speaking roles on both the New York and London stage. From 1982 to 1985, Fahey played Gary Corelli on the ABC soaper One Life to Live. His first film was Silverado (1985), in which he appeared as the villainous Tyree. He was subsequently seen as sleazy musician Dwayne Duke in Psycho III (1987), wide-eyed screenwriter Peter Verrill (a character based on real-life scrivener Peter Viertel) in Clint Eastwood's White Hunter, Black Heart (1990) and human guinea pig Jobe Smith in Lawnmower Man (1992). In 1995, Jeff Fahey returned to television as Winston MacBride on the weekly The Marshal.
He is a partner in a construction company and a film grips group called "Black Sheep Grips."
He is the co-founder of the American Road Production Workshop Series at the Raft Theatre in New York, and participates in the Writers' & Directors' Workshops there.
He owns his own production company under the banner Tyree Productions, which he is partners in with his 5 brothers.
Was invited to take ballet and instantly caught the bug. Despite being at the advanced age of 25, he won a full scholarship to dance with the Joffrey Ballet in New York City.
Taught ballroom dancing.
Danced with the Joffrey ballet for three years.
Was once a vacuum cleaner salesman, encyclopedia salesman, and a trainer in a health club.
Spent time trekking through the Himalayas and Afghanistan in his younger years while traveling around the world.