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Biography
Clayne Crawford (born on April 20th, 1978) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying the main role of Martin Riggs on the FOX action comedy-drama television series Lethal Weapon, and as Teddy on the Sundance drama Rectify.
Life and career
Crawford was born in Clay, Alabama. He has appeared in the films A Walk to Remember (2002), Swimfan (2002), A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004) and The Great Raid (2005).
He had a recurring role in the first season of Jericho as Mitchell "Mitch" Cafferty. In 2008 he appeared on Life in the episode "Evil ... and His Brother Ziggy." Crawford was the protagonist in the 2010 straight to DVD prequel to Smokin' Aces, Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball. He had recurring roles in the eighth season of 24 and in the first and second season of the A&E series The Glades. He also appeared on the SundanceTV original series, Rectify from 2013 to 2016.
On March 10th, 2016, it was officially announced that he would be portraying Martin Riggs in the pilot for the Fox Television Lethal Weapon reboot, which was later picked up to series.
He is good friends with actor/singer Christian Kane. They worked together on the films The Donner Party, The Baytown Outlaws, and the upcoming independent production Tinker (which will also feature Crawford's son Colt). Clayton also appeared twice as Quinn on the TNT show Leverage, of which Christian was a main cast member.
He is married to Sunshine Kiki Brown.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | One Blood Planet | Cady | |
| 2002 | A Walk to Remember | Dean | |
| 2002 | Swimfan | Josh | |
| 2004 | A Love Song for Bobby Long | Lee | |
| 2004 | Evil Remains | Tyler | Direct to video |
| 2005 | The Great Raid | PFC Aldridge | |
| 2005 | Trust | Jim | Short film |
| 2006 | Steel City | Ben Lee | |
| 2006 | Wristcutters: A Love Story | Jim | |
| 2006 | False Prophets | Wade Carpenter | |
| 2006 | F8 | Driver | Short film |
| 2006 | Unknown | Detective Anderson | |
| 2006 | Feel | Jeremy | |
| 2007 | 7-10 Split | Mike | |
| 2007 | Walk the Talk | Reed | |
| 2007 | God's Beach | Adam | Short film |
| 2007 | On the Doll | Wes | |
| 2007 | X's and O's | Simon | |
| 2009 | The Donner Party | William Eddy | |
| 2010 | The Perfect Host | John Taylor | |
| 2010 | Baby | Jonas Carter | |
| 2010 | Kingshighway | Billy Jones | |
| 2010 | Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball | Agent Baker | Direct to video |
| 2011 | Pox | Julius | |
| 2012 | The Baytown Outlaws | Brick Oodie | |
| 2012 | The Truth in Being Right | Carl Weintraub | Short film |
| 2013 | N.Y.C. Underground | Siman | Direct to video |
| 2014 | The Lachrymist | The Disc Jockey of 94.9 KLAS (voice, as William Westhoven) | Short film |
| 2015 | A Fighting Season | Mason | |
| 2015 | Convergence | Ben | |
| 2016 | Warrior Road | Charlie | |
| 2016 | Spectral | Sergeant Toll | |
| 2017 | The Weight | Thad | |
| 2017 | Tinker | Grady Lee Jr. |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Rodney Munson | Episode: "Inca Mummy Girl" (as Joey Crawford) |
| 2001 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Henry McFadden | Episode: Chaos Theory |
| 2001–02 | Roswell | Billy Darden | 2 episodes |
| 2003 | CSI: Miami | Chaz | Episode: "Freaks and Tweaks" |
| 2006 | Thief | Izzy | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2006–07 | Jericho | Mitchell Cafferty | 5 episodes |
| 2007 | The Barnes Brothers | Jerry Barnes | Television film |
| 2007 | Women's Murder Club | Dale Peterson | Episode: "Maybe Baby" |
| 2008 | Gemini Division | Sampson | 2 episodes |
| 2008 | Life | Eval | Episode: "Evil... and His Brother Ziggy" |
| 2009–12 | Leverage | Mr. Quinn | 2 episodes |
| 2009 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Tommy Ruby | Episode: "Miscarriage of Justice" |
| 2009 | Cold Case | Darren Malloy '76 | Episode: "Jackels" |
| 2009 | Dark Blue | Jack Walsh | Episode: "K-Town" |
| 2009 | Criminal Minds | C. Vincent | Episode: "Hopeless" |
| 2010 | Burn Notice | Ryan Johnson | Episode: "A Dark Road" |
| 2010 | 24 | Kevin Wade | 9 episodes |
| 2010 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Jeremy Parks | Episode: "Lost Children of the Blood" |
| 2010–11 | The Glades | Ray Cargill | 7 episodes |
| 2010 | All Signs of Death | Chev | Television film |
| 2011 | CSI: NY | Wes Dillon | Episode: "Exit Strategy" |
| 2011 | Memphis Beat | Derek Simon | Episode: "Lost" |
| 2012 | Justified | Lance | 3 episodes |
| 2013–15 | Rectify | Ted "Teddy" Talbot Jr. | 29 episodes - Nominated for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (TV Critics' Choice Awards) |
| 2013 | Graceland | Donnie Banks | 2 episodes |
| 2014 | Rogue | Danny "Cheat" Chetowski | 5 episodes |
| 2015 | NCIS: New Orleans | Cade LaSalle | |
| 2016–present | Lethal Weapon | Martin Riggs | Main cast |
Awards
2016 TV Critics' Choice Awards – Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (Nominated)
