Jay Karnes

Acting

Jay Karnes

Overview

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Birthday
Jun 27, 1963 (62 years old)

Jay Karnes

Known For

Against the Clock
1h 42m
Movie 2019

Against the Clock

After a CIA Agent is seriously injured during a mission,...

The Crossing
0h 44m
TV Show 2018

The Crossing

Refugees from a war-torn country start showing up to seek...

Before I Wake
1h 37m
Movie 2016

Before I Wake

An orphaned child's dreams—and nightmares—manifest physically as he sleeps.

Leonie
2h 12m
Movie 2010

Leonie

In the lush tradition of the glorious films of Merchant...

Chasing 3000
1h 55m
Movie 2010

Chasing 3000

As the 1972 baseball season draws to a close and...

Broken Angel
2h 0m
Movie 2008

Broken Angel

A young foreign girl comes to LA to learn English...

The Shield: Wrap Day
0h 27m
Movie 2006

The Shield: Wrap Day

Documentary of the final day of production on the second...

The Shield
0h 45m
TV Show 2002

The Shield

The story of an inner-city Los Angeles police precinct where...

The Joyriders
1h 40m
Movie 1999

The Joyriders

The close-knit relationship among a trio of homeless teenagers is...

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Jay Karnes (born June 27, 1963) is an American actor, born in Omaha, Nebraska. He attended the University of Kansas (class of '89). He is well known for his role as L.A.P.D. Det. Holland "Dutch" Wagenbach on the FX hit drama The Shield, which finished its seventh (and final) season on November 25, 2008. In 2008 Karnes played the recurring role of ATF Agent Josh Kohn on FX Network's new original series Sons of Anarchy, created by writer/actor Kurt Sutter of The Shield. Karnes was an antagonist to SAMCRO vice president Jax Teller and his sometime girlfriend Tara Knowles. Two of the films he has starred in are The Joyriders (1999) and The Next Best Thing (2000). His most recent films are the 2008 movies Chasing 3000 and Broken Angel. Currently in 2011 he featured in season 2 of V (2009) and is set to appear as a main character in season 3. Jay Karnes has made guest appearances on several TV shows, including Frasier, Judging Amy, Chicago Hope, The Pretender, Star Trek: Voyager as Lieutenant Ducane in the fifth-season episode "Relativity", and House. Recently, he has had a recurring role on Burn Notice as Tyler Brennen, a sinister gunrunner with a predilection for kidnapping relatives of those he wishes to leverage. In the mid-1990s Karnes was a company member with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, playing major roles in such plays as Love's Labours Lost and Tom Stoppard's Arcadia.