J.D. was born in the delta town of Greenville, Mississippi (also the birthplace of Muppets creator Jim Henson) on the same day Richard Nixon was elected president. He is of Irish-French-German-Cherokee-Choctaw decent, the oldest of 7 siblings, and attended 17 different schools (public and private) while moving back and forth between his mother and father. His great-great-great-great uncle was Horace Mann, the founder of the American Public School system. His father (Puddin - yep, that's what they call him) is a welder/artist/amateur archaeologist and inventor. His mother (Sally) has had many professions, including concert promoter and owner of a country/western nightclub called The Headless Horseman, where as a young child, J.D. spent many school nights until the wee hours of the morning hanging out backstage and on stage with the likes of Hank Williams, Jr., Juice Newton, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Paycheck, David Allen Coe, Ray Price, and many others.
J.D. was born in the delta town of Greenville, Mississippi (also the birthplace of Muppets creator Jim Henson) on the same day Richard Nixon was elected president. He is of Irish-French-German-Cherokee-Choctaw decent, the oldest of 7 siblings, and attended 17 different schools (public and private) while moving back and forth between his mother and father. His great-great-great-great uncle was Horace Mann, the founder of the American Public School system. His father (Puddin - yep, that's what they call him) is a welder/artist/amateur archaeologist and inventor. His mother (Sally) has had many professions, including concert promoter and owner of a country/western nightclub called The Headless Horseman, where as a young child, J.D. spent many school nights until the wee hours of the morning hanging out backstage and on stage with the likes of Hank Williams, Jr., Juice Newton, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Paycheck, David Allen Coe, Ray Price, and many others.
After a short stint in college and a 15 month stint in the Marine Corps stationed at 29 Palms, California and after hanging out with some actors in L.A., J.D. thought he would give acting a shot. His only experience with acting had been playing the Prince in his pre-school production of The Nutcracker, and getting kicked out of his senior play, Oklahoma, after his second rehearsal because he and a friend drank a beer before hand. After the Marine Corps, he returned to Mississippi and worked as a debt collector for his mother's collection agency. After a year of hating his job, he decided to return to college and get a degree in theatre at The University of Southern Mississippi. Once on stage at college, he knew acting was what he had to do. His second year in theatre, he was one of 20 finalists in the state selected to attend SETC (Southeastern Theatre Conference). In 1995, a friend offered J.D. a $1,000 to come to Los Angeles and perform a lead role in his play "Dylan's Ghost" at the Morgan-Wixson Theatre in Santa Monica. J.D. took him up on the offer and left college a semester before graduating and since then has lived back and forth between Hollywood, California, Austin, Texas, and Oxford, Mississippi, where he just completed writing and directing his first independent feature Glorious Mail(2005).
Even though he appeared on the short-lived game show, Hollywood Showdown with Todd Newton and won nearly $12,000, his friends like to tell him that he's almost one lucky son of a gun. Mainly because he's come so close to landing lead roles in major films so many times, usually being the director's second choice. In 2004 his luck proved true once again when he purchased a $100 raffle ticket and was 1st Runner Up (2nd Choice) for a $250,000 house in United Way's New Home Giveaway, where instead he won an artist's print worth $80. IMDb Mini Biography By: JDsMOM
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Filmography (Movies)
Snack Shack
Character:Bill Workman
Release Date:15/03/2024
Breakwater
Character:Luther
Release Date:22/12/2023
Suitable Flesh
Character:Detective Ledger
Release Date:27/10/2023
Palmer
Character:Principal Forbes
Release Date:28/01/2021
To the Stars
Character:Len McCoy
Release Date:25/01/2019
First Man
Character:Christopher C. Kraft Jr.
Release Date:10/10/2018
A Dark Place
Character:Cal Worbley
Release Date:07/10/2018
Assassination Nation
Character:Chief Patterson
Release Date:21/09/2018
The Sweet Life
Character:Brandon
Release Date:13/09/2017
Live by Night
Character:Virgil Beauregard
Release Date:25/12/2016
Deepwater Horizon
Character:Dewey Revette
Release Date:28/09/2016
Showing Roots
Character:Raybur
Release Date:23/04/2016
99 Homes
Character:Mr. Tanner
Release Date:25/09/2015
The Program
Character:Tailwind Executive
Release Date:16/09/2015
Maggie
Character:Holt
Release Date:08/05/2015
Wild
Character:Clint
Release Date:05/12/2014
When the Game Stands Tall
Character:Coach #1
Release Date:22/08/2014
Get on Up
Character:Seminar Presenter
Release Date:01/08/2014
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Character:Sniper
Release Date:08/07/2014
Wicked Blood
Character:Doctor
Release Date:04/03/2014
Dallas Buyers Club
Character:Clint
Release Date:01/11/2013
12 Years a Slave
Character:Chapin
Release Date:18/10/2013
Nothing Left to Fear
Character:Helpless Father
Release Date:26/09/2013
The Host
Character:Trevor Stryder
Release Date:22/03/2013
Beautiful Creatures
Character:Mitchell Wate (uncredited)
Release Date:13/02/2013
Django Unchained
Character:O.D.
Release Date:25/12/2012
The Paperboy
Character:Gate Guard
Release Date:14/09/2012
Stolen
Character:Rookie
Release Date:06/09/2012
The Baytown Outlaws
Character:Officer Boyd
Release Date:27/08/2012
The Campaign
Character:State Official
Release Date:09/08/2012
The Philly Kid
Character:Parole Officer
Release Date:11/05/2012
Transit
Character:Sgt. Doucette
Release Date:22/03/2012
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Character:Rob the Waiter
Release Date:16/03/2012
Miami Magma
Character:Dr. Brad Turner
Release Date:01/12/2011
Inside Out
Character:Baxter
Release Date:27/09/2011
Seeking Justice
Character:Man in Elevator
Release Date:02/09/2011
Mask Maker
Character:Professor
Release Date:12/04/2011
The Mechanic
Character:Gun Runner
Release Date:13/01/2011
Ticking Clock
Character:Second Cop
Release Date:04/01/2011
Mysterious Island
Character:Bonaventure Pencroft
Release Date:03/11/2010
Legendary
Character:Terry Jay
Release Date:09/09/2010
Jonah Hex
Character:Union Officer on Train
Release Date:18/06/2010
I Love You Phillip Morris
Character:Bossy Guard
Release Date:04/02/2010
Alabama Moon
Character:Oliver 'Pap' Blake
Release Date:25/10/2009
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
Character:Rick Fitzsimon
Release Date:11/09/2009
Still Waiting...
Character:Exasperated Customer
Release Date:17/02/2009
Who Do You Love
Character:Jake
Release Date:11/09/2008
Stop-Loss
Character:Rainey
Release Date:28/03/2008
Deal
Character:Tex Button
Release Date:29/01/2008
The Great Debaters
Character:Captain Wainwright
Release Date:25/12/2007
Ruffian
Character:Saratoga Bettor
Release Date:09/06/2007
The Guardian
Character:Jailer
Release Date:28/09/2006
Not Like Everyone Else
Character:Mr. Gray
Release Date:10/07/2006
Snow Wonder
Character:Joe
Release Date:20/11/2005
Waiting...
Character:Redneck
Release Date:07/10/2005
Walk the Line
Character:F.B.I. Man
Release Date:13/09/2005
Rainbow's End
Character:Andy
Release Date:14/07/2005
Infidelity
Character:Andrew
Release Date:19/04/2004
Rolling Kansas
Character:Angry Motorcycle Cop
Release Date:24/01/2003
The Rookie
Character:Relief Pitcher #1
Release Date:25/03/2002
Living the Life
Character:Pilar's boyfriend
Release Date:22/07/2000
Where the Heart Is
Character:Orderly
Release Date:27/04/2000
Picnic
Character:Younger Cop
Release Date:16/04/2000
Hell Swarm
Character:George Bernard
Release Date:17/03/2000
Television Appearances
The Purge
Character:Silas Barker
Marvel's Cloak & Dagger
Character:Detective Connors
Constantine
Character:"El Hombre"
Star-Crossed
Character:Weeble
True Detective
Character:Detective Lutz
Rectify
Character:Sheriff Carl Daggett
Banshee
Character:Cole Moody
American Horror Story
Character:Rakes
The Walking Dead
Character:Harley
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Character:Eric
Walker, Texas Ranger
Character:Kyle Finley
Walker, Texas Ranger
Character:Monte Vole
Walker, Texas Ranger
Character:Patrolman Cross
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