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Steve Harris and Jay Karnes in The Crossing (2018)

Steve Zahn, Sandrine Holt, Rob Campbell, Rick Gomez, Marcuis Harris, Jay Karnes, Simone Kessell, Natalie Martinez, Luke Camilleri, Grant Harvey, Tommy Bastow, Bryce Foster, Georgina Haig, Luc Roderique, Kelley Missal, and Bailey Skodje in The Crossing (2018)

Basma, Jay Karnes, and Moran Atias in Tyrant (2014)

Jay Karnes and Moran Atias in Tyrant (2014)

Jay Karnes and Aaron Stanford in 12 Monkeys (2015)

Jeffrey Donovan and Jay Karnes in Burn Notice (2007)

Jay Karnes and Emily VanCamp in Brothers & Sisters (2006)

Lucinda Jenney and Jay Karnes in The Shield (2002)

CCH Pounder and Jay Karnes in The Shield (2002)

Frances Fisher and Jay Karnes in The Shield (2002)

April Grace and Jay Karnes in Last Resort (2012)

Bruce Davison, April Grace, and Jay Karnes in Last Resort (2012)

Dana Delany, John Carroll Lynch, Nic Bishop, Alex Fernandez, Jay Karnes, Sonja Sohn, Brad Standley, Natalie Floyd, and Joey Adams in Body of Proof (2011)

Joel Gretsch, Jay Karnes, and Elizabeth Mitchell in V (2009)

Jay Karnes and Elizabeth Mitchell in V (2009)

Omar Epps, Jay Karnes, and Kal Penn in House (2004)

Jay Karnes as Detective Holland "Dutch" Wagenbach on FX's "The Shield"

Michael Chiklis, Walton Goggins, and Jay Karnes

Jay Karnes was born in Omaha, NE and attended the University of Kansas, where he studied theatre, history, and political science. He has performed extensively in the regional theater, including in The Tempest, Two Noble Kinsman, Richard II, Macbeth, Coriolanus, Love's Labor's Lost, and Tom Stoppard's Arcadia, as a company member at The Oregon Shakespeare Festival; Dealing with Claire, The Birthday Party, The Seagull, Dangerous Corner, and The Tavern, with the Matrix Theater Company in Los Angeles; Richard III, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Jekyll, and The Tempest, at the Missouri Repertory Theatre; Neil LaBute's Filthy Talk for Troubled Times, directed by the author at the Westside dance project in New York; as well as roles at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater, South Coast Repertory Theater, Nebraska Shakespeare Festival, and the California Shakespeare Festival, among others.

In the late 1990s, Jay began working in television and film, and is perhaps best known for his portrayal of detective Holland "Dutch" Wagenbach in the Golden Globe winning drama "The Shield."

Jay is married to actress Julia Campbell and the couple have twins, a boy and a girl.

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