Jay Harrington

Jay Harrington is the kind of dependable, range-spanning actor I always end up admiring. He can carry the dry absurdist comedy of Better Off Ted and then anchor years of tense procedural drama as Deacon on S.W.A.T. without ever seeming like a different performer straining to fit. That versatility, comedy and gravitas from the same toolkit, is quietly one of the hardest things to pull off. With a Syracuse theatre background and stage roots, he reads as a craftsman rather than a personality. I trust actors who sustain a long career on reliability, and he's exactly that sort.

Name (English)

Jay Harrington

Name (Japanese)

ジェイ・ハリントン

Reading

じぇい・はりんとん

Born

November 15, 1971 (age 54)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Boar

Origin

Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States

Occupation

actor / television actor / film actor / stage actor / television director

High school

Wellesley High School

University

Syracuse University

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay%20Harrington
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1139296

Tags

• Massachusetts
• actor
• television actor
• film actor

Last updated

2026-06-17

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