Jon Tenney
Actor whose rapid rise on Broadway interrupted his Juilliard studies, and who has since moved to Hollywood where he offered TV viewers steamy love scenes opposite Sarah Jessica Parker on "Equal Justice" (ABC, 1990-91), and was Will, the ad agency team member who could get into a snit on "Good Company" (CBS, 1996). Jon Tenney left Juilliard when Mike Nichols cast him in the road company of "The Real Thing" and then returned to New York and appeared in the cast of Neil Simon's "Brighton Beach Memoirs" and "Biloxi Blues." He was also in "Sweet Sue," a short-lived play starring Mary Tyler Moore and Lynn Redgrave. Tenney began working in TV in small roles in the ABC daytime drama "Ryan's Hope" and guesting on "Spencer: For Hire." His first series was the short-lived Fox effort, "The Dirty Dozen" (1988). But it was a 1989 episode of "Murphy Brown" that won Tenney real notice among Hollywood casting directors: he was Miles Silverberg's brother who has a fling with Murphy. This led to Tenney's role as Peter Bauer on "Equal Justice," in which he was romancing Sarah Jessica Parker but was unable to tell anyone. It was announced that he would make three appearances as a villain on "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman" opposite Teri Hatcher (whom he married in 1994), during the 1996-97 season.
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Filmography
Movies
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50% |
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88 | Unknown (Character) | - | 2022 |
26% |
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Wild Mountain Thyme | Pub MC (Character) | $194.9K | 2020 |
73% |
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I See You | Greg Harper (Character) | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet |
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Story of a Girl | Ray (Character) | - | 2017 |
12% |
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The Best of Me | Harvey Collier (Character) | $26.8M | 2014 |
14% |
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As Cool as I Am | Bob (Character) | - | 2013 |
42% |
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A Year in Mooring | The Divorced Man (Character) | $29.6K | 2011 |
25% |
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Green Lantern | Martin Jordan (Character) | $116.6M | 2011 |
20% |
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Legion | Howard Anderson (Character) | $40.2M | 2010 |
86% |
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Rabbit Hole | Rick (Character) | $2.2M | 2010 |
13% |
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The Stepfather | Jay (Character) | $29.1M | 2009 |
44% |
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Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World | Mark (Character) | $887.4K | 2005 |
95% |
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You Can Count on Me | Bob (Character) | $9.2M | 2000 |
40% |
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Entropy | Kevin (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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Advice From a Caterpillar | Suit (Character) | - | 1999 |
43% |
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Music From Another Room | Eric (Character) | $63.0K | 1998 |
50% |
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With Friends Like These... | Dorian Mastandrea (Character) | - | 1998 |
44% |
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Homegrown | Pilot (Character) | $271.4K | 1998 |
43% |
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The Twilight of the Golds | Rob Stein (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet |
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Lovelife | Alan (Character) | - | 1997 |
31% |
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Fools Rush In | Jeff (Character) | $29.3M | 1997 |
No Score Yet |
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The Ring | Paul Liebman (Character) | - | 1996 |
50% |
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Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home | John Milner (Character) | $28.0M | 1995 |
88% |
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Lassie | Steve Turner (Character) | $8.3M | 1994 |
74% |
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Tombstone | John Behan, Cochise County Sheriff (Character) | $55.9M | 1993 |
56% |
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Watch It | Michael (Character) | $28.3K | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Daughters of Privilege | Eric Swope (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Night Visions | Martin (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet |
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Alone in the Neon Jungle | Todd Hansen (Character) | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Dirty Dozen: The Series | Janosz Feke (Character) | - | 1988 |
TV
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22% | No Score Yet | Cruel Intentions | U.S. Congressman Russell (Character) | 2024 |
64% | 68% | NEXT | Special Agent Brian Farrell (Guest Star) | 2020 |
49% | 63% | The Romanoffs | Peter Ford (Character) | 2018 |
88% | 92% | Longmire | FBI Agent Vance (Guest Star) | 2017 |
No Score Yet | 75% | Major Crimes |
Fritz Howard (Guest Star), Director |
2012-2017 |
93% | 72% | Scandal | Governor Andrew Nichols (Guest Star) | 2014-2015 |
42% | 60% | King & Maxwell | Sean King (Character) | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2013 |
83% | 84% | The Closer |
Special Agent Fritz Howard (Character), Director |
2005-2012 |
No Score Yet | 90% | The Newsroom | Wade Campbell (Guest Star) | 2012 |
79% | 84% | Brothers & Sisters | Dr. Simon Craig (Guest Star) | 2009-2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bonnie Hunt Show | Guest | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 90% | American Dad! | Lawyer 2 (Guest Voice) | 2009 |
63% | 79% | Masters of Horror | David Murch (Character) | 2005 |
No Score Yet | 81% | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
No Score Yet | 75% | Without a Trace | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kristin | Tommy Ballantine (Character) | 2001 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The District | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Division | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
67% | No Score Yet | Get Real | Mitch Green (Character) | 1999-2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Brooklyn South | Unknown (Character) | 1997-1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Outer Limits | Aidan Hunter (Character) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cybill | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
86% | 87% | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Good Company | Will Hennessey (Character) | 1996 |
86% | No Score Yet | Almost Perfect | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Spenser: For Hire | Unknown (Character) | 1986 |