Jay Huguley
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| Born | James S. Huguley July 26, 1966 |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1995–present |
Jay Huguley (born James S. Huguley, July 26, 1966), is an American TV, film and theater actor, best known for starring as Whit Peyton in the Emmy Award-winning ABC TV series, “Brothers & Sisters” and as Doug Fox on the WB’s “Summerland.” He can be seen in the third season of HBO’s critically acclaimed drama, “Treme,” with Melissa Leo, John Goodman and Steve Zahn.
Early life
Huguley was born and raised in Tenafly, New Jersey[1], the youngest of three boys, to father Arthur W. Huguley, III, a commodities trader and President of Westway Trading Company, and to mother Katherine McCrae Yarborough Huguley, a housewife.
As a child, Huguley attended boarding school and later graduated from The Peddie School in Hightstown, New Jersey. In college, he spent a year abroad at The University of London studying Political Science. Huguley graduated from American University in Washington, D.C., with a double major in Political Science and Communications.
Huguley studied acting at The Lee Strasberg Institute in New York, New York, under Anna Strasberg, and at the Beverly Hills Playhouse in Los Angeles, under the famed teacher Milton Katselas.
Career
Prior to his professional acting career, Huguley was an international fashion model. Following college, he was discovered working as a lifeguard, when someone working in fashion in New York suggested he should try modeling[2]. They took two polaroids of him, and took him into New York. He soon after received a contract with Wilhelmina Models, which sent him to Paris, Milan and Sydney, Australia.
Huguley lived in Paris throughout the early 90s, where he worked as a model for brands like Armani, Valentino, Zegna and Romeo Gigli.
He first realized his passion for acting while taking a directing class in college and auditioned for a school play. He got the part of the Gentleman Caller in Tennessee Williams’ “The Glass Menagerie.” Huguley moved back to the States, where he began to work regularly in theatre and studied at the Lee Strasberg Institute. He moved to Los Angeles to do a play directed by Lee’s widow, Anna Strasberg.
In his earliest appearances on television, Huguley starred in small roles on MADtv; Norm; Walker, Texas Ranger; Providence; and Strong Medicine; before getting more recurring roles in TV shows like That '80s Show, and Alias.
Huguley is best known for playing Whit Peyton on the ABC drama, Brothers & Sisters, and as Doug Fox on the WB’s Summerland. He also starred in 2010 as Richard Hightower on the long-running soap opera, The Young and The Restless. Most recently, he has guest starred in episodes of Drop Dead Diva, Breaking In, and Army Wives.
In 2008, Huguley starred in David Lindsay-Abaire’s Tony Award-winning play “Rabbit Hole” at the Skylight Theatre. For his role, the Los Angeles Times said, “Jay Huguley dwells inside the play’s contradictions and connects us to its anguished, buoyant heart.” In 2009, Huguley played the lead role of Henry in Tom Stoppard’s “The Real Thing” at Los Angeles’ Skylight Theatre.
In 2012, he can be seen opposite Melissa Leo, John Goodman, and Steve Zahn, in the third season of the HBO series, Treme.[3]
He will also be appearing in Steve McQueen’s upcoming film, “Twelve Years a Slave,” starring Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender, and Paul Giamatti.
He’s currently in talks to star in 2013’s Joe’s Mountain, with Kris Kristofferson and Melanie Griffith.
References
External links
- Jay Huguley at IMDb
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