Lee Tergesen | Rotten Tomatoes (2024)

Highest Rated: 83% Shot in the Heart (2001)

Lowest Rated: 14% Bark! (2002)

Birthday: Jul 8, 1965

Birthplace: Ivoryton, Connecticut, USA

A brown-haired actor of medium build with malleable good looks that lent credence to portrayals of all-American charmers as well as sinister psychopaths, Lee Tergesen has enjoyed a varied career, snagging roles he has certainly made the most of since his debut in the early 1990s, not the least of which was his shockingly candid turn on the HBO series "Oz" (1997-2003). A graduate of Manhattan's American Musical and Dramatic Academy, this Connecticut native acted on the NYC stage and waited tables in the city in the late 1980s, where and when he was spotted by writer-producer Tom Fontana. With a 1990 episode of NBC's "Law & Order" to his credit, Tergesen relocated to Los Angeles for a Fontana-aided role in the surfers-as-bank-robbers action flick "Point Break" (1991) and proceeded to get parts in television-premiered projects including Lifetime's "The Killing Mind" and the HBO-screened thriller "Cast a Deadly Spell."

Highest rated movies

83% 70% Shot in the Heart 82% 52% Equity 82% 81% Monster 79% 84% Wayne's World 67% 41% Shaft 50% 25% Helena From the Wedding 46% 42% No One Lives 44% 37% The Yellow Birds

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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cabin Girl Sheriff Mason (Character) - 2023
44% 37% The Yellow Birds Jim Murphy (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Parable of the Disappearing Recliner Frank (Character) - 2017
82% 52% Equity Randall (Character) $1.6M 2016
No Score Yet 21% Tooken Brian Millers (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Desert Cathedral Peter Collins (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Into the Dark 33963 (Character) - 2014
46% 42% No One Lives Hoag (Character) $72.1K 2012
37% 49% The Collection Lucello (Character) $6.8M 2012
40% 57% Red Tails Maj. Col. Jack Tomilson (Character) $49.9M 2012
No Score Yet 40% 2nd Take Bobby (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet 67% Silver Tongues Gerry (Character) - 2011
50% 25% Helena From the Wedding Alex (Character) - 2010
15% 53% The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning Holden (Character) $39.5M 2006
No Score Yet 28% Extreme Dating Hack (Character) - 2004
82% 81% Monster Vincent Corey (Character) $34.5M 2003
14% 57% Bark! Peter (Character) - 2002
83% 70% Shot in the Heart Frank Gilmore Jr. (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wild Iris Lud van Eppy (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Unknown (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet 50% The Boys of Sunset Ridge Ben Thorpe at age 33 (Character) - 2001
67% 41% Shaft Luger (Character) $70.3M 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet George B. Frank (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Shot Unknown (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet 71% Darkness Before Dawn Unknown (Character) - 1993
79% 84% Wayne's World Terry (Character) $120.1M 1992
No Score Yet 33% The Killing Mind Ron Donoho (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Session Man Neal (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alien High Crash Hopkins (Character) - 1989

TV

Credit
No Score Yet 88% Chicago P.D. Richard Beck (Guest Star) 2023
88% 86% East New York US Marshal David Westlake (Guest Star) 2022
No Score Yet 50% New Amsterdam Robert Wilkinson (Guest Star) 2022
78% 83% Counselor Erik Garrison (Guest Star) 2021
No Score Yet 61% Bull ADA Lawrence Charles (Guest Star) 2019
No Score Yet 79% Madam Secretary Governor Richard Barker (Guest Star) 2018-2019
42% 71% The Purge Joe (Character) 2018
81% 81% Power Bailey Markham (Guest Star) 2016-2017
55% 76% Doubt Unknown (Guest Star) 2017
95% 89% Elementary Unknown (Guest Star) 2016
98% 82% High Maintenance Leo (Guest Star) 2016
No Score Yet 64% NCIS: New Orleans Unknown (Guest Star) 2016
77% 85% Defiance Rahm Tak (Character) 2015
77% 66% American Horror Story Vince (Guest Star) 2014
No Score Yet 69% Hawaii Five-0 Unknown (Guest Star) 2014
91% 79% The Blacklist Frank Hyland (Guest Star) 2014
57% 92% Forever Unknown (Guest Star) 2014
88% 92% Longmire Ed Gorski (Guest Star) 2013-2014
96% 94% The Americans Andrew Larrick (Guest Star) 2014
58% 66% The Following Unknown (Guest Star) 2014
81% 78% Copper Unknown (Guest Star) 2013
78% 60% Drop Dead Diva Sid Penar (Guest Star) 2013
24% 62% Red Widow Mike Tomlin (Character) 2013
63% 60% The River Russ Landry (Guest Star) 2012
66% 75% A Gifted Man Paul Curtis (Guest Star) 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Army Wives Officer Boone (Guest Star) 2010-2011
82% 87% Castle Marcus Gates (Guest Star) 2010
No Score Yet 86% Lie to Me Gordon Cook (Guest Star) 2010
No Score Yet 83% Criminal Minds Unknown (Guest Star) 2009
90% 96% House Roy (Guest Star) 2009
94% 78% Royal Pains Zack Kingsley (Guest Star) 2009
No Score Yet 100% Kings Unknown (Guest Star) 2009
83% 84% The Closer Detective Nick Carey (Guest Star) 2009
89% 77% The New Adventures of Old Christine Unknown (Guest Star) 2009
43% No Score Yet Cupid Clint (Guest Star) 2009
No Score Yet No Score Yet Life on Mars Unknown (Guest Star) 2008
86% 92% Generation Kill Unknown (Character) 2008
55% No Score Yet Cane Unknown (Guest Star) 2007
No Score Yet 72% Josh Lemle (Guest Star) 2003 2007
63% 79% Masters of Horror Unknown (Character) 2007
85% 75% The Unit Unknown (Guest Star) 2006
72% 88% Desperate Housewives Peter McMillan (Guest Star) 2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wanted U.S. Marshall Eddie Drake (Character) 2005
No Score Yet 83% Unknown (Guest Star) 2005
No Score Yet 80% CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Unknown (Guest Star) 2005
73% No Score Yet The Handler Unknown (Guest Star) 2003
93% 95% Oz Tobias "Toby" Beecher (Character),
Unknown (Guest Star)
1997-2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet Queens Supreme Unknown (Guest Star) 2003
No Score Yet 85% ER Demerol Junkie (Guest Star) 2002
20% No Score Yet Hack Unknown (Guest Star) 2002
92% No Score Yet The Beat Unknown (Guest Star) 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Touched by an Angel Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Weird Science Chett Donnelly/Roger de Swans (Character) 1994-1998
54% No Score Yet Hudson Street Unknown (Guest Star) 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet JAG Unknown (Guest Star) 1995
91% 89% Homicide: Life on the Street Unknown (Guest Star) 1993
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