Robert J. Stephenson (born May 18, 1967) is an American film and television actor, film producer and screenwriter who is probably best known as Sheriff Jimmy Taylor on the

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TV series '' Jericho''.

Life

Stephenson was born in

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. He attended college at

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. He starred as a lazy man in the

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for the song, " Lazy" by

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sung by the American singer David Byrne of

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, which reached number 2 in the

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, number 1 on the U.S. Dance Charts and number 1 in Syria in 2002. Along with fellow actor and good friend

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he shares a love of the English

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team Aston Villa.

Filmography

Actor

Producer

*''The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys'' (2002) *'' Thumbsucker'' (2005)

Screenwriter

*''

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'' (2001)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stephenson, Bob 1967 births 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors American male film actors Film producers from California American male screenwriters American male television actors American male voice actors Living people Male actors from Oxnard, California Screenwriters from California