Jeff Kober

In February 2020, Kober joined the cast of ABC's General 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 a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his performance in the role in 2022.

• Name — Jeff Kober • Born — 18 December 1953 • Birthplace — Billings, Montana, U.S. • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1985–present • Spouse — * Rhonda Talbot (m. 1989–?) • Kelly Cutrone (m. 1998–?) • Adele Slaughter (m. 2013) • Children — 1

Kober was born and raised in Billings, Montana. 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 in China Beach and Daedalus in the short-lived cult horror series Kindred: The Embraced. He has made guest appearances on such television series as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, ER, 24, The Closer, New Girl, Criminal Minds, Star Trek: Voyager, and Star Trek: Enterprise. He played the character Julian Bradley in the two-part 1985 episode entitled "The Monster: Part 1&2" on Highway to Heaven. He played Jacob Hale, Jr. in the FX series Sons of Anarchy and Joe in the AMC series The Walking Dead. He also featured as DJ Ray from Reef Radio in Bacardi 1990s 'serve chilled' advertising campaign. In 2013, Kober reprised his role as Daedalus for the Kindred: 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 film Love's Long Journey. He appeared in an episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia called "Gun Fever Too: Still Hot". On June 24, 2022, Kober won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Cyrus Renault on General Hospital. In 2026, having submitted himself for the nomination, Kober was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series, for playing motorcycle mechanic Duke Ekins in six episodes of The Pitt.

Kober is a bass guitarist and is a former member of The Walking Wounded. Kober visited Vietnam with co-star Dana Delany during filming of the television drama series China Beach (1988), which was based on U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. Their visit is documented in the Dana Delany episode of the series Intimate 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 on Kindred: The Embraced (1996). Kober and Slaughter co-authored Art That Pays: The Emerging Artist's Guide to Making a Living.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1985 — V — Visitor Officer — Episode: "The Hero" • 1985 — Highway to Heaven — Julian Bradley — 2 episodes • 1985 — The Twilight Zone — Younger Cop — Episode: "Night of the Meek" • 1986–1987 — Falcon Crest — Guy Stafford — 7 episodes • 1987 — MacGyver — Matt Bell — Episode: "Pirates" • 1987 — Ohara — Frankie Nelson — Episode: "Toshi" • 1987 — Laguna Heat — Vic Harmon — Television film • 1988–1991 — China Beach — Sgt. Evan 'Dodger' Winslow — 57 episodes • 1992 — Ned Blessing: The True Story of My Life — Tors Buckner — Television film • 1992 — Keep the Change — Billy Kelton • 1992 — Angel Street — Father Juan Yasztremski — Episode: "Midnight Times a Hundred" • 1993 — The Hat Squad — Sgt. Dan Coltrain — Episode: "Dead Man Walking" • 1993 — Desperate Rescue: The Cathy Mahone Story — J.D. Roberts — Television film • 1993 — The X-Files — Bear — Episode: "Ice" • 1993 — A Matter of Justice — Talbot — Television film • 1994 — The Commish — Gary Spurling/Vincent Spears — Episode: "Bank Job" • 1994 — The Innocent — Tinsley — Television film • 1994 — Higher Education — Dale Evans — 4 episodes • 1994, 1997 — Walker, Texas Ranger — Kurt Nypo / Russell Stafford — 3 episodes • 1995 — Earth 2 — The Z.E.D. — Episode: "Redemption" • 1996 — Women: Stories of Passion — Vincent — Episode: "Sing, Sing Me the Blues" • 1996 — The Lazarus Man — Matz — Episode: "The Hold-Up" • 1996 — Kindred: The Embraced — Daedalus — 8 episodes • 1997 — Gold Coast — Roland Crowe — Television film • 1997, 1998 — Nothing Sacred — Michael Reyneaux — 2 episodes • 1998 — The Magnificent Seven — Morgan Coltrane — Episode: "Safecracker" • 1998 — The Advanced Guard — Desmond — Television film • 1998 — The Pretender — Clavell Dane — Episode: "Bank" • 1998 — C-16: FBI — Ringo Lattimer — Episode: "The Art of War" • 1998 — Logan's War: Bound by Honor — Sal Mercado — Television film • 1999 — Poltergeist: The Legacy — Raymond Corvus — 2 episodes • 1999 — Seven Days — James Rance — Episode: "A Dish Best Served Cold" • 1999 — Charmed — Jackson Ward — Episode: "The Power of Two" • 1999–2002 — Buffy the Vampire Slayer — Rack / Zachary Kralik — 4 episodes • 2000 — JAG — Rory Coulter — Episode: "Body Talk" • 2000 — American Tragedy — Bill Pavelic — Television film • 2001 — 18 Wheels of Justice — Bobby — Episode: "Dance with the Devil" • 2001 — Star Trek: Voyager — Iko — Episode: "Repentance" • 2001 — Lost Voyage — Dazinger — Television film • 2001, 2004 — NYPD Blue — Leon / Tom — 2 episodes • 2002 — Star Trek: Enterprise — Traeg — Episode: "Shadows of P'Jem" • 2002 — Crossing Jordan — Daryl Wood — Episode: "Crime & Punishment" • 2002 — ER — Toby and Matt's Dad — Episode: "First Snowfall" • 2002 — Windfall — Bennett — Television film • 2003 — The Shield — Bruce Rosen — Episode: "Inferno" • 2003 — Peacemakers — Major Hansen — Episode: "Dead to Rights" • 2003 — 10-8: Officers on Duty — Ken Meade — Episode: "Blood Sugar Sex Magik" • 2003 — The Guardian — Fred Murphy — Episode: "Believe" • 2003, 2012 — CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Walter Hicks / Roger Wilder — 2 episodes • 2004 — Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Abraham / Eugene Hoff — Episode: "Charisma" • 2004, 2006 — Dr. Vegas — Mitch — 2 episodes • 2005 — Criminal Minds — Leo — Episode: "Derailed" • 2005 — Love's Long Journey — Mason — Television film • 2006 — 24 — Conrad Haas — Episode: "Day 5: 7:00 a.m.-8:00 a.m." • 2006 — The Closer — Scott Campbell — Episode: "To Protect & to Serve" • 2007 — Supernatural — Randall — Episode: "Folsom Prison Blues" • 2008 — Aces 'N' Eights — Tate — Television film • 2008 — Reaper — Dennis — Episode: "Greg, Schmeg" • 2008 — The Cleaner — Tom Porter — Episode: "House of Pain" • 2008 — Numbers — Brady — Episode: "Conspiracy Theory" • 2009 — Cold Case — Jack Dubinski — Episode: "Lotto Fever" • 2009 — Burn Notice — Falcone — Episode: "Friends and Family" • 2009 — Mending Fences — Jack Norris Jr. — Television film • 2009–2013 — Sons of Anarchy — Jacob Hale, Jr. — 13 episodes • 2010 — Lost — Mechanic — Episode: "What Kate Does" • 2010 — CSI: Miami — Glenn Harper — Episode: "Dishonor" • 2010 — Law & Order: LA — Toomey — Episode: "Harbor City" • 2011 — Breakout Kings — Harry Lee Reddin — Episode: "Fun with Chemistry" • 2012 — New Girl — Remy — 4 episodes • 2013 — It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia — Gun Seller — Episode: "Gun Fever Too: Still Hot" • 2014 — The Walking Dead — Joe — 4 episodes • 2014 — NCIS: New Orleans — Brick Myers — Episode: "Chasing Ghosts" • 2016 — Shameless — Jupiter — 2 episodes • 2016 — Timeless — Davy Crockett — Episode: "The Alamo" • 2016 — 12 Deadly Days — Dad — Episode: "Love Bites" • 2017 — His Wives and Daughters — Eddie Ray Banks — Episode: "Pilot" • 2017–2018 — The Walking Dead: Red Machete — Joe — 3 episodes • 2017–2018 — NCIS: Los Angeles — Harris Keane — 8 episodes • 2018 — Van Helsing — Simon — Episode: "Christ Pose" • 2019 — Sneaky Pete — Jacques Reynard — Episode: "The Stamford Trust Fall" • 2019, 2021 — Truth Be Told — Jerbic — 2 episodes • 2020 — Interrogation — Drake — Episode: "Henry Fisher vs Eric Fisher 1992" • 2020 — Bosch — John the Baptist — Episode: "Money, Honey" • 2020 — Big Dogs — Capt. DiBiasi — 7 episodes • 2020 — The Church of Mike — Randy Pope — Episode: "The Church of Mike" • 2020–2025 — General Hospital — Cyrus Renault — 168 episodes • 2021 — Big Sky — Mr. Kennedy — 2 episodes • 2026 — The Pitt — Duke — Season 2; Recurring Role

Jeff Kober is recorded as actor.