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- Height5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
- Jeffrey DeMunn was born on April 25, 1947 in Buffalo, New York. He studied in England at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, then returned to America and was a member of the National Shakespeare Company. He has starred in many theatre productions, both on and off Broadway, including "K2" (for which he received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actor), "Spoils of War" and "Comedians".
He is known as a favorite of director Frank Darabont, who has cast him in all four of his films: "The Shawshank Redemption" (1994), "The Green Mile" (1999), "The Majestic" (2001) and "The Mist" (2007).
He has appeared in such films as "The Blob" (1988), "The X-Files: Fight the Future" (1998), "Hollywoodland" (2006), "Burn After Reading" (2008) and such television shows as "Hill Street Blues" (1981), "Kojak: The Price of Justice" (1987), "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1999) and "The Walking Dead" (2010-2012), the latter developed by Frank Darabont and based on the eponymous comic book series created by Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Matt Dicker
- SpousesKerry Leah Bettenbender(2001 - present)Anne Sekaer(October 7, 1974 - 1996) (divorced, 2 children)
- ChildrenHeather DeMunn
- He is a favorite of director Frank Darabont, who has cast him in all of his movies to date.
- Often appears in productions based on material by Stephen King.
- As of 2017, he has appeared in four film adaptations of Stephen King novels: The Shawshank Redemption (1994), The Green Mile (1999), "Storm of the Century" (1999)_ and The Mist (2007). Only the TV miniseries that wasn't directed by Frank Darabont.
- Has a son, Kevin DeMunn. They were both cast in The Majestic (2001) - Kevin played the Western Union Clerk in the second to last scene.
- Was nominated for Broadway's 1983 Tony Award as Best Actor (Play) for "K2".
- I have Netflix, but I don't watch television.
- I think what helps me when I'm working on a play, any play, is the degree to which the writer has truly visualized, and then fulfilled, the vision of the world that he or she is creating.
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