{"id":37866,"date":"2026-08-11T04:02:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T23:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=37866"},"modified":"2026-08-11T04:02:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T23:02:29","slug":"sterling-point-star-jeffrey-dean-morgans-manager-fired-him-due-to-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=37866","title":{"rendered":"Sterling Point Star Jeffrey Dean Morgan&#8217;s Manager Fired Him Due to Age"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/jeffrey-dean-morgan\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jeffrey-dean-morgan_1\" data-tag=\"jeffrey-dean-morgan\">Jeffrey Dean Morgan<\/a> knows the Hollywood struggle, having grinded for several years before finally booking his breakout roles on <em>Grey\u2019s Anatomy<\/em>, <em>Supernatural<\/em> and <em>Weeds<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tBut the actor, who most recently starred in <a data-id=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-features\/inside-sterling-point-megan-park-ya-series-cast-producers-1236664341\/\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-features\/inside-sterling-point-megan-park-ya-series-cast-producers-1236664341\/\">Prime Video\u2019s new series <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/sterling-point\/\" id=\"auto-tag_sterling-point_1\" data-tag=\"sterling-point\">Sterling Point<\/a><\/em><\/a>, told host Josh Horowitz on a new episode of his <a rel=\"nofollow\" data-id=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_fQW62SLLek?si=dkEKPSYQDjnig0Xb\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_fQW62SLLek?si=dkEKPSYQDjnig0Xb\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Happy Sad Confused<\/em> podcast <\/a>that his former manager fired him right before he landed these shows due to his age.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cI remember being in my mid-30s going, \u2018This didn\u2019t work out,&#8217;\u201d the now 60-year-old recalled. \u201cAnd my manager had just fired me right before I got the three shows. I\u2019d been with her forever. And she was like, \u2018You\u2019ve aged out, bro. You missed your window.\u2019 And she got rid of me and Max Martini at the same time and said the same thing to both of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tFortunately for Morgan, but unfortunately for his manager, that\u2019s when the actor finally received the calls every actor dreams of. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cI got <em>Supernatural<\/em>, <em>Grey\u2019s Anatomy<\/em> and <em>Weeds<\/em> all at the same time, like within a week of each other,\u201d Morgan told Horowitz. He added that just before he got these roles, he was \u201cjust fighting it\u201d and \u201cwanting to quit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cI\u2019d do a pilot every now and again and [book] guest star spots and movies that people have never heard of that might take me to Comic-Con though,\u201d he said of his experience in Hollywood before landing his breakout roles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tMorgan also recalled \u201calways side hustling\u201d to help pay his bills earlier in his career. \u201cI would build fences or whatever. It usually involved hammers. There was always something to build for somebody,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tHe played Denny Duquette on long-running medical drama <em>Grey\u2019s Anatomy<\/em> from 2006 to 2008; John Winchester on <em>Supernatural<\/em> from 2005 to 2007; and Judah Botwin on <em>Weeds <\/em>in 2005. 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