Jeff Branson
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Jeff Branson is an American actor (born March 10, 1977 in St. Louis, Missouri).
Branson is probably best known for his role on the ABC soap opera All My Children. He originated the role of Jonathan Lavery on June 15, 2004. Although he was off the air from mid-April until August of 2005 while his character was believed dead in an explosion, Branson remained on contract the entire time. Since that time, it has also been revealed that the source of Johnathan's past violent and psychotic behavior was a combination of mis-prescribed anti-psychotic drugs and a malignant brain tumor, which has recently been removed. As a result, Jonathan's personality became child-like and highly emotional, until he later regained his adult mind and faculties as the result of a severe seizure during the week of June 12th, 2006.
Branson's work prior to All My Children included a 2000 guest spot on NBC's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. He had a small part that year in the film Shaft. In 2002, he was in the film Wolves of Wall Street. In 2003, he played the role of a younger Alan Spaulding on the CBS soap opera Guiding Light.
He can be seen in the film Four Lane Highway as the character of Andy and has a role in the upcoming movie The Big Bad Swim, filmed during his 2005 AMC hiatus, as the character Owen.
In 2005, Branson received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination in the category of Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his work on All My Children as Jonathan.
