Jay Karnes – Wiki, Bio, Age, Wife, Net Worth

In 2011, Karnes appeared in the Body of Proof episode “Hunting Party”. In 2012, he played Secretary of Defense William Curry in a recurring role on ABC’s Last Resort. In 2013, Karnes appeared in the pilot episode of Jeff Eastin’s drama series Graceland, as Supervising Agent Gerry Silvo. In 2014, Karnes appeared in FOX’s series, Gang Related, as Agent Carter of IAD, as well as in the film Jayhawkers, as the chancellor of the University of Kansas.

Karnes was featured in season 2 of V (2009) and was set to appear as a main character in season 3.

From 2009 to 2010, Karnes had a recurring role on Burn Notice as Tyler Brennan, a sinister gunrunner with a predilection for kidnapping relatives of those he wishes to leverage.

In 2008, Karnes played the recurring role of ATF Agent Josh Kohn on FX Network’s series Sons of Anarchy, created by writer/actor Kurt Sutter of The Shield. Kohn was an antagonist to SAMCRO’s vice president Jax Teller and his sometime girlfriend Tara Knowles. That same year, Karnes also appeared in the films Chasing 3000 and Broken Angel.

From 2002 to 2008, Karnes portrayed Detective Holland “Dutch” Wagenbach on The Shield.

In the mid-1990s, Karnes was a company member with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, playing major roles in such plays as Love’s Labours Lost and Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia. Karnes also starred in the films The Joyriders (1999) and The Next Best Thing (2000).

Jay Karnes (born June 27, 1963) is an American actor, best known for his role as LAPD detective Holland “Dutch” Wagenbach on the FX television series The Shield.

Karnes was born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1963. He attended the University of Kansas, in the class of 1989.