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James Patrick "Jamey" Sheridan (born July 12, 1951) is an American actor. He was born in Pasadena
Pasadena, California

Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. Famous for hosting the annual Rose Bowl Game American football game and the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena is the home of many leading scientific and cultural institutions, including the California Institute of Technology , the Jet Propulsion Laboratory ,...
, California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
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He has had a prolific acting career in theater, television, and feature film
Feature film

In the film industry, a feature film is a film made for initial Film distributor in Movie theater and being the "main attraction" of the screening ....
 productions. Born to a family of actors, he made it to Broadway
Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District, New York in Manhattan, New York City....
 and earned a Tony
Tony Award

The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live United States theatre and are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City....
 nomination in 1987 for his performance in the revival of Arthur Miller
Arthur Miller

Arthur Miller was an United States playwright and essayist. He was a prominent figure in Theater in the United States and film for almost 100 years, writing a wide variety of dramas, including celebrated Play such as The Crucible, A View from the Bridge, All My Sons, and Death of a Salesman, which are studied and performed w...
's All My Sons
All My Sons

All My Sons is a 1947 Play by Arthur Miller. The play was twice adapted for film; in 1948, and again in 1986.The play, which opened on Broadway theatre at the Coronet Theatre in New York, New York on January 29, 1947, closed on November 8, 1947 and ran for 328 performances, was awarded the 1947 Tony Award for Best Authored Play....
. After several TV movie appearances, Sheridan landed a starring role as lawyer Jack Shannon on Shannon's Deal
Shannon's Deal

Shannon's Deal was a drama on American television about a successful Philadelphia corporate lawyer named Jack Shannon who lost his family and his job to a compulsive gambling habit....
, which ran for one season in 1990.






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James Patrick "Jamey" Sheridan (born July 12, 1951) is an American actor. He was born in Pasadena
Pasadena, California

Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. Famous for hosting the annual Rose Bowl Game American football game and the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena is the home of many leading scientific and cultural institutions, including the California Institute of Technology , the Jet Propulsion Laboratory ,...
, California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
.

He has had a prolific acting career in theater, television, and feature film
Feature film

In the film industry, a feature film is a film made for initial Film distributor in Movie theater and being the "main attraction" of the screening ....
 productions. Born to a family of actors, he made it to Broadway
Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District, New York in Manhattan, New York City....
 and earned a Tony
Tony Award

The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live United States theatre and are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City....
 nomination in 1987 for his performance in the revival of Arthur Miller
Arthur Miller

Arthur Miller was an United States playwright and essayist. He was a prominent figure in Theater in the United States and film for almost 100 years, writing a wide variety of dramas, including celebrated Play such as The Crucible, A View from the Bridge, All My Sons, and Death of a Salesman, which are studied and performed w...
's All My Sons
All My Sons

All My Sons is a 1947 Play by Arthur Miller. The play was twice adapted for film; in 1948, and again in 1986.The play, which opened on Broadway theatre at the Coronet Theatre in New York, New York on January 29, 1947, closed on November 8, 1947 and ran for 328 performances, was awarded the 1947 Tony Award for Best Authored Play....
. After several TV movie appearances, Sheridan landed a starring role as lawyer Jack Shannon on Shannon's Deal
Shannon's Deal

Shannon's Deal was a drama on American television about a successful Philadelphia corporate lawyer named Jack Shannon who lost his family and his job to a compulsive gambling habit....
, which ran for one season in 1990. His later television roles include Dr. John Sutton on Chicago Hope
Chicago Hope

Chicago Hope is an United States Emmy Award-winning CBS medical drama series created by David E. Kelley that ran from September 18, 1994 to May 5, 2000....
 (from 1995–1996).

Sheridan started his film career in the late 1980s with small roles. By the 1990s, he was playing the token family man, a role he would continue in both film and television, such as 1991's All I Want for Christmas
All I Want for Christmas (film)

All I Want for Christmas is a 1991 in film American comedy movie that stars Lauren Bacall, Thora Birch and Ethan Embry. It was directed by Robert Lieberman....
. He is also capable of playing villains, such as Randall Flagg
Randall Flagg

Randall Flagg is a fictional character created by Stephen King. Flagg has appeared in nine novels by King, sometimes as the main antagonist and others in a brief cameo....
 in the 1994 miniseries adaptation of Stephen King
Stephen King

Stephen Edwin King is an United States author of contemporary horror fiction, fantasy fiction and science fiction.Having sold an estimated List of bestselling fiction authors of his books, King is best known for his work in horror fiction, in which he demonstrates a thorough knowledge of the genre's history....
's The Stand
The Stand

The Stand is a post-apocalyptic horror fiction/science fiction novel by Stephen King originally published in 1978. It re-works the scenario in King?s earlier short story, "Night Surf" ....
. Other roles include Marty Stouffer in Wild America and the psychotic neighbor in Video Voyeur: The Susan Wilson Story. After a long history of performing Shakespeare on the stage, Sheridan appeared in Campbell Scott
Campbell Scott

Campbell Scott is an American actor, film director, film producer, and voice acting.Scott was born in New York City, New York, the son of George C....
's production of Hamlet
Hamlet

Hamlet is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601. The play, set in Denmark, recounts how Prince Hamlet exacts revenge on his uncle King Claudius, who has murdered King Hamlet, the King, and then taken the throne and married Gertrude ....
 in 2000 as well as the Hamlet-inspired modern noir film
Film noir

Film noir is a film term used primarily to describe stylish cinema of the United States Crime film, particularly those that emphasize moral ambiguity and sexual motivation....
 Let the Devil Wear Black (1999). He co-starred in the improvisational film The Simian Line
The Simian Line

The Simian Line is an USA improvisational film, released in New York City/Los Angeles in 2001. It was filmed over an eleven day period. The ensemble cast includes Harry Connick Jr., Cindy Crawford, Tyne Daly, William Hurt, Monica Keena, Samantha Mathis, Lynn Redgrave, Jamey Sheridan and Eric Stoltz....
 in 2001. He has also given fine supporting performances in The Ice Storm
The Ice Storm (film)

The Ice Storm is a 1997 in film drama film directed by Ang Lee, based on the 1994 in literature The Ice Storm by Rick Moody. The film features an ensemble cast of Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, Tobey Maguire, Christina Ricci, Elijah Wood, and Sigourney Weaver....
, Cradle Will Rock
Cradle Will Rock

| name = Cradle Will Rock| image = Cradle will rock2.jpg| caption = DVD cover| director = Tim Robbins| producer = Tim Robbins| writer = Tim Robbins...
, Life as a House
Life as a House

Life as a House is a 2001 in film drama film directed by Irwin Winkler. The film follows a man diagnosed with terminal cancer , who tries to repair his relationship with his Drug addiction son ....
, and numerous TV movies.

More recently, Sheridan played Capt. James Deakins
James Deakins

For the American journalist, see James Deakin.----Captain James Deakins is a fictional character on the NBC-USA Network U.S. television series, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, played by Jamey Sheridan....
 in the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Law & Order: Criminal Intent is an United States television program set in New York City. Criminal Intent premiered on September 30 2001....
. Late in the 2004–2005 season, Sheridan began wearing an eyepatch as he began showing the symptoms of Bell's palsy
Bell's palsy

Bell's palsy is a paralysis of cranial nerve VII resulting in inability to control facial muscles on the affected side. Several conditions can cause a facial paralysis, e.g., brain tumor, stroke, and Lyme disease....
. This was written into the show; however, Deakins was written out of the series at the end of the 2005-2006 season, at Sheridan's request. Apparently the commute from his home in Los Angeles to New York for filming finally took its toll. His character was replaced by Capt. Danny Ross, played by Eric Bogosian
Eric Bogosian

Eric Bogosian is an United States actor, playwright, monologist, and novelist....
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Sheridan is set to play alongside Jane Seymour
Jane Seymour (actress)

'Jane Seymour', Order of the British Empire is an England actor best known as a Bond girl in the 1973 James Bond film Live and Let Die and the star of the 1990s United States television series Dr....
 in the Hallmark Channel movie Dear Prudence
Dear Prudence

"Dear Prudence" is a song written by John Lennon, and credited to Lennon/McCartney. It was initially performed by The Beatles and is the second track on the 1968 double-disc album The Beatles ....
 as Detective Eddie Duncan. On November 6, 2008, TV Guide
TV Guide

TV Guide is the name of a North American weekly magazine about Broadcast programming.In addition to TV listings, the publication features television-related news, celebrity interviews, gossip and film reviews....
 reported that Sheridan will guest star as an evening news anchor on the ABC dramedy Eli Stone
Eli Stone

Eli Stone is an United States television comedy-drama created by Greg Berlanti and Marc Guggenheim, who also serve as executive producers alongside Ken Olin who directed the television pilot, with Melissa Berman television producer....
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Sheridan and his wife, actress Colette Kilroy, have three children.

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