Jim Byrnes in the series Highlander

James Thomas Byrnes was born on September 22, 1948 in St. Louis, Missouri. He is considered to be a very talented Blues musician, guitarist, and actor. On February 26, 1972, he was involved in a car accident, in which he was struck by a passing car while he attempted to help a friend move a stalled truck. This accident caused him to lose both his legs. This disability, however, did not hinder his career. Fifteen years to the day after the accident, he started appearing on Wiseguy as Lifeguard (Daniel Benjamin Burroughs). It was his first major role and lasted until 1990. ImageMetadata File history File links Jim_Byrnes_Joe_Dawson. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Jim_Byrnes_Joe_Dawson. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... Nickname: Gateway City, Gateway to the West, or Mound City Official website: http://stlouis. ... The blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on a pentatonic scale and a characteristic twelve-bar chord progression. ... A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ... A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. ... This article or section is missing references or citation of sources. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ... Wiseguy (1987-1990) was a U.S. television program about Vincent Vinnie Terranova, an undercover agent of the OCB (Organized Crime Bureau), a fictional division of the FBI. Produced by Stephen J. Cannell, the show differed from previous crime dramas in its use of Arcs (the telling of a single...

Later in his career, he starred in the hit fantasy television series Highlander as Joe Dawson, a member of a secret society known as the "Watchers". Later, he reprised his roll as Joe Dawson in Highlander: Endgame and Highlander: The Source, later installments of the "Highlander" film series. He also starred in his own short-lived TV show, called The Jim Byrnes Show. // For other meanings see Fantasy (disambiguation) Fantasy is a genre of art, literature, film, television, games and music that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of either plot, theme, setting, or all three. ... Joe Dawson is the watcher of Duncan Macleod in Highlander: The Series. ... A secret society is an organization that requires its members to conceal certain activities—such as rites of initiation—from outsiders. ...

Byrnes' character on Beast Wars: The Predacon Inferno

His other television roles include Higher Ground and cartoon voices in Beast Wars: Transformers, Shadow Raiders, Stargate Infinity, and X-Men: Evolution. He also appeared in theTaken mini series, which broadcast on the Sci-Fi Channel'. Canadian television show about a group of teens at a reform camp. ... Shadow Raiders was an animated television series produced by Mainframe Entertainment that aired from 1998 to 1999. ... Stargate Infinity is an animated spin-off of the television series Stargate SG-1, which is in turn a spin-off of the 1994 film Stargate. ... X-Men: Evolution is an animated series containing the original cast of X-Men, mostly depicted as teenagers and some as adults. ... For the band, see Taken (band) For the term related to hunting, see Taken (hunting) Alien craft in Taken Taken is a science fiction miniseries which first aired on the Sci-Fi Channel in 2002 and won an Emmy award for Outstanding Miniseries. ... A miniseries, in a serial storytelling medium, is a production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. ... Sci Fi is an American cable television channel, launched in 1992 and currently owned by corporate conglomerate NBC Universal, specializing in science fiction, fantasy, horror, and paranormal programming. ...

Jim Byrnes currently resides in Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

External links

• Jim Byrnes at The Internet Movie Database
• Jim Byrnes Website