The Walking Dead

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Jeffrey Dean Morgan began his career in television. In 2005 and 2006, he endeared himself to television audiences worldwide with three concurrent recurring roles: the CW series Supernatural, as John Winchester; the ABC hit series Grey’s Anatomy, as transplant patient Denny Duquette; and Showtime’s award-winning comedy series Weeds, as Judah Botwin. He then starred in the feature film P.S. I Love You, with Hilary Swank, and captivated genre fans in Watchmen, as Edward Morgan Blake/The Comedian for director Zack Snyder, an adaptation of the iconic graphic novel. Next, Morgan starred in The Losers, an adaptation of DC-Vertigo’s acclaimed comic book series, produced by Joel Silver and directed by Sylvain White; and in Ang Lee’s Taking Woodstock. He also appeared in the murder mystery The Texas Killing Fields, with Sam Worthington, Chloe Moretz, and Jessica Chastain. Morgan’s feature film credits also include Peace, Love & Misunderstanding, alongside Catherine Keener, Jane Fonda, and Elizabeth Olsen, for director Bruce Beresford; the thriller The Possession, with Kyra Sedgwick, for producer Sam Raimi; Red Dawn, the reboot of the 1984 action movie; The Salvation, with Eva Green and Mads Mikkelsen, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival; Heist, alongside Robert DeNiro; Solace, opposite Anthony Hopkins, Colin Farrell, and Abbie Cornish; and Desierto, alongside Gael García Bernal. In 2016, Morgan reteamed with Zack Snyder, making a cameo appearance in Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice. For television, Morgan starred as hotel owner Ike Evans in the critically acclaimed Starz series Magic City, which depicted mob life in 1950s Miami. He co-starred alongside Halle Barry in the second season of the CBS series Extant, created by Mickey Fisher and produced by Steven Spielberg; he also starred in the Emmy nominated History Channel mini-series Texas Rising, with Bill Paxton and Ray Liotta, which depicted the Texas Revolution against Mexico; and starred in the final season of the award winning CBS series The Good Wife, in which he portrayed freelance investigator Jason Crouse. Morgan returned to the big screen in April 2018, starring alongside Dwayne Johnson and Naomie Harris in Warner Brother’s Rampage, directed by Brad Peyton, in which he received critical praise for his performance as Government Agent Harvey Russell. Morgan will star in the family drama Walkaway Joe, alongside David Strathairn, directed by Tom Wright; and The Postcard Killing, with Famke Janssen, for director Danis Tanovic. For his role as Negan on AMC’s The Walking Dead, Morgan earned a 2016 Critics’ Choice Award for Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series and won Best Villain at the 2017 MTV Movie and TV Awards.