J. D. Evermore: Who plays the redneck in Waiting?

J. D. Evermore is an American actor. He is known for playing the roles of Thomas Silby in Treme, Detective Lutz in True Detective, Harley in The Walking Dead, Carl Daggett in Rectify, Holt in Maggie, and Dewey Revette in Deepwater Horizon.

J. D. Evermore: Who plays the redneck in Waiting?

Waiting… (2005) – JD Evermore as Redneck. After a short stint in college and a 15-month stint in the Marine Corps stationed at 29 Palms, California, and after hanging out with some actors in L.A., J.D. thought he would give acting a shot.

His only experience with acting had been playing the Prince in his pre-school production of The Nutcracker, and getting kicked out of his senior play, Oklahoma, after his second rehearsal because he and a friend drank a beer beforehand. After the Marine Corps, he returned to Mississippi and worked as a debt collector for his mother’s collection agency.

After a year of hating his job, he decided to return to college and get a degree in theatre at The University of Southern Mississippi. Once on stage at college, he knew acting was what he had to do. In his second year in theatre, he was one of 20 finalists in the state selected to attend SETC (Southeastern Theatre Conference). In 1995, a friend offered J.D. $1,000 to come to Los Angeles and perform a lead role in his play “Dylan’s Ghost” at the Morgan-Wixson Theatre in Santa Monica.