Ed Quinn

Ed Quinn originally pursued a path in music before considering a career in acting He was born in Berkeley California and attended the St Marys College High School After high school Ed attended the University of California Berkeley He graduated in 1991 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and lettering in Rugby and embarked on modeling throughout Europe including Paris Milan and Barcelona Upon his return to the United States Ed began his acting career His first big break was the series regular role of FINN in 2000 on the WB television series Young Americans A Dawsons Creek spinoff Ed then found lots of work on television during the early 2000s including Jack Jill 1999 and Crossing Jordan 2001 and several network pilots He also appeared in movies like BEEPER with Harvey Keitel and starred in the Sequel Starship Troopers 2 2004 Directed by STAR WARS Special Effects Legend Phil Tippett Other television appearances included numerous episodes on JAG 1995 CSI Crime Scene Investigation 2000 CSI NY 2004 and most notably on vampire series True Blood 2008 and the series regular role of NATHAN STARK on the SciFi comedydrama series Eureka 2006 In recent years he has joined the casts of hit shows such as 2 Broke Girls One Day At A Time and Mistresses He is currently the Lead of TYLER PERRYs THE OVAL on BET playing President Hunter Franklin He will also be seen in the feature films SHADOW FORCE and GUNS AND MOSES in late 2024 During his time as a musician Ed studied with instrumental rock guitarist Joe Satriani After playing in the Los Angelesbased bands Mad Theory and Scattergood Ed went on to cut his first solo demo CD entitled Quinn He currently releases music and music videos with his band ED QUINN and THE SWAMP METAL ALLSTARS and his solo title SuperEQ