Lee Tergesen Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Lee Allen Tergesen (born July 8, 1965) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Tobias Beecher in HBO's prison drama Oz and as Evan Wright in Generation Kill.
Full Name
Lee Tergesen
Net Worth
$17 Million
Date Of Birth
July 8, 1965
Place Of Birth
Ivoryton, Connecticut, USA
Height
1.8 m
Profession
Actor
Education
Valley Regional High School, American Musical and Dramatic Academy
Nationality
American
Spouse
Yuko Otomo, Leslie Howitt, Tanya Lewis
Children
Lily Tergesen
Parents
Ruth Tergesen, George Tergesen
Siblings
Chris Tergesen
Nicknames
Lee Tergesen, Tergesen, Lee
IMDB
Movies
The Collection, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, No One Lives, Wayne's World, Point Break, Tooken, Red Tails, Wayne's World 2, Helena from the Wedding, Monster, Shaft, The Forgotten, Silver Tongues, Shot in the Heart, Desert Cathedral, Extreme Dating, Darkness Before Dawn, We All Scream f...
TV Shows
Red Widow, The River, Generation Kill, Wanted, Oz, Weird Science, A.M.P.E.D.
Star Sign
Cancer
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Quote
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Before I did Weird Science I definitely wasn't thinking, 'Oh my God, I'd LOVE to do a series for four years where I got to be a loud, obnoxious, militaristic asshole!' And certainly when I finished that, I didn't think, 'Oh man, if I could play a lawyer-turned-convict who gets anally raped and learns to love it...'
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[About which is the better kisser: his real-life wife, or co-star Christopher Meloni] "Definitely Meloni. When I kiss my wife, I don't see any cash."
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Fact
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Recently played the role of a gay soldier on two unrelated TV shows - The Americans and [error].
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He married Yuko Otomo in 2011 in Japan. Their daughter Lily was born on December 5, 2012.
On Oz (1997), his character Beecher feuded with neo-Nazis in prison. In Shaft (2000), John Shaft (Samuel L. Jackson) calls Tergesen's character Lugar "a Nazi with a badge" for being somewhat racist towards black criminals.
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Is a graduate of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA) in New York City.
He has no feeling in one of his index fingers. He lost it while banging his hands on the prisons bars in his first scene as Tobias Beecher on Oz (1997) .
