Lee Tergesen
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Lee Tergesen | |
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Born | Lee Allen Tergesen July 8, 1965 Ivoryton, Connecticut, U.S. |
Years active | 1980–present |
Spouses |
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Children | 2 |
Website | www |
Lee Allen Tergesen (
Early life
Tergesen was born in
He did some stage work during this time. "I was doing plays all the time, but there's no money in it", Tergesen said in a 1995 Los Angeles Times article. "After graduation, I thought I'd be making a living at it."[4] He went to Los Angeles to help Fontana move into his house. While dining at a restaurant on the day after arriving in Los Angeles, a casting director and friend of Fontana's asked Tergesen if he was an actor. "He told me there was a part in this movie and at that time, I couldn't imagine what it could be," Tergesen told the L.A. Times.[4] The movie turned out to be Point Break, starring Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze.[4] "It was the beginning of me never having to do anything else but act", he told LT.com in 1990.[citation needed]
Career
Tergesen began his career with a bit role in the 1991 prime-time aired pilot Acting Sheriff.[5]
He then appeared in Wayne's World (1992)[6] and Wayne's World 2 (1993),[7] in the 1994 series Weird Science as Chester "Chett" Donnelly,[8] and had a recurring role in the first season of Homicide: Life on the Street.
He portrayed
He played an
He has appeared on stage in the Off-Broadway productions of Long Lost (2019) by Donald Margulies and Rapture, Blister, Burn in 2012 at Playwrights Horizons, among others.[11]
Personal life
Tergesen married Yuko Otomo in 2011. Their daughter was born December 5, 2012; their son was born in 2017.
Filmography
Film
Sources: tcm.com[12] allmovie.com[13]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1987 | Mind Benders | 'Crash' Hopkins | |
1991 | Point Break | 'Rosie' | |
1991 | Session Man | Neal | Short |
1992 | Wayne's World | Terry | |
1993 | Wayne's World 2 | Terry | |
1997 | George B. | Frank | |
1999 | Inferno | Luke | |
2000 | Shaft | Detective Luger | |
2001 | The Boys of Sunset Ridge | Ben Thorpe (age 33) | |
2001 | Mergers & Acquisitions | Isaac | |
2002 | Bark! | Peter | |
2003 | Monster | Vincent Corey | |
2004 | The Forgotten | Al Petalis | |
2005 | Extreme Dating | Hack | |
2006 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning | Holden | |
2008 | Pineapple | Bruce | |
2010 | Helena from the Wedding | Alex Javal | |
2011 | Silver Tongues | Gerry | |
2011 | 2ND Take | Bobby | |
2012 | Red Tails | Colonel Jack Tomlinson | |
2012 | No One Lives | Hoag | |
2012 | The Collection | Lucello | |
2014 | Desert Cathedral | Peter Collins | |
2015 | Tooken | Bryan Millers | |
2016 | Equity | Randall | |
2017 | The Yellow Birds | Jim Murphy | |
2017 | Norman Pinski Come Home | Dr. Vanderwal | Short |
Television
Source: allmovie.com[14]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1990 | Law & Order | Clemens | Episode: "Prescription for Death" |
1991 | The Killing Mind | Ron Donoho | TV film |
1991 | Acting Sheriff | Robbie | Unsold TV pilot |
1991 | Cast a Deadly Spell | Larry Willis / Lilly Sirwar | TV film |
1993–1997 | Homicide: Life on the Street | Chris Thormann | Recurring role (seasons 1, 3, 5) |
1994 | Up All Night | Chett Donnelly | Episode: "Zapped Again!/H.O.T.S." |
1994 | Philly Heat | Ivan Loki | TV series |
1994–1998 | Weird Science | Chester 'Chett' Donnelly | Main role |
1995 | JAG | Gunnery Sergeant Gentry | Episode: "Brig Break" |
1996 | Hudson Street | Larry Fetchko | Episode: "In the Line of Duty" |
1996 | Duckman | Chester 'Chett' Donnelly (voice) | Episode: "Color of Naught" |
1997 | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show | Carter | Episode: "Honey, the House Is Trying to Kill Us" |
1997 | Cracker
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Dan Green | Episode: "Sons and Lovers" |
1997–2003 | Oz | Tobias Beecher | Recurring role (season 1), main (seasons 2–6) |
1998 | Touched by an Angel | Blake Chapman | Episode: "Lady of the Lake" |
1999 | Saturday Night Live | Tobias Beecher | Episode: "Jerry Seinfeld/David Bowie" |
2000 | The Beat | Steve Dorigan | Recurring role |
2001 | Wild Iris | Lud Van Eppy | TV film |
2001 | Shot in the Heart | Frank Gilmore Jr. | TV film |
2002 | Third Watch | Jared McKinley | Episode: "Sex, Lies & Videotape" |
2002 | Hack | Carl Ginley | Episode: "Pilot" |
2003 | Queens Supreme | Tommy Ryan | Episode: "One Angry Man" |
2003 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Keith Ramsey | Episode: "Baggage" |
2004 | A Thief of Time | Randall Elliot | TV film |
2004 | The 4400 | Oliver Knox | Episode: "Becoming" |
2005 | The Exonerated | Walter Rhodes | TV film |
2005 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Martin Hawkins | Episode: "Compulsion" |
2005 | Rescue Me
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'Sully' Sullivan | Episodes: "Voicemail", "Harmony", "Balls" |
2005 | Law & Order | Attorney Heller | Episode: "Ghosts" |
2005 | Wanted | Eddie Drake | Main role |
2006 | Desperate Housewives | Peter McMillan | Guest role (season 2) |
2006 | The Unit | Alex Deckard | Episode: "Extreme Rendition" |
2006 | Southern Comfort | 'Blue' | TV film |
2007 | Masters of Horror | Layne | Episode: "We All Scream for Ice Cream" |
2007 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Josh Lemle | Episode: "30" |
2007 | Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | Daniel Royer | TV film |
2007 | Cane | Lamont Samuels | Episode: "Pilot" |
2007 | A.M.P.E.D. | Brian Spicer | TV film |
2008 | Generation Kill | Evan 'Scribe' Wright | TV miniseries |
2008 | Life on Mars
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Lee Crocker | Episodes: "The Real Adventures of the Unreal Sam Tyler", "The Man Who Sold the World" |
2009 | Cupid | Clint | Episode: "The Great Right Hope" |
2009 | The New Adventures of Old Christine | Todd Watski | Episodes: "Notes on a 7th Grade Scandal", "The Old Maid of Honor" |
2009 | The Closer | Detective Nick Carey | Episode: "Products of Discovery" |
2009 | Royal Pains | Zack Kingsley | Episode: "The Honeymoon's Over" |
2009 | House | Roy | Episode: " Instant Karma "
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2009 | Criminal Minds | Dale Shrader | Episode: "Retaliation" |
2010 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Billy Skags | Episode: "Savior" |
2010 | Lie to Me | Gordon Cook | Episode: "Black and White" |
2010, 2015 | Castle | Marcus Gates | Episodes: "3XK", "Reckoning" |
2010–2011 | Army Wives | Officer Clayton Boone | Recurring role (seasons 4–5) |
2011 | Law & Order: LA | Patrick Denton | Episode: "Big Rock Mesa" |
2012 | A Gifted Man | Paul Curtis | Episode: "In Case of Letting Go" |
2012 | The River
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Russ Landry | Episodes: "Peaches", "Dr. Emmet Cole" |
2012 | The Big C | Kirby | Recurring role (season 3) |
2013 | Red Widow | Mike Tomlin | Main role |
2013 | Drop Dead Diva | Sid Penar | Episode: "The Real Jane" |
2013 | Copper | Philomen Keating | Episodes: "I Defy Thee to Forget", "A Morning Song" |
2013 | Person of Interest | Detective Peterson | Episode: "The Crossing" |
2013–2014 | Longmire | Ed Gorksi | Recurring role (seasons 1–3) |
2014 | The Following | Kurt | Episode: "Sacrifice" |
2014 | The Americans | Andrew Larrick | Recurring role (season 2) |
2014 | Forever | Hans Koehler | Episode: "Pilot" |
2014 | The Blacklist
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Frank Hyland | Episodes: "Lord Baltimore", "Dr. Linus Creel" |
2014 | Hawaii Five-0 | Gordon Bristol | Episode: "Ka No'eau" |
2014 | Alpha House | Colonel Eugene Drake | Episodes: "The Contest", "Shelter in Place", "The Nuptials" |
2014 | American Horror Story: Freak Show | Vince | Episodes: "Bullseye", "Test of Strength", "Blood Bath" |
2015 | Defiance | General Rahm Tak | Recurring role (season 3) |
2016 | NCIS: New Orleans | Mike Spar | Episode: "Father's Day" |
2016 | High Maintenance | Leo | Episode: "Museebat" |
2016 | The Strain | Tardi | Episodes: "First Born", "Gone But Not Forgotten", "The Battle of Central Park" |
2016 | Elementary | Cray Fielder | Episode: "Folie a Deux" |
2016 | Blindspot | Patrick O'Malley | Episode: "Condone Untidiest Thefts" |
2016–2017 | The Get Down | Inspector Moach | Episodes: "Seek Those Who Fan Your Flames", "Only from Exile Can We Come Home" |
2016–2017 | Outcast | Blake Morrow | Guest role (seasons 1–2) |
2016–2017 | Power | Bailey Markham | Episodes: "In My Best Interest", "The Kind of Man You Are", "We're in This Together" |
2017 | Doubt | Michael Slater | Episode: "Pilot" |
2017–2018 | Gone | Mel Foster | Recurring role |
2018 | Jack Ryan | Stanley | Episode: "Black 22" |
2018 | The Purge | Joe Owens | Main role |
2018 | Daredevil | Paxton Page | 2 episodes |
2019 | Bull | Prosecutor | Episode: "Into the Mystic" (season 4) |
2019 | Watchmen | 'Mr. Shadow' | Episode: "She Was Killed by Space Junk" |
2021 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Erik Garrison | Episode: "What Can Happen in the Dark" |
2022 | The Equalizer | Deputy Barnes | Episode: "D.W.B" |
2022 | A Friend of the Family | Mr. Horstman | Episode: "Son of Perdition" |
Awards and nominations
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Year | Association | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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1997 | Online Film & Television Association | Best Drama Series | Homicide: Life on the Streets | Nominated |
1998 | Online Film & Television Association | Best Ensemble in a Cable Series | Oz | Nominated |
2002 | Bordeaux International Festival of Women in Cinema | Golden Wave for Best Actor | Bark! | Won |
2007 | Online Film & Television Association | Best Ensemble of a Motion Picture or Miniseries | Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee[15] | Won |
2008 | Online Film & Television Association | Best Ensemble of a Motion Picture or Miniseries | Generation Kill | Won |
2017 | Best Shorts Competition | Award of Excellence for Actor Supporting | Norman Pinksi Come Home | Won |
2017 | IndieFEST Film Awards | Award of Merit for Supporting Actor | Norman Pinski Come Home | Won |
References
- ^ ""Generation Kill" star Lee Tergesen talks about his fans". Knoxville News Sentinel. July 11, 2008. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
- ^ "Star of Desert Cathedral, Lee Tergesen at the 2015 LESFF". Lower East Side Film Festival. June 20, 2015. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
- ^ a b c "Alumnus Lee Tergesen To Speak at AMDA NY SUMMER 2013 Graduation" amda.edu, October 5, 2013
- ^ a b c Mendoza, N. F. "WITH AN EYE ON . . . : Lee Tergesen knows first-hand how 'Weird' the path is to acting" Los Angeles Times, April 30, 1995
- ^ Starr, Michael (August 27, 2005). "The edge of night; "Wanted" man in another gritty role". New York Post. p. 73. Retrieved September 17, 2008.
- ^ Wayne's World tcm.com, retrieved June 2, 2019
- ^ Wayne's World 2 tcm.com, retrieved June 2, 2019
- ^ "Weird Science TV" tv.com, retrieved June 2, 2019
- ^ "Oz Season 1". Metacritic. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
- ^ Lee Tergesen, Generation Kill, leetergesen.com; accessed September 28, 2016.
- ^ "Tergesen Off-Broadway" Internet Off-Broadway database, retrieved June 2, 2019
- ^ "Lee Tergesen Filmography" tcm.com, retrieved June 2, 2019
- ^ "Tergesen Filmography" allmovie.com, retrieved June 2, 2019
- ^ "Tergesen Other" allmovie.com, retrieved June 2, 2019
- ^ "2006-07: THE SEASON OF 'Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee'" ofta.oscarguy.com, retrieved June 2, 2019
External links
- Official website
- Lee Tergesen at IMDb