Jeffrey DeMunn (born April 25, 1947) is an American theatre, film and television actor.
DeMunn was born in Buffalo, New York, the son of Violet (née Paulus) and James DeMunn. He graduated from Union College with a Bachelor of Arts in English. He moved to England in the early 1970s, receiving theatrical training at the Old Vic Theatre. When he returned to the States, he performed in a Royal Shakespeare Company production of King Lear and several off-Broadway productions, including Bent, Modigliani and A Midsummer Night's Dream.
His film credits include Frances, Ragtime,The Blob, Phenomenon, Turbulence, Newsies, and Stephen King's Storm of the Century. He is known as a favorite of director Frank Darabont, who has cast him in all four of his films, The Green Mile, The Shawshank Redemption, The Majestic and The Mist. He also has an extensive television resumé, appearing in shows such as Kojak, Law & Order, and two of its spinoffs, SVU and Trial by Jury.
In 1995, he won a CableACE Award as Best Supporting Actor in a Movie or Miniseries for his portrayal of serial killer Andrei Chikatilo in the HBO film Citizen X.
Jeffrey DeMunn was born on April 25, 1947 in Buffalo, New York. He studied in England at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, then returned to America and was a member of the National Shakespeare Company. He has starred in many theatre productions, both on and off Broadway, including "K2" (for which he received a Tony Award for Best Actor), "Spoils of War" and "Comedians". He has appeared in such films as Shawshank Redemption, The (1994), Blob, The (1988) and such television shows as "Hill Street Blues" (1981), Kojak: The Price of Justice (1987) (TV), "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1999) and "Law & Order" (1990)_ .
