Early Life

Morgan was born in Seattle, Washington, the son of Sandy Thomas and Richard Dean Morgan. He attended Ben Franklin Elementary School, Rose Hill Junior High, and Lake Washington High School in Kirkland, Washington. He was a basketball player in high school and college.

Career

Starting with Uncaged (1991), Morgan has appeared in over 25 feature films. However, the bulk of his work has been in television. He was the star of the 1996-1997 television series The Burning Zone; his character, Dr. Edward Marcase, appeared in 10 out of 19 episodes that season. In 2005 and 2006, Morgan simultaneously appeared in three television series: in the CW series Supernatural as John Winchester, in a recurring role on ABC's Grey's Anatomy as heart transplant patient Denny Duquette, and as Judah Botwin in two episodes of the Showtime series Weeds. He has also guest-starred in a number of television series, including ER, JAG, Walker, Texas Ranger, Angel, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Sliders, The O.C., and Monk.

In 2007, Morgan was cast in a proposed project by Grey's Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes. The series, tentatively titled "Correspondents", was to have started production in summer 2007. ABC instead picked up a spin-off of Grey's Anatomy, called Private Practice, that was also created by Rhimes. As a result, "Correspondents" was shelved.

Morgan appeared in P.S. I Love You, based on the book of the same title by Irish novelist Cecelia Ahern. He took a crash course on how to play the guitar for his part in the film, and was trained by Nancy Wilson of Heart to The film was released on December 21, 2007. Another 2007 film starring Morgan is The Accidental Husband, which finished filming in New York City in March 2007 and was not released on DVD until 2009.

In 2008, Morgan starred in the thriller The Resident and the drama film Days of Wrath.

In 2009, Morgan portrayed The Comedian, a cigar-chomping antihero, in Watchmen, based on Alan Moore's graphic novel. The same year, Morgan appeared in Taking Woodstock, and played Clay in a comic book movie adaptation of The Losers.

In 2011, Morgan appeared in the Texas crime thriller Texas Killing Fields as a homicide detective.

In 2012, Morgan starred in the television drama series Magic City, which centered on mob life in 1950s Miami. The series premiered on April 6 and was cancelled after two seasons. The same year, Morgan appeared in the horror thriller The Possession, and the war film Red Dawn.

In January 2014, the media announced that Morgan had been cast in the lead role in Jonás Cuarón's Desierto. In November, 2014, it was announced that Morgan had been cast as Joe DiMaggio opposite Kelli Garner as Marilyn Monroe in The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe, a Lifetime four-hour miniseries based on J. Randy Taraborrelli's book which was filmed in Toronto, Ontario, December 2014-February 2015.

In 2015, Morgan portrayed Deaf Smith in Texas Rising, a five-part mini-series which aired on the History Channel. Also in 2015, he became a regular cast member for season 2 of the CBS sci-fi drama Extant.

He appeared in a brief role in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), as Bruce Wayne's father, Thomas Wayne. He also played the character of a freelance investigator Jason Crouse in the popular T.V show The Good Wife. It was confirmed in November 2015 that Morgan will be portraying the character Negan on the AMC TV series The Walking Dead. He made his first appearance as Negan in the sixth season finale and will be the primary antagonist of the seventh season. Morgan's first appearances as Negan received critical acclaim.

Personal Life

On May 30, 1992, Morgan was married to actress Anya Longwell in Las Vegas. In 2007, he was briefly engaged to his former Weeds costar Mary-Louise Parker; their engagement ended in April 2008. In 2009, a former girlfriend, actress Sherrie Rose, alleged that Morgan was her son's father. The boy, named Dean Morgan, was four years old when Morgan supposedly learned about him, according to tabloids. In 2009, Morgan began a relationship with actress Hilarie Burton. The couple's son Augustus was born in March 2010.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Uncaged	Sharkey
1995	Dillinger and Capone	Jack Bennett
1995	Undercover Heat	Ramone
1997	Legal Deceit	Todd Hunter
1999	Road Kill	Bobby
2003	Something More	Daniel	Short film
2004	Dead & Breakfast	The Sheriff
2004	Six: The Mark Unleashed	Tom Newman	Direct-to-DVD
2005	Chasing Ghosts	Det. Cole Davies	Direct-to-DVD
2007	Live!	Rick
2007	Fred Claus	Man Getting Parking Ticket	Cameo
2007	Kabluey	Brad
2007	P.S. I Love You	William Gallagher
2008	Accidental Husband, TheThe Accidental Husband	Patrick Sullivan	Direct-to-DVD
2008	Days of Wrath	Bryan Gordon
2009	Watchmen	Edward Blake / The Comedian
2009	Taking Woodstock	Dan
2010	Shanghai	Connor
2010	Losers, TheThe Losers	Clay
2010	Jonah Hex	Jeb Turnbull	Uncredited
2011	Resident, TheThe Resident	Max
2011	Peace, Love & Misunderstanding	Jude
2011	Texas Killing Fields	Brian Heigh
2011	Courier, TheThe Courier	The Courier	Direct-to-VOD
2012	Possession, TheThe Possession	Clyde Brenek
2012	Red Dawn	Sgt. Maj. Andrew Tanner USMC
2014	The Salvation	Delarue
2014	They Came Together	Frank	Cameo
2015	Solace	Agent Joe Merriweather
2015	Heist	Luke Vaughn	Direct-to-VOD
2015	Desierto	Sam
2016	Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice	Thomas Wayne

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Extreme	Jack Hawkins	2 episodes
1995	JAG	Weapons Officer	Episode: "Shadow"
1996	Sliders	Sid	Episode: "El Sid"
1996	In the Blink of an Eye	Jessie	Television film
1996-97	Burning Zone, TheThe Burning Zone	Dr. Edward Marcase	Main cast - 11 episodes
2000	Walker, Texas Ranger	Jake Horbart	Episode: "Child of Hope"
2001	ER	Firefighter Larkin	Episode: "The Crossing"
2002	Practice, TheThe Practice	Daniel Glenn	Episode: The Test"
2002	JAG	CIA Technician Wally	2 episodes
2002	Angel	Sam Ryan	Episode: "Provider"
2002	Division, TheThe Division	Father William Natali	Episode: "Forgive Me, Father"
2003	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Undercover Agent #1	Episode: "All for Our Country"
2003	Star Trek: Enterprise	Xindi-Reptilian	Episode: "Carpenter Street"
2004	Handler, TheThe Handler	Mike	2 episodes
2004	Tru Calling	Geoffrey Pine	Episode: "Two Pair"
2004	Monk	Steven Leight	Episode: "Mr. Monk Takes Manhattan"
2005	O.C., TheThe O.C.	Joe Zukowski	Episode: "The Accomplice"
2005	Weeds	Judah Botwin	2 episodes
2005-07	Supernatural	John Winchester, Michael, Azazel	Recurring role (as Winchester) - 12 episodes
2006	Jam	Dale	Television film
2006-09	Grey's Anatomy	Denny Duquette	Recurring role - 23 episodes
2012-13	Magic City	Ike Evans	Main cast
2014	Shameless	Charlie Peters	Episode: "Lazarus"
2015	The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe	Joe DiMaggio	Miniseries
2015	Texas Rising	"Deaf" Smith	5 episodes
2015	Extant	JD Richter	Main cast
2015-2016	The Good Wife	Jason Crouse	Main cast (Season 7)
2016-present	The Walking Dead	Negan	Special guest (Season 6, episode 16) Main cast (Season 7)

[ Source: Wikipedia ]