J. Eddie Peck

J. Eddie Peck
Born
John Edward Peck

(1958-10-10) October 10, 1958 (age 66)
Lynchburg, Virginia, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1985–present
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Spouse
Sonya Zaza
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(m. 1989)​
Children2

John Edward Peck (born October 10, 1958) is an American television and film actor. His roles include 1991–92 "Days of Our Lives" Howard "Hawk" Hawkin, Cole Howard on The Young and the Restless and Jake Martin on All My Children. He also appeared as Lance Apollonaire, a student of Diane Chambers in a college course she was teaching in an episode of Cheers.

Early life and education

He lived in Joplin, Missouri during the 1970s and graduated in 1976 from Joplin Parkwood High School, where he was a member of the varsity tennis team. He attended Missouri Southern State University, where he earned a BA in marketing .[1]

Work

Early in his career, Peck guest-starred on a number of television series, including Diagnosis: Murder, Highway to Heaven, Cheers, Murder, She Wrote and Knight Rider. Peck guest-starred in the ABC Family television series Kyle XY as Adam Baylin in the season finale of season one and certain episodes of season two.

Much of Peck's work has been on both daytime and prime time soap operas. He played Cole Howard on The Young and the Restless from 1993 to 1999 and 2024.He succeeding Michael Lowry in the role of Jake Martin on All My Children, from 2000 to 2003. His other soap credits include Days of Our Lives (1991–1992); Dynasty (1988–1989) and Dallas (1989).

Peck also appeared in the films Dangerously Close, Lambada, To Grandmother's House We Go and Blind Heat, and was one of the hosts of the Miss USA 1998 pageant.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1986 Dangerously Close Donny Lennox
1987 Breaking Home Ties Brad TV movie
1989 Curse II: The Bite Clark Newman
1990 Lambada Kevin "Blade" Laird
1992 To Grandmother's House We Go Eddie Popko TV movie
2001 Blind Heat Victor
2009 Mexican Gold Pick Randall Alternative title: Return of the Outlaws
2016 Divorce Texas Style Quentin Stewart
TBA Bright Ideas Mr. Hall Post-production
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1985 Wildside Sutton Hollister Main cast (6 episodes)
1986 Knight Rider Erik Whitby Episode: "Out of the Woods"
1986 Murder, She Wrote Coby Russell Episode: "Dead Man's Gold"
1986 Cheers Lance Apollonaire Episode: "Knights of the Scimitar"
1987 Highway to Heaven Richard Davies Episode: "A Night to Remember"
1988–1989 Dynasty Roger Grimes Recurring role (8 episodes)
1989 Dallas Tommy McKay Recurring role (13 episodes)
1991 Dark Justice Danny Sicani Episode: "Brother Mine"
1991–92 Days of Our Lives Howard "Hawk" Hawkins Unknown episodes
1993–1999, 2023 The Young and the Restless Cole Howard Series regular (April 2, 1993-November 16, 1999 [2]); Recurring role (since November 21, 2023 [3])
1995 Diagnosis: Murder J. Eddie Peck Episode: "Death in the Daytime"
2000–2003 All My Children Jake Martin Main cast (15 episodes)
2006–2008 Kyle XY Adam Baylin Recurring role (12 episodes)
2008 Just Jordan Coach Episode: "Let Sleeping Dogs Lie"

References

  1. ^ Soapcentral.com, retrieved January 7, 2018.
  2. ^ Kumari, Kopal (November 29, 2023). "Who is Cole Howard on 'The Young and the Restless?'". We Got This Covered. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
  3. ^ Guharauth, Poushali (November 22, 2023). "Who is Cole Howard in The young and the Restless and how's he related to Eve? Explained". Sportskeeda. Retrieved December 1, 2023.