MarsCon 2005
"Galactic Pirates & Mercenaries"
Airport Marriott Hotel
Bloomington, MN

March 4-6, 2005

Herbert Jefferson, Jr. - Suprise Special Guest

Veteran actor Herbert Jefferson, Jr. is known to many as Lieutenant Boomer from Battlestar Galactica, the third of the holy trinity, which included Capt. Apollo and Lt. Starbuck. But you've seen him in many more roles than the Galactica's erstwhile Cylon Hunter. Jefferson was a series co-star in Rich Man, Poor Man with Nick Nolte, as well as its sequel, Rich Man, Poor Man Book II, the Revolutionary War mini-series The Bastard, Yellow Rose with Sam Elliott and Cybill Shepard, and The Devlin Connection with Rock Hudson and Jack Scalia. Jefferson also guest starred in over 100 episodes of series TV, including ER, Sister Sister, Hill Street Blues, Police Story, Airwolf, TJ Hooker, Quincy, The Streets of San Francisco, The White Shadow, Knight Rider, McCloud, and Mission Impossible. His most recent TV appearance was in the recurring role of Police Chief Price on the NBC soap opera Sunset Beach. His many feature film credits include Apollo 13, Outbreak, Detroit 9000, Black Gun, The Slams, One Dozen, and Roger Corman's Private Duty Nurses, which marked his feature film debut. Jefferson's extensive theatre credits included two Pulitzer Prize winning plays, The Great White Hope, and No Place to Be Somebody. He was directed by Mike Nichols in the David Rabe play Streamers, which went on to win Best New American Play of the Year by the New York Drama Critics. Although currently a resident of Southern California, Jefferson is originally from Jersey City, New Jersey, where he attended high school and college. He is a New York trained actor studying at the Herbert Berghof Studio, the Actors Studio with Lee Strasberg, and an alumnus of New York's American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He has appeared on Broadway, off-Broadway, and off-off Broadway, including several plays at Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival/Public Theatre. In his spare time, Jefferson has been and continues to be an active supporter and volunteer with the U.S. Military by the way of the USO, the Paralyzed Veterans Association, Operation Standown, U.S. Navy Public Affairs, and the U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots program. He is also a 25-year volunteer with the Special Olympics.

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