Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
February 26, 1968
Place of Birth:
Berkeley, California, USA
Ed Quinn originally pursued a path in music before considering a career in acting. He was born in Berkeley, California and attended the St. Mary's 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 Dawson's 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 Sci-Fi comedy/drama 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 PERRY's 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 Angeles-based 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.
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Shadow Force | Parker |
| 2025 | Guns & Moses | Detective Wallace |
| 2020 | American Pie Presents: Girls' Rules | Kevin |
| 2019 | Grand-Daddy Day Care | Jack Quatermaine |
| 2019 | The Last Summer | |
| 2018 | Man of the House | Dean |
| 2016 | Navy Seals vs. Zombies | Lt. Pete Cunnigham |
| 2014 | The Last Light | Jack Lewis |
| 2014 | Audrey | Pete |
| 2012 | Werewolf: The Beast Among Us | Charles |
| 2012 | The 12 Disasters of Christmas | Joseph |
| 2011 | The Caller | Steven |
| 2011 | Behemoth | Thomas Walsh |
| 2011 | Low Fidelity | Bob |
| 2011 | Blood Out | Anthony |
| 2008 | The Rainbow Tribe | Sunny |
| 2007 | The Neighbor | Jonathan |
| 2006 | House of the Dead 2 | Ellis |
| 2004 | Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation | Cpl. Joe Griff |
| 2002 | Beeper | Richard Avery |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Tyler Perry's The Oval | Hunter Franklin |
| 2018 | The Neighborhood | Graham |
| 2017 | One Day at a Time | Max Ferraro |
| 2014 | Faking It | Hank |
| 2014 | Bad Judge | Chad Forbes |
| 2011 | Revenge | James Allen |
| 2011 | 2 Broke Girls | Randy |
| 2011 | The Exes | Matt |
| 2009 | Castle | Gabriel Winters |
| 2009 | The Beautiful Life: TBL | Richard Foster |
| 2009 | NCIS: Los Angeles | Justin Marchetti |
| 2008 | True Blood | Stan |
| 2006 | Eureka | Nathan Stark |
| 2004 | CSI: NY | Frankie Mala |
| 2004 | Desperate Housewives | Brent Ferguson |
| 2002 | What I Like About You | Jack |
| 2002 | Life with Bonnie | Rock Benson |
| 2001 | Crossing Jordan | Tyler |
| 2001 | According to Jim | Doug |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Tom Cunningham |
| 2000 | Young Americans | Finn |
| 1999 | Jack & Jill | |
| 1998 | V.I.P. | Jeff |
| 1997 | Dharma & Greg | Stavros |
| 1995 | JAG | Simon Tanveer |