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Hailing from Nashville, Tennessee, Jamie Denton graduated with honors from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. His theatrical career began with his role as "George Gibbs" in a production of "Our Town". Afterwards, Jamie headed to Chicago, where his first role was as "Stanley" in "A Streetcar Named Desire" and his last was as the terrorist "Bebert" in the French farce "Lapin Lapin". In the 5 years that came between the two, Denton was a company member at The Griffin Theater and at Strawdog Theater Ensemble. He added a steady string of roles and accolades to his list of achievements, including one of the leads in the world premiere of "Flesh and Blood", (which received an After Dark award for best ensemble) performing in and composing the music for the "Night Hank Williams Died", and his portrayal of Kentucky preacher "C.C. Showers" in "The Diviners" - which gained him a nomination for a Best Actor - "Joseph Jefferson Award" (Chicago's primary theater awards). A small part in "The Untouchables" (1993) (the series, not the movie) was followed by guest starring roles on JAG (1995) (TV), Sliders (1995) (TV) and "Dark Skies" (1996). A spot on "Moloney" (1996), a pilot for ABC entitled "L.A. Med" and a stint on the silver screen in That Old Feeling (1997), were preludes to his first appearance as "Mr. Lyle" on "The Pretender" (1996). Immediately afterward, JD made another pilot, this time for his own series, "The Hanleys". When ABC shelved the sitcom at the last minute, Denton continued producing chilling portrayals as "Mr. Lyle" on NBC's "The Pretender" (1996), as a series regular. Summer of 1999 found Jamie heading back to the theater, starring in the world premiere of the play, "In Walked Monk". During the 4th season of "The Pretender" (1996), Jamie added three more guest starring roles to his credits - the first on "Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place" (1998), another on "Ally McBeal" (1997) and the last on the hugely popular "The West Wing" (1999). That summer, he co-starred in the dark comedy, "Asylum", at The Court Theatre and at the end of the year, headed for Canada to film two MOWs for TNT - The Pretender 2001 (2001) (TV) and The Pretender: Island of the Haunted (2001) (TV). In the summer of 2001, Jamie opened in another play, "Locked Up Down Shorty's", playing the role of "Danny". In December, 2001, Jamie began appearing in a recurring role as "Judge Augustus Ripley" on Steven Bochco's "Philly" (2001). Less than three months later, he was signed on as a regular cast member for that series, but the show was not renewed. More guest starring roles followed, first on "The Drew Carey Show" (1995) and then on the ever-popular "JAG" (1995). Early in 2003, Jamie headed the list of the cast filming the pilot for "Threat Matrix" (2003). The timely and serious role of "John Kilmer" also gave Jamie the opportunity to change his professional billing from "Jamie Denton" to "James Denton". Although "Threat Matrix" (2003) held its own in one of the worst time-slots of the season (sandwiched between the last season of "Friends" (1994) and "Survivor" (2001/I)), ABC, nonetheless, pulled the series after only fourteen episodes aired (sixteen episodes were filmed). "Threat Matrix" (2003) was officially canceled on the same day as Jamie's role as "Mike Delfino" on "Desperate Housewives" (2004), a new ABC series scheduled for the Fall, was announced at the 2004 upfronts in New York. On October 3, 2004, the debut episode of "Desperate Housewives" (2004) walked away with the highest ratings that any new ABC series had enjoyed in years. Not surprisingly, ABC picked up the rest of the first season before the show had aired its first four episodes. Later, ABC announced that there would be an additional episode added, raising the total for season 1 from 22 to 23 episodes and was reported as being in negotiations to slate 26 episodes for season 2. |
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