Jeff Kober (born December 18, 1953)^[1] is an American actor, known for his television roles as Dodger inChina Beach,Jacob Hale Jr. inSons of Anarchy,Joe in the fourth season ofThe Walking Dead, and Kurt Nypo inWalker: Texas Ranger. He is also known his movie roles such as Roy Gaddis inOut of Bounds (1986), Patrick Channing inThe First Power (1990), Marcus inOne Tough Bastard (1995), and as Ponoma Joe inA Man Apart (2003). In February 2020, Kober joined the cast ofABC'sGeneral Hospital 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 aDaytime Emmy Award forOutstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his performance in the role in 2022.^[2]

Jeff Kober
Kober at the 2015 Walker Stalker Con
Born	(1953-12-18)December 18, 1953 (age 71) Billings, Montana, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1985–present
Spouses	Rhonda Talbot (m. 1989–?) Kelly Cutrone (m. 1998–?) Adele Slaughter (m. 2013)
Children	1

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

Kober may be best known as Dodger inChina Beach^[3] and Daedalus in the short-lived cult horror seriesKindred: The Embraced. He has made guest appearances on such television series asBuffy the Vampire Slayer,Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,ER,24,The Closer,New Girl,^[4]Criminal Minds,Star Trek: Voyager, andStar Trek: Enterprise. He played the character Julian Bradley in the two-part 1985 episode entitled "The Monster: Part 1&2" onHighway to Heaven. He playedJacob Hale, Jr. in the FX seriesSons of Anarchy andJoe in the AMC seriesThe Walking Dead.^[3][4] He also featured as DJ Ray from Reef Radio inBacardi 1990s 'serve chilled' advertising campaign.^[5] In 2013, Kober reprised his role as Daedalus for theKindred: 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 filmLove's Long Journey. He appeared in an episode ofIt's Always Sunny in Philadelphia called "Gun Fever Too: Still Hot".

On June 24, 2022, Kober won theDaytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Cyrus Renault onGeneral Hospital.^[2]

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 publicistKelly Cutrone. Their marriage ended in divorce. On December 31, 2013, Kober married his current wife, Adele Slaughter.^[6]

Kober is a bass guitarist who is a former member of The Walking Wounded.^[7]

Kober visited Vietnam with co-starDana Delany during filming of the television drama seriesChina Beach (1988), which was based on U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. Their visit is documented in the Dana Delany episode of the seriesIntimate Portrait (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 onKindred: The Embraced (1996). Kober and Slaughter co-authoredArt That Pays: The Emerging Artist's Guide to Making a Living.

• Jeff Kober atIMDb
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