Jack Coleman Biography

Fast Facts

• Is a direct, sixth-generation descendant of Benjamin Franklin
• His maternal grandfather, Herbert Agar, won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1934 for his book The People's Choice
• While performing in a Long Island stage production of Grease, he got his first television break, starring as Jake Kositchek, the Salem Strangler, on Days of Our Lives
• Received a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for his performance in 1986's Bouncers; also earned a nomination in 1990 for his work in Stand-up Tragedy
• Best known for his turns as the second Steven Carrington on Dynasty and Noah Bennet (aka Horn-Rimmed Glasses) on Heroes