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 Best known for his roles "Kirk Morris" and "Jack Farrell," with his sharp, raspy nasal voice, sneering smile and fierce look, Burns has made himself really an actor to watch. He was drawn to acting late in college. After graduating, he re-established himself in New York and landed the title role of "Don Juan" at the New York Shakespeare Festival. He made his official TV debut in a small role in ABC Afterschool Specials (1972) ( Mom's on Strike (1984)). He got memorable recurring roles as felons, like the pathological rapist "James Fitzsimmons" in several episodes of the NBC drama series Hill Street Blues (1981) and body collector "Breugel" on Max Headroom (1987). By 1988, he broke through and the landed plum role of "Kirk Morris," a member of the "One-Two-One" club on Dear John (1988), a remake of the hit British sitcom. That role brought him instant recognition. He got cast in many similar roles after that. In 1993, CBS gave him the role (another Kirk Morris-like) of "Arnan Rothman" in Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (2001), the villainous "Cade Dalton" in the NBC miniseries The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw (1991), and as a member of the loud, bickering, feuding family in Greedy (1994) and, in 1993, he was brought in as the hateful "Pete Schmidt," the vice-president of sales, for the last season of Bob (1992). This Bob Newhart series was a huge flop, despite Newhart's winning track-record and Burns' strong performance (probably because Bob played an angry, cynical and short-tempered grump, which wasn't what he was so famous and loved for). Burns has played other Kirk-like roles, but despite his track record of playing pure scum, he managed to get a different part in Something So Right (1996) as "Jack Farrell." Jere Burns still plays the most self-deconstructing and humbling role of his career to date (somewhat akin to his "Something So Right"), as the neurotic, nervous, self-humiliating "Frank Alfonse" on Good Morning, Miami (2002).
Bio:
Best known for his roles "Kirk Morris" and "Jack Farrell," with his sharp, raspy nasal voice, sneering smile and fierce look, Burns has made himself really an actor to watch. He was drawn to acting late in college. After graduating, he re-established himself in New York and landed the title role of "Don Juan" at the New York Shakespeare Festival. He made his official TV debut in a small role in ABC Afterschool Specials (1972) ( Mom's on Strike (1984)). He got memorable recurring roles as felons, like the pathological rapist "James Fitzsimmons" in several episodes of the NBC drama series Hill Street Blues (1981) and body collector "Breugel" on Max Headroom (1987). By 1988, he broke through and the landed plum role of "Kirk Morris," a member of the "One-Two-One" club on Dear John (1988), a remake of the hit British sitcom. That role brought him instant recognition. He got cast in many similar roles after that. In 1993, CBS gave him the role (another Kirk Morris-like) of "Arnan Rothman" in Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (2001), the villainous "Cade Dalton" in the NBC miniseries The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw (1991), and as a member of the loud, bickering, feuding family in Greedy (1994) and, in 1993, he was brought in as the hateful "Pete Schmidt," the vice-president of sales, for the last season of Bob (1992). This Bob Newhart series was a huge flop, despite Newhart's winning track-record and Burns' strong performance (probably because Bob played an angry, cynical and short-tempered grump, which wasn't what he was so famous and loved for). Burns has played other Kirk-like roles, but despite his track record of playing pure scum, he managed to get a different part in Something So Right (1996) as "Jack Farrell." Jere Burns still plays the most self-deconstructing and humbling role of his career to date (somewhat akin to his "Something So Right"), as the neurotic, nervous, self-humiliating "Frank Alfonse" on Good Morning, Miami (2002).
Tivia:
Saved a heart-attack victim's life using CPR at an Encino, CA restaurant in 1997.Worked as a cabdriver in Boston and as a lifeguard on Cape Cod, MA, during a two-year hiatus between high school and college.Has run in marathons and competed in triathlons.Is a fanatic of extreme skiing, wakeboarding and surfing.Has four children.Attended the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Mass. (BA in Literature), as well as Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, New York, NY.Starring as Isaac Brooks in "Diva" at the La Jolla Playhouse, La Jolla, CA (September 2001)Starring as Jack Boner in "The Scottish Play" at the La Jolla Playhouse, La Jolla, California. (October 2005)Playing the role of Wilbur in "Hairspray" on Broadway. (January 2007)Ex-son-in-law of Abby Dalton. |
| Name: |
Jere Burns |
Type: |
Actor (IMDB) |
| Area: |
All World |
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IMDB |
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Business scope: |
Actor |
| Products for sale: |
Actor |
| Model rank: |
198 |
| Last update: |
2024-07-01 04:20:02 |
| Height: |
5' 8?' (1.74 m) |
| Biography: |
Best known for his roles \"Kirk Morris\" and \"Jack Farrell,\" with his sharp, raspy nasal voice, sneering smile and fierce look, Burns has made himself really an actor to watch. He was drawn to acting late in college. After graduating |
| Trivia: |
Saved a heart-attack victim's life using CPR at an Encino, CA restaurant in 1997.Worked as a cabdriver in Boston and as a lifeguard on Cape Cod, MA, during a two-year hiatus between high school and college.Has run in marathons and competed in triathlons.Is a fanatic of extreme skiing, wakeboarding and surfing.Has four children.Attended the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Mass. (BA in Literature), as well as Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, New York, NY.Starring as Isaac Brooks in "Diva" at the La Jolla Playhouse, La Jolla, CA (September 2001)Starring as Jack Boner in "The Scottish Play" at the La Jolla Playhouse, La Jolla, California. (October 2005)Playing the role of Wilbur in "Hairspray" on Broadway. (January 2007)Ex-son-in-law of Abby Dalton. |
| Job title: |
Actor |
| Others works: |
TV commercial for Panasonic Sonic Shaver (razor) (1999)
Save the Earth: A How-to Video
(June 2005) Played Bartender in "Curtain Raiser" play, Sherman in "Giving Up Smoking" play and Darryl Grade in "Swing Time" play, all by |
| Spouse: |
Leslie Cohen (June 29, 2008 - January 31, 2018) (divorced, 1 child)Kathleen Kinmont (1997 - 1999) (divorced)Melissa Burns (October 1, 1982 - 1996) (divorced, 3 children) |
| Children: |
Gillian Burns |
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