Jack Carter is sharp and charming, with a quick wit and a street-smart edge. Dedicated first and foremost to his career, his separation from his wife has left him at odds with his teenage daughter, Zoe, whose brushes with the law have kept Carter nearly as busy as his day job. In fact, after one of Zoe's escapades, Carter had been driving her home to Los Angeles from Seattle when their car crashed outside the town of Eureka, setting in motion a sequence of events that resulted in him becoming the town's sheriff.
The chronically overworked sheriff faces critical changes in Season 4. Some, like daughter Zoe's departure for Harvard, were expected. Others, including the appearance of a new rival for Allison's attention, were not. But, no matter how things change in Eureka, one thing remains the same: Carter will continue rescuing the town from its own brilliantly created mishaps.
Born in Montreal, Colin Ferguson grew up in Hong Kong, England, Connecticut and Toronto. He got into improv comedy to make money to put himself through McGill University, and was a founding member of Detroit's Second City comedy club while still in school.
Ferguson worked in a variety of occupations before he turned to acting full-time. He taught high school when he was only 19, planted 3,000 trees a day in the Canadian north and even worked as a mannequin in store windows. When he worked for General Electric on the assembly line at several factories, he never imagined that he would work for the company again as an actor. Ferguson appeared in the romantic comedy Because I Said So, with Diane Keaton and Mandy Moore, and in the television movie The House Next Door opposite Lara Flynn Boyle.
His feature-film credits also include Rowing Through, The Opposite of Sex, Guy in Row Five and The Surprise Party. He was a regular on the NBC remake of the hit British comedy series Coupling and the ABC sitcom Then Came You. His many guest-starring roles include Line of Fire, Malcolm in the Middle, Crossing Jordan, Becker and Titus.
Every Sunday for the last five years (when he's not on location), Ferguson has gotten together with the same group of guys to play street hockey behind a local church. His love of travel has taken him to exotic destinations around the world, and he recently bought an old house which he is renovating himself.
