- Jeffrey Babcock is an actor and publisher. He appears frequently on television. His most recent appearance is on this season of Leverage on TNT. He also is the publisher of a widely read and respected newsletter that tracks his thoughts on finance, health and the humor of daily life.
Previously, he worked as a financial correspondent in New York with ABC-TV, The Wall St. Journal, WBNS TV Columbus OH, KIRO TV Seattle WA, KATU TV Portland OR. He was also employed by Straight Arrow Publishing, the publisher of Rolling Stone Magazine. What he misses most about living in New York is the commute. He lived on the Upper West Side and rode a bicycle to work most days.
A native of Minnesota, Jeffrey Babcock graduated from Duluth East High School. After attending the University of Minnesota for one memorably cold year, he moved to the slightly warmer climes of Toronto, Ontario where he graduated from Vanier College, York University with a Bachelor of Arts in United States and Canadian history. He worked several summers during University on the Duluth Missabe and Iron Range Railway. One beautiful summer in Canada he was employed by the Province of Ontario, working on canal boats on the waterfront of Lake Ontario at Ontario Place.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Jeffrey Babcock (see jeffreybabcock.com)
- Worked his way through college as a track laborer for the Duluth Missabi & Iron Range railway (DM&IR), as well as driving canal boats in the Toronto, Ontario harbor at Ontario Place. In addition he spent nearly 20 years as a senior investment manager with the asset management group of Smith Barney.
His daughter Taylor is a well known amateur golfer who is attending university in Miami, playing for the highly ranked Barry University's Women's team.
He met his wife of over twenty years while reporting a story for WBNS TV in Columbus, Ohio. He asked her out on the air and married her six months later.
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