Jeff Branson

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Field	Value
name	Jeff Branson
birth_name	Jeffrey Dale Branson
birth_date
birth_place	St. Louis, Missouri
occupation	Actor
years_active	2000–present
website
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| name = Jeff Branson | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = Jeffrey Dale Branson | birth_date = | birth_place = St. Louis, Missouri | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Actor | years_active = 2000–present | spouse = | awards = | website = Jeffrey Dale Branson (born March 10, 1977) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Ronan Malloy on The Young and the Restless, Jonathan Lavery on All My Children, and Shayne Lewis on Guiding Light.

Career

Branson originated the role of Jonathan Lavery on the ABC soap opera All My Children on June 15, 2004. Although he was off the air from mid-April until August 2005 while his character was believed dead in an explosion, Branson remained on contract the entire time. Branson's last appearance on All My Children aired on December 18, 2007.

Branson's work prior to All My Children included a 2000 guest spot on NBC's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. He had a small part that year in the film Shaft and in 2002 he was in the feature film Wolves of Wall Street.

In 2004, he played the role of a younger Alan Spaulding on Guiding Light; he also played Shayne Lewis on Guiding Light up until the last episode of the show on September 18, 2009.

In 2005, Branson received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination in the category of Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his work on All My Children as Jonathan Lavery. In 2009, he received his second Daytime Emmy Award nomination for his portrayal of Shayne Lewis on Guiding Light. He won this award, tied with Vincent Irizarry from All My Children.

In June 2010, Branson began work on The Young and the Restless in the role of Ronan Malloy. Malloy is Nina Webster's long-lost son that was stolen as a baby and put up for adoption. He plays an undercover FBI agent on a mission to bust corrupt cops in Genoa City involved in a drug ring. He left the show from February to August 2011. On June 26, 2012, he arrived back in Genoa City because of Victor Newman. In 2012, Branson won the Dankies Award for outstanding supporting actor for his role as Malloy.

Branson played the character of "Johnny" in the 2010 film I Spit on Your Grave, a remake of the 1978 revenge film.

His television appearances outside of daytime drama include episodes of NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, The Mentalist, Law & Order: SVU, and Supernatural. He also appeared in the first season of Supergirl as Master Jailer.

Branson appears as Neil Armstrong in the Apple TV+ series For All Mankind.

Filmography

Film

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Shaft	Walter's friend
2001	Semmelweis	Schmelling	Short film
2002	Get the Hell Out of Heaven	Stix	Short film
Wolves of Wall Street	Tyler
2005	Four Lane Highway	Andy
Building Girl	Mark
2006	The Big Bad Swim	Noah Owens
Delirious	TV soap star
2008	Swing Vote: What Side Are You On?	Jack	Short film
2009	The Magnificent Cooly-T	Johnny
2010	I Spit on Your Grave	Johnny Stillman
2011	History	Hank Martinez	Short film
2012	Delete	Fisher	Short film
Trophy Husband	Trophy husband	Short film
MoniKa	Terry Jo
2014	Zoe Gone	Walter
2015	Visions	Glenn Barry
2016	Beyond Doubt	Mr. Fields
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Television

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Strangers with Candy		Episode: "The Blank Page"
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Chris Lyons	Episode: "Honor"
2004	Guiding Light	Young Alan Spaulding	Flashbacks
2004–2007	All My Children	Jonathan Lavery	163 episodes
2008	Without a Trace	Mark	Episode: "22 x 42"
2008–2009	Guiding Light	Shayne Lewis	Series regular (116 episodes)
2010–2012	The Young and the Restless	Ronan Malloy	Series regular (159 episodes)
2011	CSI: Miami	Dennis Baldwin	Episode: "Blood Lust"
2013	CSI: NY	Andy Stein	Episode: "Command+P"
Chosen	Chris	2 episodes
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Mr Davari	Episode: "In Vino Veritas"
NCIS: Los Angeles	Agent Jenkins	Episode: "Big Brother"
2014	NCIS	Commander Chad Hendricks	Episode: "Shooter"
Perception	Scott Kemp	Episode: "Inconceivable"
The Mentalist	Walker Pond	Episode: "Black Market"
2015	Supernatural	Jacob Styne	Episode: "Book of the Damned"
Party Monsters	Dorian Gray	TV film
2016	Supergirl	Carl Draper / Master Jailer	Episode: "Truth, Justice and the American Way"
Forever 31	Greg	Miniseries
Episode: "Psycho"
Christmas in Homestead	Vince Hawkins	TV film
2017	Grimm	Paul Maler	Episode: "El Cuegle"
Major Crimes	Alan Redmond	4 episodes
Ten Days in the Valley	Dominic	4 episodes
2019	For All Mankind	Neil Armstrong	2 episodes
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References

References

1. "Catching up with....Jeff Branson". ''Soap Opera Digest''. July 8, 2013. p. 45.

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