What To Know
- Jeff Kober revealed he was the third actor cast as assassin Conrad Haas on 24 because of Kiefer Sutherland.
- Kober described how production had already filmed scenes with the previous actors, so his work focused on close-ups and dialogue.
- Despite Sutherland’s intense on-set presence, Kober recalled a moment when Sutherland thanked him warmly after filming their final scene together.
Jeff Kober recently recalled the unexpected reason he replaced two actors on 24 — and it had to do with Kiefer Sutherland.
During an AV Club interview published on August 19, Kober, 72, opened up about his experience on the show. The Pitt star played an assassin named Conrad Haas during a Season 5 episode of 24 that aired in 2006.
“I was the third actor in that role,” Kober pointed out. “I got called in to go do this role — I’m going to assassinate the president — and there were these scenes that we were only shooting from one angle, and I was, like, ‘What’s going on?’ And they said, ‘Well, we already shot everything from behind your character and all the long shots of your character, but…those actors didn’t work out.’ So we’re just gonna do your close-ups and your dialogue with you.”
While filming, Kober said that people kept approaching him and asking if he was OK and if everything was all right.
“And what they were all worried about was that apparently they were afraid that I wouldn’t be able to hang in with Kiefer [Sutherland],” he explained. “Because that’s what happened with these other actors, apparently: They were intimidated by him. And I’d learned how to just work with whoever you work with.”
In Kober’s character’s final scene, he had been shot — and Sutherland’s character, Jack Bauer, promised he would get him medical attention in exchange for information. (Spoiler: Haas divulged, but Bauer left him to die anyway.)
“When we finished that scene, I’m laying there just covered with blood and guts, and I’ve got to wait for them to get me out of the mess, and Kiefer is walking across the lot, back to this trailer,” Kober detailed, noting that Sutherland suddenly remembered something and came back to him.
“He turns and runs back and shakes my hand and says, ‘Thanks so much for coming in! Great job!’ Kober e shared. “It was just that he was in character the whole time, and his character was so intense that apparently the other guys just weren’t able to hang with it.”
24 aired for eight seasons from 2001 to 2010. In addition to Sutherland, it starred Mary Lynn Rajskub, Carlos Bernard, Dennis Haysbert, Elisha Cuthbert, James Morrison, Reiko Aylesworth, and more.
Meanwhile, Kober has been nominated for a 2026 Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Duke Ekins in The Pitt.
24, streaming on Hulu and Disney+
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