
Lee Tergesen
Known for Acting · 124 credits
- Born
- 1965-07-08 (age 60)
- Place of birth
- Ivoryton, Connecticut, USA
Biography
Tergesen was born in Ivoryton, Connecticut and graduated from Valley Regional High School in nearby Deep River. He moved to New York to try to become an actor. He graduated from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA)'s two-year program in Manhattan, where, from 1986 to 1989, he worked at the Empire Diner.
Known For
TV Shows (72)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Erik Garrison / Billy Skags

Law & Order
1990
as Clemens / Defense Attorney Heller

Criminal Minds
2005
as Dale Shrader

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Martin Hawkins

The Blacklist
2013
as Frank Hyland

House
2004
as Roy Randall

Tracker
2024
as Ashton Shaw

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Josh Lemle / Keith Ramsey

Castle
2009
as Marcus Gates

Chicago P.D.
2014
as Richard Beck

Desperate Housewives
2004
as Peter McMillan

FBI
2018
as Marshal Brad Kimble

Person of Interest
2011
as Detective Petersen

Hawaii Five-0
2010
as Gordon Bristol

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
2018
as Stanley Kowalski

Saturday Night Live
1975
as Tobias Beecher (uncredited)

American Horror Story
2011
as Vince

ER
1994
as Demerol Junkie

JAG
1995
as Gentry

Elementary
2012
as Cray Fielder

The Closer
2005
as Detective Nick Carey

Marvel's Daredevil
2015
as Paxton Page (voice)

The Strain
2014
as Tardi

Third Watch
1999
as Jared McKinley

Blindspot
2015
as Patrick O'Malley

The Good Fight
2017
as Mr. Pezner

Touched by an Angel
1994
as Blake Chapman

Bull
2016
as ADA Lawrence Charles

The Americans
2013
as Andrew Larrick

New Amsterdam
2018
as Robert Wilkinson

Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
as Officer Chris Thormann

Oz
1997
as Tobias Beecher

Rescue Me
2004
as Sully

The Unit
2006
as Alex Deckard

Longmire
2012
as Ed Gorski

Lie to Me
2009
as Gordon Cook

The Equalizer
2021
as Deputy Barnes

Army Wives
2007
as Officer Boone

The Following
2013
as Kurt Bolen

The 4400
2004
as Oliver Knox

Royal Pains
2009
as Zach Kingsley

Duckman
1994
as Chett Donnelly (voice)

Masters of Horror
2005

The New Adventures of Old Christine
2006
as Todd Watski

Law & Order: LA
2010
as Patrick Denton

Forever
2014
as Hans Koehler

Accused
2023
as Rob

Black Bird
2022
as Roger Nevins

Hack
2002
as Carl Ginley

Weird Science
1994
as Chett Donnelly

Watchmen
2019
as Mister Shadow

The Purge
2018
as Joe Owens

Life on Mars
2008
as Lee Crocker

East New York
2022
as US Marshall David Westlake

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show
1997

Reunited Apart
2020
as Self

Alpha House
2013
as Colonel Eugene Drake

Generation Kill
2008
as Evan Wright

Kings
2009
as Minister of Health

Gone
2018
as Mel Foster
Movies (52)

Point Break
1991
as Rosie

The Forgotten
2004
as Al Petalis

Shaft
2000
as Luger

Monster
2003
as Vincent Corey

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
2006
as Holden

Wayne's World
1992
as Terry

Inferno
1999
as Luke

Red Tails
2012
as Colonel Jack Tomlinson

The Collection
2012
as Lucello

Wayne's World 2
1993
as Terry

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
2007
as Daniel Royer

No One Lives
2013
as Hoag

Cast a Deadly Spell
1991
as Larry Willis / Lilly Sirwar

Tooken
2015
as Bryan Millers

Equity
2016
as Randall

Extreme Dating
2004
as Hack

The Yellow Birds
2018
as Jim Murphy

Diamonds
1999
as Border Guard

Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel
2007
as Self

Shot in the Heart
2001
as Frank Gilmore, Jr.

Session Man
1991
as Neal

The Exonerated
2006
as Walter Rhodes

Bark!
2002
as Peter
Southern Comfort
2006
as Blue

Mind Benders
1987
as Crash Hopkins

George B.
1997
as Frank

We All Scream for Ice Cream
2007
as Layne

Darkness Before Dawn
1993
as Dino

A Thief Of Time
2004
as Randall Elliot

The Killing Mind
1991
as Ron Donoho

Silver Tongues
2011
as Gerry

Helena from the Wedding: Cast Interviews
2011
as Self

2nd Take
2011
as Bobby

Wild Iris
2001
as Lud van Eppy

Helena from the Wedding
2010
as Alex

Pineapple
2006
as Bruce
Starwater
2001

Zo
2024
as Tobias Beecher

The Boys of Sunset Ridge
2001
as Ben Thorpe at 33
The Parable of the Disappearing Recliner
2017
as The Man

Acting Sheriff
1991
as Robbie

Cabin Girl
2023
as Sheriff Mason

Mergers & Acquisitions
2001
as Isaac

Church
1997
as Todd

Norman Pinski Come Home
2017
as Dr. Vanderwal

The Purge: Behind the Series
2018
as Self
Pellett
as Clem Pellett

Making Generation Kill
2008
as Himself
The Wrong Road
2025
as Peter

Desert Cathedral
2014
as Peter Collins

Into The Dark
2015
as 33963
The Next Play
as Glen
About Lee Tergesen
Tergesen was born in Ivoryton, Connecticut and graduated from Valley Regional High School in nearby Deep River. He moved to New York to try to become an actor. He graduated from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA)'s two-year program in Manhattan, where, from 1986 to 1989, he worked at the Empire Diner. With 124 credits spanning from 1975 to 2025, Lee Tergesen has appeared in 52 films and 72 TV shows.
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Most Popular Lee Tergesen Movies
- Point Break (1991) — as Rosie
- The Forgotten (2004) — as Al Petalis
- Shaft (2000) — as Luger
- Monster (2003) — as Vincent Corey
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006) — as Holden
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