# Jere Burns

Jere Eugene Burns II (/ˈdʒɛri/; born October 15, 1954) is an American actor who has appeared in theatre productions and on television. He played the roles of ladies' man Kirk Morris on the television series Dear John, DIA psychiatrist Anson Fullerton on the television series Burn Notice, Jack on the sitcom Something So Right, and Dixie Mafia middle-man Wynn Duffy on Justified.

## Early life

Jere Eugene Burns II was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the son of a gown and cap manufacturer. He attended the Browne & Nichols School and graduated in 1973. Burns was drawn to acting late in college. After graduating from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1980, he moved to Manhattan and was cast in Don Juan at the New York Shakespeare Festival.

## Career

Burns has appeared on Broadway; his Broadway theatre credits include Hairspray and After the Night and the Music.
Burns made his television debut in a small role on ABC's ABC Afterschool Special episode "Mom's on Strike" in 1984. He had a recurring role as rapist James Fitzsimmons on Hill Street Blues and body collector Breughel on Max Headroom. In 1988 he landed the role of sleazy Kirk Morris on Dear John. In 1989 he appeared in the William Lustig film Hit List as Jared Riley. He appeared as the villainous Cade Dalton on the NBC miniseries The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw (1991), hateful Vice President of Sales Pete Schmidt on Bob (1993), a member of the feuding family in Greedy (1994), Jack Farrell in Something So Right (1996), and Ben Stuart in Life-Size (2000). He portrayed the title character's brother in "The Trouble with Harry", an episode of the series Twice in a Lifetime directed by David Winning (2000); Frank Alfonse on Good Morning, Miami (2002); Keith on The King of Queens (2006); Michael on Help Me Help You (2006); Dr. Jim on Surviving Suburbia (2007); Derek Ford on Psych, Bosco on Grey's Anatomy (2013); and Jacob Tiernan on Lucifer (2019). He starred as an FBI agent in the movie Otis (2008). Other screen credits include Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (2001).
In 2010, he appeared in AMC's series Breaking Bad as the group leader for a Narcotics Anonymous meeting as a part of a twelve-step program, which main character Jesse Pinkman attended. He also had a recurring role on FX's Justified as Wynn Duffy, a sadistic lieutenant in the Dixie Mafia, and appeared as villain Anson Fullerton in Seasons 5 and 6 (2011–2012) of Burn Notice on USA Network.
Burns had a recurring role as Jake Abernathy on the A&E series Bates Motel in 2013, and appeared as Lieutenant Atkins in the TBS series Angie Tribeca.

## Personal life

In 1982, Burns was married to Melissa Keeler. After 14 years of marriage, they filed for divorce in 1996. The following year in 1997, he married actress Kathleen Kinmont, and they divorced in 1999. In 2008, he was married to Leslie Cohen. They later divorced in 2018 after ten years of marriage.
He has four children.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1986 | Touch and Go | Levesque | |
| 1986 | Let's Get Harry | Washington Aide | |
| 1989 | Hit List | Jared Riley | |
| 1989 | Wired | Lou Connors | |
| 1994 | Greedy | Glen McTeague | |
| 1997 | Santa Fe | Dr. Dan Yates | |
| 1998 | My Giant | Weller, the Movie Director | |
| 2001 | Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles | Arnan Rothman | |
| 2002 | Mother Ghost | Cemetery Agent | |
| 2002 | New Suit | Dixon Grain | |
| 2005 | What's Up, Scarlet? | Ben Zabrinski | |
| 2008 | Otis | Agent Ralph Hotchkiss | Direct-to-video |
| 2009 | Two:Thirteen | Jeffrey Nobels | |
| 2011 | Prom | Principal Dunnan | |
| 2014 | The Crop | The Farmer | Short film |
| 2014 | The Amateur | Joey's Dad | |
| 2015 | Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant | Herb Thompkins | |
| 2015 | The Muppets: First Look Presentation | Carl | Short film |
| 2015 | The Funhouse Massacre | Mental Manny | |
| 2016 | Hot Air | Major | |
| 2018 | Game Over, Man! | Mr. Duncan | Uncredited |
| 2018 | Incredibles 2 | Detective (voice) | |
| 2018 | Adolescence | Mr. Z | |
| 2020 | The Catch | Eddie Nance | |
| 2020 | Evan Wood | Professor Timothy Phillips | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1970 | The Psychiatrist | Steve | Episode: "God Bless the Children (Pilot)" |
| 1984 | Hill Street Blues | James Fitzsimmons | Episodes: "Watt a Way to Go" and "Rookie Nookie" |
| 1984 | ABC Afterschool Special | Hal | Episode: "Mom's on Strike" |
| 1985 | Street Hawk | Eddie Watson | Episode: "Fire on the Wing" |
| 1985 | Riptide | Kefler | Episode: "The Twisted Cross" |
| 1985 | Hunter | Greg Jones | Episode: "The Beach Boy" |
| 1986 | Remington Steele | Rick Badham | Episode: "Steele on the Air" |
| 1986 | The Last Precinct | | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 1986 | CBS Schoolbreak Special | Brother Vinnie | Episode: "God, the Universe & Hot Fudge Sundaes" |
| 1987 | Ohara | Greene | Episode: "Eddie" |
| 1987–1988 | Max Headroom | Breughel / Breughal | 4 episodes |
| 1987 | Crime Story | Pinter | Episode: "Little Girl Lost" Credited as Jere Burns II |
| 1988 | Jake and the Fatman | Kevin Barry | Episode: "I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan" |
| 1988–1992 | Dear John | Kirk Morris | 90 episodes |
| 1989 | Turn Back the Clock | William Hawkins | Television movie |
| 1990 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter | Cliff Bartel | Television movie |
| 1991 | The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw | Cade Dalton | Television movie |
| 1993 | Down the Shore | Jeffrey Horan | Episode: "A Married Man" |
| 1993 | Bob | Pete Schmidt | 8 episodes |
| 1994–1995 | The Mommies | Tom Booker | 18 episodes |
| 1995 | Eye of the Stalker | Stephen Primes | Television movie |
| 1996 | The Secret She Carried | Lewis Snow | Television movie |
| 1996–1998 | Something So Right | Jack Farrell | 37 episodes |
| 1998 | Fantasy Island | Pete Collins | Episode: "We're Not Worthy" |
| 1999 | Vengeance Unlimited | Steven Jensen | Uncredited Episode: "Friends" |
| 1999 | Just Shoot Me! | Roy | Episode: "Nina's Choice" |
| 1999 | Road Rage | Eddie Madden | Television movie |
| 2000 | Life-Size | Ben Stuart | Television movie |
| 2000 | Twice in a Lifetime | Thomas "Tom" Lasky / Tom the Homeless Man | Episode: "The Trouble with Harry" |
| 2000 | For Your Love | Andy Winston | Episode: "The Talented Mr. Ripoff" |
| 2000 | Cover Me | Kerry Fever | Episode: "The Fever Flip" |
| 2000 | Touched by an Angel | Sam Rigney | Episode: "Legacy" |
| 2001 | The Outer Limits | Jake Worthy | Episode: "The Vessel" |
| 2002 | Sabrina the Teenage Witch | Gabriel | Episode: "Time After Time" |
| 2002 | Family Law | John Carruthers | Episode: "Big Brother" |
| 2002–2004 | Good Morning, Miami | Frank Alfano | 35 episodes |
| 2002 | State of Grace | Chip Wheeler | Episodes: "Sophisticated Ladies" and "A Taste of Money" |
| 2004–2007 | Kim Possible | Mego (voice) | Episodes: "Go Team Go" and "Stop Team Go!" |
| 2005 | 8 Simple Rules | Commissioner | Episode: "VolleyBrawl" |
| 2005 | Las Vegas | Dan Clayman | Episode: "One Nation, Under Surveillance" |
| 2005 | All of Us | Brian Goodman | 3 episodes |
| 2006 | The War at Home | Howard | Episode: "Snow Job" |
| 2006 | The King of Queens | Keith | Episode: "Hartford Wailer" |
| 2006 | Will & Grace | Man in Cast | Episode: "Finale: Part 1" |
| 2006 | Dr. Vegas | Lawyer Friend | Episode: "Heal Thyself" |
| 2006–2007 | Help Me Help You | Michael | 14 episodes |
| 2006–2008 | Boston Legal | A.D.A. Joe Isaacs | Episodes: "BL: Los Angeles" and "Rode vs. Wade: The Musical" |
| 2006 | Four Kings | Norman the Doorman | Episode: "Upper West Side Story" |
| 2008 | Psych | Derek Ford | Episode: "Disco Didn't Die. It Was Murdered!" |
| 2008 | According to Jim | Jerry | Episodes: "Andy's Proposal" and "Cabin Boys" |
| 2009 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Dr. Shaw | Episode: "The Gone Dead Train" |
| 2009 | Surviving Suburbia | Dr. Jim | 13 episodes |
| 2010 | The Geniuses | Charles Bodin | Television movie |
| 2010 | The Good Guys | Patrick Drayton | Episode: "The Whistleblower" |
| 2010–2015 | Justified | Wynn Duffy | 46 episodes |
| 2010–2011 | Breaking Bad | Group Leader | 4 episodes |
| 2010 | Strange Brew | Ted | Television movie |
| 2011 | Retired at 35 | Donald | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2011 | Love Begins | Sheriff Holden | Television movie |
| 2011 | Off the Map | Richie Salerno | Episode: "There's Nothing to Fix" |
| 2011–2012 | Burn Notice | Anson Fullerton | 9 episodes |
| 2011 | Family Practice | George Foote | Television movie |
| 2012 | Hawaii Five-0 | Spencer Madsen | Episode: "Popilikia" |
| 2013 | Bates Motel | Jake Abernathy | 4 episodes |
| 2013 | Grey's Anatomy | Ben Bosco | Episode: "Map of You" |
| 2015 | Last Man Standing | Victor Vogelson | Episode: "Daddy Dearest" |
| 2015 | Suits | Vince Sanfilippo | Episode: "Denial" |
| 2015 | The Muppets | Carl | Episodes: "Pilot" and "Pig Girls Don't Cry" |
| 2015 | From Dusk till Dawn: The Series | Winchester Greely | Episodes: "The Last Temptation of Richard Gecko" and "There Will Be Blood" |
| 2016 | Major Crimes | Elliot Chase | Episode: "Moral Hazard" |
| 2016–2018 | Angie Tribeca | Chet Atkins, Paddy Atkins, Eric Atkins | 40 episodes |
| 2017–2018 | American Dad! | Dimitrious Pertz (voice) | Episodes: "The Bitchin' Race" and "Klaustastrophe.tv" |
| 2017–2018 | I'm Dying Up Here | Sid Robbins | 5 episodes |
| 2018 | The X-Files | Dr. Randolph Luvenis | Episode: "Nothing Lasts Forever" |
| 2019 | The Cool Kids | John | 3 episodes |
| 2019 | Lucifer | Jacob Tiernan | Episode: "Devil Is as Devil Does" |
| 2019 | The Detour | Blu Brown | Episode: "The Entertainer" |
| 2019–2021 | All Rise | Adam Pryce | Episodes: "Fool for Liv" and "Bette Davis Eyes" |
| 2020 | Dead to Me | Howard Hastings | 3 episodes |
| 2022-2023 | NCIS: Los Angeles | Howard Pembrook | 3 episodes |
| 2024 | Death and Other Details | Llewellyn Mathers | 9 episodes |