Jack Coleman
Birthday: 21 February 1958, Easton, Pennsylvania, USA
Birth Name: John MacDonald Coleman
Height: 189 cm
John MacDonald "Jack" Coleman is an American actor and screenwriter, known for playing the role of Steven Carrington in the 1980s prime time soap opera Dynasty (1982-88), and for portraying ...Show More
I am blind as a bat and I wear contact lenses because the vision they afford is much better. So I we Show more
I am blind as a bat and I wear contact lenses because the vision they afford is much better. So I wear contacts and then I have to wear reading glasses. My eyes have been bad - I come from bad eyesight on both sides of my family. Hide
I don't play a lot of convicts or mafia guys. I'm usually a professional, a doctor, lawyer, banker.. Show more
I don't play a lot of convicts or mafia guys. I'm usually a professional, a doctor, lawyer, banker... that kind of thing. But sometimes you get to be the twisted guy, too, which is what I'm relishing so much about this [Heroes] role. There's nothing worse than playing a milquetoast. I'm happy to play a jerk, and I'm happy to play a bad guy. It really is fun to be able to play somebody who has a dark, sinister side. Hide
I don't want to play earnest. I'd rather play somebody who's kind of sleazy. It's much more fun, esp Show more
I don't want to play earnest. I'd rather play somebody who's kind of sleazy. It's much more fun, especially in a comedy. You don't want to be some earnest guy who's just trying to do the right thing but can't. I want to be doing the wrong thing intentionally. Hide
I would love to do a movie like All the President's Men. A really smart, crisp political thriller.
I would love to do a movie like All the President's Men. A really smart, crisp political thriller.
After a hit show is over, you soon realize this is a very tough business ... brutally tough. But I'm Show more
After a hit show is over, you soon realize this is a very tough business ... brutally tough. But I'm a better actor and I have more gravitas than I had at 24 with bleached-blonde hair. Hide
I always thought invisibility would be cool, but then I was invisible for most of the '90s.
I always thought invisibility would be cool, but then I was invisible for most of the '90s.
Jack Coleman's FILMOGRAPHY
as Actor (232)
Jack Coleman'S roles
Andrew Strong
Daniel Douglas Langston
Senator William H. Bracken
Joe Dugan
Doctor Strange
State Senator Rob Lipton
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