Jeff Yagher


Jeffrey Brian "Jeff" Yagher is an American actor.

Personal life

Born in Lawrence, Kansas, he graduated from The Ohio State University and then attended the Yale School of Drama, where he appeared in productions of The Vultures, We Can't Pay, We Won't Play, and Las Madres. His younger brother Kevin Yagher is a special effects technician. Yagher's second marriage is to actress Megan Gallagher, and they have two children together.

Career

His television debut was in V: The Series as Kyle Bates. He starred in the pilot of 21 Jump Street as Tommy Hanson, the role taken over by Johnny Depp. He was an Elvis impersonator in an episode of The Twilight Zone called "The Once And Future King" He appeared in an episode of Newhart as Stoney and in an episode of Seinfeld as a jazz musician who dated Elaine. He starred in the TV movie Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman along with Sandra Bullock in 1989. He appeared in several episodes of Six Feet Under, playing Hoyt Woodworth, in 2004. He appeared in Without a Trace and Bones.
His film credits include Dead Man's Folly, Big Bad Mama II, Shag, My Fellow Americans, The Pandora Project, and View from the Top.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1987Big Bad Mama IIJordan Crawford
1989ShagJimmy Valentine
1991No SecretsMichael
1991Lower LevelCraig FulsonDirect-to-video
1993The Red CoatShort film
1996My Fellow AmericansDorothy / Lt. Ralph Fleming
1998The Pandora ProjectBruce Bobbins
2001Pursuit of HappinessNeighbor from 207Uncredited
2003View from the TopGhost Rider
2005Mr. & Mrs. Smith40's Man
2012'Jeff Allen
2014'Jeff Allen/Narrator

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1984–1985VKyle BatesMain role, 19 episodes
1985Magnum, P.I.Lieutenant Andy Hawkes, USNEpisode: "Blood and Honor"
1986Dead Man's FollyEddie SouthTelevision movie
1986The Twilight ZoneGary Pitkin / Elvis PresleyEpisode: "The Once and Future King/A Saucer of Loneliness"
1986The New GidgetJerryEpisode: "Jeff's Anniversary"
1986HotelTomEpisode: "Forsaking All Others"
1987Murder, She WroteDeputy Wayne BeelerEpisode: "The Cemetery Vote"
1988The Powers of Matthew StarBradEpisode: "The Road Rebels"
1988September GunBrian BrianTelevision movie
1988The JeffersonsFrankEpisode: "I Do, I Don't"
1988NewhartStoneyEpisode: "Goonstruck"
1989'Jim GoldmanTelevision movie
1989Freddy's NightmaresRick RakeEpisode: "Silence is Golden"
1990Tales from the CryptEnoch, The Two-Faced ManEpisode: "Lower Berth"
1990Shangri-La PlazaGeorge BondoEpisode: "Pilot"
1990Murder, She WroteScott FieldingEpisode: "The Big Show of 1965"
1991Pros and ConsJacksonEpisode: "Once a Kid"
1992Civil WarsJohn BeaverEpisode: "Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense"
1992Jake and the FatmanPeter DymitrowEpisode: "Ain't Misbehavin"
1992Bodies of EvidenceJack HoughtonEpisode: "Nightmoves"
1992–1993Room for TwoKeith WymanMain role, 26 episodes
1993Doogie Howser, M.D.Nathan GageEpisode: "You've Come a Long Way, Babysitter"
1993Murder, She WroteMarcus RuleEpisode: "Killer Radio"
1993Mother of the BrideKenTelevision movie
1994One of Her OwnHellerTelevision movie
1994'PaulTelevision movie
1995ColumboTeddy McVeighEpisode: "Strange Bedfellows"
1995Live ShotAlex RydellMain role, 13 episodes
1996SeinfeldJohnEpisode: "The Rye"
1996A Kidnapping in the FamilyJack TaylorTelevision movie
1998House RulesPatrickEpisode: Pilot
1998A Wing and a PrayerJack LoweTelevision movie
1998The NetTim DanielsEpisode: "North by Northwestern"
1998MillenniumMark BiancoEpisode: "Thirteen Years Later"
1999The PracticeReporter Michael SawyerEpisode: "Lawyers, Reporters and Cockroaches"
1999Zoe, Duncan, Jack & JaneKentEpisode: "Under Mom's Thumb"
1999ActionMartyEpisode: "Mr. Dragon Goes to Washington"
1999Oh BabyNoahEpisode: "Friendship"
2000It's Like, You Know...Frank WillsEpisode: "Heat"
2000ProfilerJason BendrossEpisode: "Besieged"
2000Family LawEpisode: "Metamorphosis"
20007th HeavenProf. Gene HatchEpisode: "Losers"
2000'Iden2 episodes
2001Mysterious WaysCal MontgomeryEpisode: "Strike Two"
2001Walker, Texas RangerHawkinsEpisode: "Medieval Crimes"
2001Touched by an AngelMike RiceEpisode: "Netherlands"
2002Crossing JordanRoss LarkenEpisode: "As if by Fate"
2003RebaTerry HolliwayEpisode: "Terry Holliway"
2004AngelFell LeaderEpisode: "Time Bomb"
2004–2005Six Feet UnderHoytRecurring role, 6 episodes
2005AliasGreyson WellsEpisode: "The Descent"
2007Day BreakEpisode: "What If He's Not Alone?"
2007The GameMikeEpisode: "The Big Chill?"
2007Without a TraceGary SedgwickEpisode: "The Beginning"
2009BonesSean MortensonEpisode: "The Critic in the Cabernet"
2009'Brett McDowellEpisode: "The Lost Girls"
2011Body of ProofDr. Adam FarberEpisode: "Your Number's Up"