Jack Coleman

Jack Coleman is an actor and screenwriter, best known for replacing Al Corley in the role of Steven Carrington in the 1980s prime time soap opera Dynasty and for portraying Mr Bennet in science fiction drama series Heroes.

Jack Coleman's first major role was in the soap opera Days of Our Lives, where he appeared from 1981 to 1982 as the character of Jake Kositchek. In 1982, he joined the cast of Dynasty when he took over the role of Steven Carrington, one of the first gay characters on television. The role was originally created by Al Corley. Coleman played the role until 1988.

He was a regular on the short-lived series Nightmare Cafe (1992) and appeared on the mini-series Kingdom Hospital (2004). He made guest appearances in CSI: Miami, Nip/Tuck, Without A Trace and Entourage. He co-starred as Alyson & Amanda Michalka's father in the Disney Channel Original Movie Cow Belles. He was nominated for his performance in the play Stand-up Tragedy at the Mark Taper Forum, and won a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for his performance in Bouncers. He wrote the screenplays for Studio City, which he produced and acted in, and Can't Help Falling, which he hopes to produce. Coleman is currently a main cast member of the hit science fiction show Heroes, where he plays Noah Bennet (a.k.a "Horn-Rimmed Glasses"). In regards to portraying the character Coleman says "it's a combination of the light and dark. I don't want to just be a moustache twirling villain."

He is a sixth generation descendant of American inventor Benjamin Franklin. He attended Duke University, where he decided to pursue acting as a career. After graduating from Duke in 1980, he attended the National Theater Institute. He married actress Beth Toussaint in 1996; she appeared in the Wes Craven film Red Eye. They have a daughter, Tess, born in 1999.