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Q: Remember the show "Burn Notice"? I miss that show. What ever happened to the actor who played Jesse? I thought he was an underrated member of that cast.

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Adam Thomlison / TV Media

You're right that in a show that made a star of its lead, Jeffrey Donovan ("J. Edgar," 2011), and revived the careers of Bruce Campbell ("Army of Darkness," 1992), Gabrielle Anwar ("The Tudors") and Sharon Gless ("Cagney & Lacey"), the actor who played Jesse, who didn't join as a regular until halfway through the show's run, was a little overshadowed.

Coby Bell ("Third Watch") hasn't had as much post-"Burn Notice" success as his castmates, either. However, his profile's about to go way up. Profiles don't go much higher than those of the stars of a new Marvel TV show grounded in the X-Men universe, and Bell has a plum role in the new action series "The Gifted," due to premiere on Fox this fall. Though it won't feature any of the characters from the big-screen X-Men movies, the show is also about mutants and their persecution by fearful, bigoted humans.

Not that he necessarily needed it, but Bell may have had help getting this role from an old friend: Matt Nix, the creator and writer of "Burn Notice," is also penning "The Gifted."

Bell is likely glad to have another regular TV gig, which he hasn't had since 2015 when his syndicated dramedy series "The Game" was canceled after nine years (he moonlighted on that show while also doing "Burn Notice").

In the meantime, he's mostly been doing guest arcs in other shows, such as the Amazon series "Hand of God" in 2017 and "Mad Dogs" in 2016.

 

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