Jay Karnes
Jay Karnes Role: Detective Holland “Dutch” Wagenbach
Birthday : June-27-1963
Birthplace : Omaha, Nebraska
Recent Role : Detective Holland “Dutch” Wagenbach on The Shield
Gender : Male
Jay Karnes is an American actor. He took birth in Omaha, Nebraska. He joined the University of Kansas. Jay is most popular for his role as L.A.P.D. Det. Holland “Dutch” Wagenbach on the FX hit drama ‘The Shield’.
In 2008, Karnes started playing the recurring role of ATF Agent Scott Kohn on FX Network’s new original series Sons of Anarchy.
He also made appearances on films such as ‘The Joyriders’ and ‘The Next Best Thing’. His recent appearance is on the 2008 movies Chasing 3000 and Broken Angel.
Among his guest appearances are Frasier, Judging Amy, Chicago Hope, The Pretender and Star Trek: Voyager as Lieutenant Ducane.
During 1990s, Karnes worked with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. He played major roles in plays such as Love’s Labours Lost’ and ‘Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia.
As of now, he’s married to Julia Campbell, an actress. The couple has twin girls.
Role on ‘The Shield’
Jay Karnes is seen portraying detective Holland Dutch Wagenbach on ‘The Shield’. He’s a successful police detective. The man has a specialization in offender profiling and serial killers so he’s the one to be called to investigate such kind of cases. His willingness to do the right thing makes him the moral centre of the show. Talking about his personal life, he’s a divorced, middle aged and Midwest born police detective. He’s sexually frustrated and has a fiery rivalry with detective Vic Mackey. For him, Vic is nothing more than a brutish thug whereas for Vic, Dutch is an over-educated elitist. Throughout series’ course, we see both of them having verbal fights. His performance on the series is very much appreciated by viewers.
