Jeff Fahey Movies and Career Information

Jeffrey David "Jeff" Fahey (born November 29, 1952) is an American film and television actor. He has portrayed Captain Frank Lapidus on the ABC series Lost and the title role of Deputy Marshal Winston MacBride on The Marshal. Fahey was born in Olean, New York, the sixth of thirteen siblings in an Irish American family. His mother, Jane, was a homemaker, and his father, Frank Fahey, worked at a clothing store. Fahey was raised in Buffalo, New York from the age of ten and attended Father Baker's High School there. Fahey left home at the age of seventeen, subsequently hitchhiking to Alaska. He later backpacked through Europe, and worked on an Israeli kibbutz. Fahey started performing when he won a full scholarship to dance with the Joffrey Ballet at the age of 25. He performed in theaters across the United States and on Broadway. He landed his first major role in television playing Gary Corelli on the soap opera One Life to Live. In 1985, he received his first major role in film, playing "Tyree" in Silverado. In 1986, he starred in Psycho III as Duane Duke, a money desperate guitarist. That same year, Fahey guest starred on the Season 3 premiere of Miami Vice as gun dealer "Eddie