Edward Wilkes Dunn (born June 19, 1980) is a former American actor best known for his portrayal of Duncan Kane in the Rob Thomas television series Veronica Mars.

He attended Phillips Academy, a preparatory high school in Andover, Massachusetts, and graduated in 1999.

At Phillips Academy, Dunn became involved in theatre, playing the role of Jerry in Edward Albee's The Zoo Story and the lead character of Alceste in Molière's The Misanthrope, directed by Kevin Heelan.

[citation needed] Dunn attended Northwestern University, where he studied theatre and political science.

[2][3] Prior to that he was a law clerk to federal district judge William J. Martini of New Jersey, a litigation associate at Dechert LLP, and a legal intern for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the office of the attorney general of Massachusetts.