Jeff Osterhage

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jeff Osterhage (March 12th, 1953-) is an American film and television actor from Columbus, Indiana.

Osterhage began his acting career in a television adaptation of True Grit in 1978. Jeff starred in the 1979 TV movie The Legend of the Golden Gun. He is probably most recognizable to western fans in his role as Tyrel Sackett in the 1979 western The Sacketts, followed by the 1982 The Shadow Riders, both being film adaptations of novels by western novelist Louis L'Amour. "The Shadow Riders" is not a part of the "Sackett" book series, and the actors play totally different roles. In both films he starred opposite Tom Selleck and Sam Elliott. In the first film he also starred alongside western legends Ben Johnson and Glen Ford, with Johnson also starring in the second. Osterhage has appeared in twenty seven films, made for tv movies, and television series appearances, as well as the computer game Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn. His latest appearance is in the soon to be released 2008 film Taken by Force.