Lee Tergesen

Lee Tergesen

actor, soundtrack

Lee Tergesen was born on Jul 08, 1965 in USA. Lee Tergesen's big-screen debut came with The Killing Mind directed by Michael Ray Rhodes in 1991, strarring Ron Donoho. Lee Tergesen is known for A Friend of the Family directed by Rachel Goldberg, Jake Lacy stars as Robert 'B' Berchtold and Colin Hanks as Bob Broberg. The most recent award Lee Tergesen achieved is Best Shorts Competition. The upcoming new tvshow Lee Tergesen plays is A Friend of the Family - Season 1 which will be released on Oct 06, 2022.

He was born on July 8, 1965 in Ivoryton, Connecticut and is a graduate of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. His brother, Chris Tergesen, is a music supervisor and music editor. Lee has been married three times and has been married to Yuko Otomo, an art therapist, since 2011. They have a daughter, Lily, born in 2012.While working as a waiter, he did his first stage work in New York. He landed his first major movie parts in Point Break - Extrême limite (1991), Wayne's World (1992) and Wayne's World 2 (1993). In 1993, he played a recurring character, Chris Thormann, on Homicide (1993). Next year, he got a starring role as Chett Donnelly on Code Lisa (1994), which lasted until 1998. In 1997, he got another starring tv role on HBO's Oz (1997), as Tobias Beecher. It lasted until 2003.Since Oz, he has appeared mostly on tv. He has had recurring or starring roles on Rescue me, les héros du 11 septembre (2004), Wanted (2005), Desperate Housewives (2004), Génération Kill (2008), American wives (2007), The Big C (2010), Red Widow (2013), Longmire (2012), The Americans (2013), Alpha House (2013) and American Horror Story (2011). After the Wayne's World movies, he has appeared in movies like Shaft (2000), Monster (2003), Mémoire effacée (2004), Massacre à la tronçonneuse: Le commencement (2006), Silver Tongues (2011), L'Escadron Red Tails (2012) and The Collection (2012).Lee has also been busy in commercials. His "I love you, man!" line from Wayne's World (1992) was used by Budweiser in its beer commercials. Between 2003-2004, he provided the voice-over in Advil's commercials. Between 2011-2012, he provided the voice-over of TV commercials in Ally Bank's "People Sense" ad campaign.

  • Birthday

    Jul 08, 1965
  • Place of Birth

    Ivoryton, Connecticut, USA
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Awards

3 wins & 0 nominations

Best Shorts Competition
2017
Actor Supporting
Winner - Award of Excellence
Norman Pinski Come Home (2017)
IndieFEST Film Awards
2017
Supporting Actor
Winner - Award of Merit
Norman Pinski Come Home (2017)
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