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1 Early life and education  





2 Career  



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3 Personal life  





4 Filmography  



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4.2  Television  







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Ed Quinn
Quinn in 2020
Born

Arthur Edward Quinn


(1968-02-26) February 26, 1968 (age 56)
OccupationActor
Years active1999–present
Spouse

Heather Courtney Quinn

(m. 2008)

Arthur Edward Quinn (born February 26, 1968) is an American actor, model and musician. He played recurring roles in a number of television series, including 2 Broke Girls, Mistresses, and One Day at a Time. From 2006 to 2012 he starred in the Syfy fantasy series Eureka, and in 2019 began starring as President Hunter Franklin in the BET prime time soap opera The Oval.

Early life and education

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Quinn was born in Berkeley, California, where he attended St. Mary's College High School and went on to earn a bachelor's degree in history from the University of California, Berkeley in 1991. While in Berkeley, Quinn was a brother of Alpha Delta Phi (California Chapter). He also played rugby for California.[1]

Career

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Quinn in 2007

After graduating, Quinn worked as a modelinParis, Barcelona, and Milan, landing parts in more than 35 international television commercials.[1] When he returned to the United States, Quinn landed the starring role of Finn in The WB summer series Young Americans (2000). Later he had a recurring roles on Jack & Jill and CSI: NY. He made his film debut in the 2002 low-budget film Beeper starring Harvey Keitel and later appeared in direct-to-video Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation (2004). From 2006 through 2008, he played Nathan Stark in the Syfy series Eureka, reprising this role once during 2010.

In 2015 Quinn joined the cast of the ABC series Mistresses. From 2016 to 2017, Quinn had a recurring role in last two seasons of CBS sitcom 2 Broke Girls. In 2018, Quinn had a recurring role in the Netflix series One Day at a Time.[2] Quinn's role as Max Ferraro on One Day at a Time continued as the show transitioned to Pop (also shown on TV Land and Logo) for the fourth season in 2020. In 2019, Quinn landed the starring role of fictitious President Hunter Franklin in the Tyler Perry prime time soap opera The Oval.[3][4]

Music

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Quinn studied with Joe Satriani and played in the Los Angeles-based bands Mad Theory and Scattergood, which led to a recording contract.[citation needed] He handled lead/rhythm guitar and vocals for the band ScatterGood, which has taken a hiatus. Quinn recently did his first solo demo CD, entitled Quinn, with three songs produced by his friend Chris Lloyd: "Because of You", "Cause I Do" and "We Had It Made". Another 5 song EP was released in 2013.[citation needed]

Personal life

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Quinn and Heather Courtney-Quinn, a TV and film producer, have been married since 2008.[citation needed]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2002 Beeper Dr. Richard Avery
2004 Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation Cpl. Joe Griff
2005 House of the Dead 2 Lt. Jake Ellis
2006 Hooked Ed Short film
2007 The Neighbor Jonathan
2008 The Rainbow Tribe Sunny
2011 The Caller Steven Campbell
2011 Blood Out Anthony
2011 Low Fidelity Bob
2012 Werewolf: The Beast Among Us Charles Direct-to-video
2014 Audrey Pete
2014 The Last Light Jack Lewis
2015 Navy Seals vs. Zombies Lt. Pete Cunningham
2018 Hero James Renn Short film
2019 Grand-Daddy Day Care Jack Quartermaine Direct-to-video
2019 The Last Summer Griffin's Dad
2020 American Pie Presents: Girls' Rules Kevin Direct-to-video
TBA Shadow Force Parker Post-production

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1999 V.I.P. Jeff Episode: "Why 2 Kay"
2000 Dharma & Greg Stavros Episode: "The Best Laid Plans"
2000 Young Americans Finn Main cast; 8 episodes
2001 Jack & Jill Peter McCray 6 episodes
2001–2002 Crossing Jordan Tyler 2 episodes
2003 Life with Bonnie Rock Benson Episode: "Queer Eye for the Straight Lie"
2004 It's All Relative Brad Episode: "Cross My Heart"
2004 According to Jim Doug Episode: "Everyone Gets Dumped"
2004 JAG Simon Tanveer Episode: "Hail and Farewell (Part II)"
2004 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Tom Cunningham Episode: "Swap Meet"
2005 Jake in Progress Dakota Episode: "Stand by Your Man"
2005 What I Like About You Jack Episode: "Bad to the Scone"
2005–2006 CSI: NY Frankie Mala 4 episodes
2006–2010 Eureka Nathan Stark Main cast: seasons 1–3; recurring: season 4; 30 episodes
2009 True Blood Stan Baker 3 episodes
2009 The Beautiful Life Richard Foster 2 episodes
2010 Desperate Housewives Brent Ferguson Episode: "Down the Block There's a Riot"
2011 Behemoth Thomas Walsh Television film
2011 NCIS: Los Angeles Steve Brenner/Justin Marchetti Episode: "Empty Quiver"
2012 Castle Gabriel Winters Episode: "The Final Frontier"
2012 12 Disasters of Christmas Joseph Television film
2014 The Exes Matt Episode: "When Haskell Met Sammy"
2014 Bad Judge Chad Forbes Episode: "One Brave Waitress"
2015 Revenge James Allen 6 episodes
2015 Mistresses Dr. Alec Adams 10 episodes
2015 Faking It Hank 3 episodes
2016–2017 2 Broke Girls Randy 17 episodes
2017 NCIS: New Orleans Ethan McKinley Episode: "Slay the Dragon"
2018–2020 One Day at a Time Max Ferraro Recurring role; 11 episodes
2019–present The Oval President Hunter Franklin Main role

References

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  1. ^ a b Borama, Jennifer (November 4, 2019). "10 Things You Didn't Know About Ed Quinn". TVOvermind.
  • ^ Schwartz, Ryan (December 19, 2017). "One Day at a Time: Meet Penelope's New Love Interest — 2018 FIRST LOOK". TVLine.
  • ^ "Feast your Eyes on Ed Quinn!". California Live. NBC Los Angeles. 2 November 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  • ^ Fishman, Scott (28 November 2020). "'The Oval's Ed Quinn on Playing POTUS, & 'One Day at a Time'". TV Insider. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
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