
Jay Karnes
Known for Acting · 42 credits
- Born
- 1963-06-27 (age 62)
- Place of birth
- Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Jay Karnes (born June 27, 1963) is an American actor, born in Omaha, Nebraska. He attended the University of Kansas (class of '89). He is well known for his role as L.A.P.D. Det. Holland "Dutch" Wagenbach on the FX hit drama The Shield, which finished its seventh (and final) season on November 25, 2008. In 2008 Karnes played the recurring role of ATF Agent Josh Kohn on FX Network's new original series Sons of Anarchy, created by writer/actor Kurt Sutter of The Shield. Karnes was an antagonist to SAMCRO vice president Jax Teller and his sometime girlfriend Tara Knowles. Two of the films he has starred in are The Joyriders (1999) and The Next Best Thing (2000). His most recent films are the 2008 movies Chasing 3000 and Broken Angel. Currently in 2011 he featured in season 2 of V (2009) and is set to appear as a main character in season 3. Jay Karnes has made guest appearances on several TV shows, including Frasier, Judging Amy, Chicago Hope, The Pretender, Star Trek: Voyager as Lieutenant Ducane in the fifth-season episode "Relativity", and House. Recently, he has had a recurring role on Burn Notice as Tyler Brennen, a sinister gunrunner with a predilection for kidnapping relatives of those he wishes to leverage. 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.
Known For
TV Shows (32)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Noah Bunning

Criminal Minds
2005
as Hamilton Bartholomew

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as IA Officer Wagenbach / I.A. Detective Schultz

House
2004
as Nick Greenwald

CSI: Miami
2002
as Andrew Nolan

Chicago P.D.
2014
as FBI Agent William Graff

Grimm
2011
as Detective Bauer

Sons of Anarchy
2008
as Agent Joshua Kohn

Frasier
1993
as Corporate Guy

Star Trek: Voyager
1995
as Lt. Ducane

Scandal
2012
as Phil Stanner

Cold Case
2003
as Artie Russo

The Shield
2002
as Holland 'Dutch' Wagenbach

Chicago Hope
1994
as David Ross

FBI: Most Wanted
2020
as Cecil Walsh

Magnum P.I.
2018
as Colin Braggs

Burn Notice
2007
as Tyler Brennen

The Night Agent
2023
as Dr. Wilfred Cole

Numb3rs
2005
as Martin Rausch

Judging Amy
1999
as Dr. McGrath / Don Russell / ASA Ron Russell

Body of Proof
2011
as Martin Loeb

Brothers and Sisters
2006
as Roy Scovell

Nash Bridges
1996
as Mark Torry

The Pretender
1996
as Brad Anderson

Star Trek: Picard
2020
as Agent Wells

12 Monkeys
2015
as Robert Gale

V
2009
as Chris Bolling

Ally McBeal
1997
as Simon Prune

Law & Order: LA
2010
as Jim Roman

Stalker
2014
as Dr. Paul Lewis

The Crossing
2018
as Craig Lindauer

Gang Related
2014
as Paul Carter
Movies (10)

Setup
2011
as Russel

Before I Wake
2016
as Peter

Leonie
2010
as Dr. Rumely

Hide
2011
as Charlie Marvin

Against the Clock
2019
as Doctor Nelson

The Joyriders
1999
as Donald Trout

The Shield: Family Meeting
2008
as Self

Chasing 3000
2010
as Adult Roger

Broken Angel
2008

Jayhawkers
2014
as Chancellor Franklin Murphy
About Jay Karnes
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jay Karnes (born June 27, 1963) is an American actor, born in Omaha, Nebraska. He attended the University of Kansas (class of '89). He is well known for his role as L.A.P.D. Det. Holland "Dutch" Wagenbach on the FX hit drama The Shield, which finished its seventh (and final) season on November 25, 2008. In 2008 Karnes played the recurring role of ATF Agent Josh Kohn on FX Network's new original series Sons of Anarchy, created by writer/actor Kurt Sutter of The Shield. Karnes was an antagonist to SAMCRO v… With 42 credits spanning from 1993 to 2023, Jay Karnes has appeared in 10 films and 32 TV shows.
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Most Popular Jay Karnes Movies
- Setup (2011) — as Russel
- Before I Wake (2016) — as Peter
- Leonie (2010) — as Dr. Rumely
- Hide (2011) — as Charlie Marvin
- Against the Clock (2019) — as Doctor Nelson
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