Jeff Kober (born December 18, 1953) is an American actor, known for his television roles as Dodger in ''

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in the fourth season of '' The Walking Dead''. He is also known his movie roles such as Roy Gaddis in ''

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'' (1986), Patrick Channing in ''

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'' (1990), Marcus in ''

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'' (1995), and as Ponoma Joe in ''

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'' (2003). In February 2020, Kober joined the cast of

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'' as Cyrus Renault. He exited the role in June 2021, but has made occasional guest appearances from August to December of the same year, winning a

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for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his performance in the role in 2022.

Early life

Kober was born in

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, on December 18, 1953. He moved to the Los Angeles area in his twenties and studied acting with theater educator Ed Kaye-Martin.

Career

Kober may be best known as Dodger in ''

'' and Daedalus in the short-lived cult horror series '' Kindred: The Embraced''. He has made guest appearances on such television series as ''

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'', '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Star Trek: Voyager'', and ''

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''. He played the character Julian Bradley in the two-part 1985 episode entitled "The Monster: Part 1&2" on ''

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''. He played Jacob Hale, Jr. in the FX series ''

'' and

in the AMC series '' The Walking Dead''. He also featured as DJ Ray from Reef Radio in

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1990s 'serve chilled' advertising campaign. In 2013, Kober reprised his role as Daedalus for the ''Kindred: The Embraced'' DVD set in a special features segment called "Daedalus: The Last Will and Testament," which is meant for Abel (the boy Daedalus wanted to embrace in the episode "Romeo and Juliet"), who is now an adult and was embraced by Julian Luna as Kindred. He played a role in the 2005 film ''

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''. He appeared in an episode of ''

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'' called "Gun Fever Too: Still Hot". On June 24, 2022, Kober won the

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for his role as Cyrus Renault on ''

''.

Personal life

Kober is twice divorced. He married Rhonda Talbot on February 4, 1989; they had one child. On August 25, 1998, Kober married his second wife, fashion publicist

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. Their marriage ended in divorce. On December 31, 2013, Kober married his current wife, Adele Slaughter. Kober is a bass guitarist who is a former member of The Walking Wounded. Kober visited Vietnam with co-star

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during filming of the television drama series ''China Beach'' (1988), which was based on U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. Their visit is documented in the Dana Delany episode of the series ''

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'' (1993), which features a discussion and photographs of their journey. Kober is a noted artist who is responsible for the paintings attributed to his character Daedalus on ''Kindred: The Embraced'' (1996). Kober and Adele Slaughter (third wife) co-authored ''Art That Pays: The Emerging Artist's Guide to Making a Living''.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kober, Jeff 1953 births American male film actors American male television actors 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors Daytime Emmy Award winners Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series winners Living people Male actors from Montana People from Billings, Montana