Critic’s Choice Television Awards nominee for Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series, Jere Burns is an actor from the United States. He is mainly popular for starring the role of ladies' man Kirk Morris on the television series Dear John.
Tall and handsome, Jere Burns was born as Jerald Eugene Burns on October 15, 1954, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the United States of America in the middle class family. His parents worked as a homemaker, a gown and cap manufacturer. He is an American and is of white ethnicity.
After his high school graduation from some high school in the United States, Jere joined the University of Massachusetts Amherst. While he was there he got attracted towards acting. He graduated from there in 1980. In the early 1980s, he portrayed the role of Don Juan at the New York Shakespeare Festival.
He also appeared in the plays like Hairspray and After the Night and the Music. In 1984, he made his TV debut by starring in the TV series Moms On Strike. He got his rise in fame after starring the role of sleazy Kirk Morris on Dear John. He has been earning a lucrative amount of salary and his net worth is said to be around millions.
On 1st of October 1982, Jere got married to Melissa Burns. As a loving husband and wife, they became parents of three children. Though they were happily married, this married life came to an end in 1996.
Next year, Jere was spotted with Kathleen Kinmont. Kathleen Kinmont is an actress, writer and producer. After having love affairs as boyfriend and girlfriend for several years, they got married in 1997 and they got divorced two years later.
After that Jere spend a single life for several years. Few years later he was seen with Leslie Cohen. Leslie Cohen is an actress. They got married on the 29th of June 2008 and from this married life they have also been parents once.
