Jonathan Frederick Tenney professionally known as Jon Tenney is the ex-husband of American actress Teri Hatcher.
Tenney is also an American actor and director who is known for playing Special Agent Fritz Howard in TNT’s The Closer and continued in its spinoff Major Crimes.
Born December 16, 1961, in Princeton, New Jersey, Tenney studied at Vassar College where he graduated in 1984 with B.A. in drama and philosophy before attending The Juilliard School’s Drama Division.
Tenney made his acting debut in a touring production of Mike Nichols’ The Real Thing.
After beginning working on television with several short-lived series, including Steven Bochco’s Brooklyn South, and Kristin Chenoweth’s sitcom Kristin, Tenney has appeared in over 80 movies and television shows.
He is currently married to Leslie R. Urdang, an American film producer and theatre executive.
Before Urdang, Tenney married Teri Hatcher from 1994 to 2003. Through their union, the former couple had a daughter named Emerson Rose Tenney who was born on November 10, 1997.