J. Eddie Peck

J. Eddie Peck
Born	John Edward Peck (1958-10-10) October 10, 1958 Lynchburg, Virginia, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1985–present
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Spouse	Sonya Zaza ​ (m. 1989)​
Children	2

John Edward Peck (born October 10, 1958) is an American television and film actor. His best-known roles include Cole Howard on The Young and the Restless and Jake Martin on All My Children. He also appeared as a character named Lance who was a student of Diane Chambers in a college course she was teaching in an episode of Cheers.

Early life and education

He lived in Joplin, Missouri during the 1970s and graduated in 1976 from Joplin Parkwood High School, where he was a member of the varsity tennis team. He attended Missouri Southern State University, where he earned a BA in marketing .

Work

Early in his career, Peck guest-starred on a number of popular television series, including Diagnosis: Murder, Highway to Heaven, Cheers, Murder, She Wrote and Knight Rider. Peck guest-starred in the ABC Family television series Kyle XY as Adam Baylin in the season finale of season one and certain episodes of season two.

Much of Peck's work has been on both daytime and prime time soap operas. He is perhaps best known for his role on The Young and the Restless as Cole Howard, which he played from 1993 to 1999. He is also known for succeeding Michael Lowry in the role of Jake Martin on All My Children, from 2000 to 2003. His other soap credits include Days of Our Lives (1991–1992); Dynasty (1988–1989) and Dallas (1989).

Peck has also appeared in films such as Dangerously Close, Lambada, To Grandmother's House We Go and Blind Heat, and was one of the hosts of the Miss USA 1998 pageant.

Personal life

Peck has been married to Sonya Zaza since 1989. They have two sons, Austin and Dalton.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	Dangerously Close	Danny Lennox
1987	Breaking Home Ties	Brad	TV movie
1989	Curse II: The Bite	Clark Newman
1990	Lambada	Kevin "Blade" Laird
1992	To Grandmother's House We Go	Eddie Popko	TV movie
2001	Blind Heat	Victor
2009	Mexican Gold	Pick Randall	Alternative title: Return of the Outlaws
2016	Divorce Texas Style	Quentin Stewart
TBA	Bright Ideas	Mr. Hall	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	Wildside	Sutton Hollister	Main cast (6 episodes)
1986	Knight Rider	Erik Whitby	Episode: "Out of the Woods"
1986	Murder, She Wrote	Coby Russell	Episode: "Dead Man's Gold"
1986	Cheers	Lance Apollonaire	Episode: "Knights of the Scimitar"
1987	Highway to Heaven	Richard Davies	Episode: "A Night to Remember"
1988–89	Dynasty	Roger Grimes	Recurring role (8 episodes)
1989	Dallas	Tommy McKay	Recurring role (13 episodes)
1991	Dark Justice	Danny Sicani	Episode: "Brother Mine"
1991–92	Days of Our Lives	Howard "Hawk" Hawkins	Unknown episodes
1993–99	The Young and the Restless	Cole Howard	Main cast (241 episodes)
1995	Diagnosis: Murder	J. Eddie Peck	Episode: "Death in the Daytime"
2000–03	All My Children	Jake Martin	Main cast (15 episodes)
2006–08	Kyle XY	Adam Baylin	Recurring role (12 episodes)
2008	Just Jordan	Coach	Episode: "Let Sleeping Dogs Lie"

External links

• J. Eddie Peck at IMDb
• Jake Martin profile from SoapCentral