Jay Huguley spent a year abroad at the University of London studying political science and graduated from American University in Washington, DC, with a double major in political science and communications.
15 Facts About Jay Huguley
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Jay Huguley studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, under the aegis of Anna Strasberg, and at the Beverly Hills Playhouse in Los Angeles, under the world-renowned teacher Milton Katselas.
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Jay Huguley lived in Paris throughout the early-1990s, where he worked as a model for brands like Armani, Valentino, Zegna and Romeo Gigli.
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Jay Huguley first realized his passion for acting while taking a directing class in college, where one of his assignments was to audition for the school play to get an idea of what actors experience in their process of attempting to score acting roles.
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Jay Huguley got the part of the Gentleman Caller in Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie.
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Jay Huguley then moved back to the United States, where he began to work regularly in theatre and studied at the Lee Strasberg Institute.
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Jay Huguley moved to Los Angeles to do a play directed by Lee's widow, Anna Strasberg.
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Jay Huguley starred in 2010 as Richard Hightower on the long-running soap opera, The Young and the Restless.
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Jay Huguley is best known for playing Commander Mark Dixon on Lioness opposite Nicole Kidman and Morgan Freeman, David on AMC's The Walking Dead, and Jimmy Ledoux on HBO's True Detective.
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Jay Huguley has played recurring characters in ABC Family's Ravenswood, and in the CW's Star-Crossed.
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In 2016, Jay Huguley appeared in the horror film, Abattoir, by the man credited for furthering the Saw franchise, Darren Lynn Bousman.
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In 2018, Jay Huguley had roles in Heart, Baby and as William Henry Moody, the prosecuting attorney in the infamous Lizzie Borden trial in the film Lizzie alongside Chloe Sevigny and Kristen Stewart.
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In 2008, Jay Huguley starred in David Lindsay-Abaire's Tony Award-winning play Rabbit Hole at the Skylight Theatre.
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Jay Huguley has played real life historical figures 4 times.
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In 2025 Jay Huguley will appear in Daniel Minahans feature film 'On Swift Horses' opposite Jacob Elordi.