Jeff Hephner

Jeff Hephner
Born	Jeffrey Lane Hephner (1975-06-22) June 22, 1975 Madison Heights, Michigan, U.S.
Education	Sand Creek High School
Alma mater	Calvin College Ferris State University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2000–present
Spouse	Heather Sylvia Adams ​ ​ (m. 2002)​
Children	3

Jeffrey Lane Hephner (born June 22, 1975) is an American actor, probably best known for the role of Jeff Clarke, first on the NBC television series Chicago Fire and then on its sister show, Chicago Med. More recently he co-starred with Jennifer Garner in the action thriller film Peppermint. He also appears in the 2016 and 2016 National Geographic TV series MARS. In January 2019, he co-starred with Jaime Lee Curtis and Tika Sumpter in the film An Acceptable Loss, directed by Joe Chappelle.

Hephner has appeared in over 50 other films and television shows, including as Morgan Stanley Buffkin in the CW comedy-drama Easy Money (2008–2009), and as Ben Zajac in the Starz political drama Boss (2011–2012) with Kelsey Grammer. In 2015, he starred as the title character in the short-lived TNT action drama Agent X.

Early life

Hephner was born in Adrian, Michigan to Tom and Patti Hephner, and grew up in the small town of Sand Creek, in southern Michigan near Adrian. Hephner was athletic growing up, playing basketball and football, and he graduated from Sand Creek High School. Hephner was named to the all-state team for Class C-D for the 1993–1994 season.

He attended and played basketball for Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan for two years before transferring to Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Michigan for two years.

Career

Hephner began his Hollywood career with small roles in two feature films: in the war drama Tigerland (2000), starring Colin Farrell and the romantic comedy-drama Maid in Manhattan (2002), starring Jennifer Lopez and Ralph Fiennes, where he played a room service waiter. Also in 2002, he starred in two short films, The Outlands and So How Do You Feel About Your Watch.

After starring in the short-lived Fox legal drama The Jury as Keenan O'Brien in 2004, in 2005, he guest-starred in the NBC legal drama Law & Order: Criminal Intent in season 4: episode 21 titled "The Unblinking Eye" as Michael Pike.

Hephner starred as author Pat Conroy in the Hallmark Hall of Fame TV movie The Water Is Wide (2006) with Alfre Woodard, based on Conroy's book and a remake of the drama Conrack (1974), starring Jon Voight.

He starred as Morgan Stanley Buffkin in The CW comedy-drama Easy Money. The show aired for four episodes in October 2008 before it was cancelled and the other four episodes already filmed aired in mid-2009.

Following the cancellation of Easy Money, Hephner guest-starred in Private Practice, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, NCIS, Castle and had a recurring role in four episodes of the short-lived NBC medical drama Mercy as Pete Boswick, a firefighter and a love interest of Nurse Chloe Payne (Michelle Trachtenberg).

In 2010, Hephner replaced Ben Browder in a recurring role in the short-lived CW comedy-drama Hellcats as Red Raymond, a football coach and the former flame of Hellcats' coach Vanessa Lodge (Sharon Leal).

BuddyTV ranked Hephner #86 on its list of "TV's Sexiest Men of 2011".

In 2011, Hephner was cast as Nick Dalton in the short-lived NBC historical crime drama The Playboy Club, but was replaced by Eddie Cibrian before filming began.

From 2011 to 2012, Hephner co-starred with Kelsey Grammer as Ben Zajac in the Starz political drama Boss.

From 2013 to 2014, Hephner had a recurring role in the second season of the NBC drama Chicago Fire as Jeff Clarke, a firefighter and a former U.S. Marine.

In 2015, Hephner co-starred with Sharon Stone in the short-lived TNT action drama Agent X as John Case, a former Special Forces operator, who becomes "Agent X".

From 2016 to 2017, Hephner reprised his role as Jeff Clarke in Chicago Fire's medical spinoff Chicago Med, where Clarke returns to medical school. He appeared in the first season finale and recurred in the show until towards the end of the second season.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Tigerland	McManus
2002	So How Do You Feel About Your Watch	Jason
	Maid in Manhattan	Harold the Room Service Waiter
	The Outlands	Adam
2003	Romantic Love	Romek Skalski	Short film
2004	The Jury	Keenan O'Brien	Series regular, 10 episodes
2005	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Michael Pike	Episode: "The Unblinking Eye"
	Criminal Minds	Boy in Image (Uncredited)	Episode: "Extreme Aggressor"
2005–2006	The O.C.	Matt Ramsey	Recurring role, 13 Episodes
2006	The Wedding Album	Jake	TV movie
	Capitol Law	Jason	TV movie
	The Water is Wide	Pat Conroy	TV movie
2007	CSI: Miami	Keith Reynolds	Episode: "Bang, Bang, Your Debt"
	Without a Trace	Roy	Episode: "Run"
2008	What Makes Alex Tick	Rob	Short film
	Nip/Tuck	Kyle Ainge	Episode: "Kyle Ainge"
	House	Sean	Episode: "Frozen"
	Cold Case	David Nelson	Episode: "The Road"
	Shoot First and Pray You Live (Because Luck Has Nothing to Do with It)	Red Pierre
2008–2009	Easy Money	Morgan Stanley Buffkin	Series regular, 8 episodes
2009	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Wayne Smith	Episode: "Death and the Maiden"
	Mercy	Pete Boswick	Recurring role, 4 episodes
2010	NCIS	Commander Peter Sheridan	Episode: "Ignition"
	Private Practice	Jerry	Episode: "Shotgun"
	Ghost Whisperer	Alex	Episode: "Dead Eye"
	Drop Dead Diva	Jack Bryant	Episode: "Home Away from Home"
	The 19th Wife	Hiram
2010–2011	Hellcats	Red Raymond	Recurring role, 15 episodes
2011	Castle	Edmund / Zalman Drake	Episode: "Poof, You're Dead"
2011–2012	Boss	Ben Zajac / Alex Zajac	Series regular, 18 episodes
2012	CSI: NY	Evan Westcott	Episode: "Unspoken"
2013	King & Maxwell	Brady Ritter	Episode: "Stealing Secrets"
	Free Ride
2013–2017	Chicago Fire	Jeff Clarke	Recurring role, 20 episodes
2014	Madam Secretary	Isaac Bishop	Episode: "Another Benghazi"
	Interstellar	Doctor
2015	Agent X	John Case / Agent X	Series regular, 10 episodes
2016	Code Black	Ed Harbert	Recurring role, 5 episodes
2016–2017	Chicago Med	Jeff Clarke	Recurring role, 16 episodes
2018	Mars	Kurt Hurrelle	Season 2, 6 Episodes
2018	Peppermint	Chris
2019	An Acceptable Loss	Adrian
2019	Love Takes Flight	Charlie Allen	Hallmark Movie

External links

• Jeff Hephner at IMDb
• Jeff Hephner on Twitter
• Juba, Scott. – "Interview: Jeff Hephner: The Water Is Wide in The O.C.". – the Trades. – January 27, 2006.