ACTOR · FROM IVORYTON, USA

Lee Tergesen

Born 1965 · 61 years old117 credits since 19872 coming up

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ABOUT LEE

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.

Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.

Born8 July 1965

BirthplaceIvoryton, USA

Known forActing

On Cineora88 of 116 titles

Known for

The titles people know Lee from.

Series

American Horror Story

2011–IMDb7.9

Movie

Monster

2003IMDb7.3

Series

Desperate Housewives

2004–2012IMDb7.7

Series

The Americans

2013–2018IMDb8.4

Series

1997–2003IMDb8.7

Series

The Strain

2014–2017IMDb7.3

Series

Generation Kill

2008IMDb8.4

Movie

The Collection

2012IMDb6.1

Series

Chicago P.D.

2014–IMDb8.1

Series

Longmire

2012–2017IMDb8.3

Series

Rescue Me

2004–2011IMDb8.3

Movie

No One Lives

2013IMDb6.0

Coming up

What Lee is working on next.

The Next Playas GlenDate to be announced
Pellettas Clem PellettDate to be announced

Career

IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.

Titles on Cineora: 88
Average IMDb: 7.1
Highest rated: HouseIMDb 8.7
Working since: 1987

Size: how widely seen

Filmography

117 credits

The 2020s

10 titles · IMDb 6.8 on average

The Wrong Road

Not on Cineora

The Wrong Road

2025

as Peter

Not on Cineora

2024

as Tobias Beecher

Series

Tracker

2024–IMDb7.2

as Ashton Shaw · 1 episode

Movie

Cabin Girl

2023IMDb4.6

as Sheriff Mason

Series

Accused

2023–2024IMDb7.0

as Rob · 1 episode

Series

A Friend of the Family

2022IMDb7.3

as Mr. Horstmann · 2 episodes

Series

East New York

2022–2023IMDb7.3

as US Marshall David Westlake · 1 episode

Series

Black Bird

2022IMDb8.1

as Roger Nevins · 1 episode

The 2010s

38 titles · IMDb 7.2 on average

Series

Watchmen

2019IMDb8.2

as Mister Shadow · 1 episode

Series

New Amsterdam

2018–2023IMDb7.9

as Robert Wilkinson · 1 episode

Series

FBI

2018–IMDb7.1

as Marshal Brad Kimble · 1 episode

Series

The Purge

2018–2019IMDb6.6

as Joe Owens · 10 episodes

Series

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan

2018–2023IMDb8.0

as Stanley Kowalski · 1 episode

Movie

The Yellow Birds

2018IMDb5.8

as Jim Murphy

Series

Gone

2018IMDb7.1

as Mel Foster · 6 episodes

Not on Cineora

Norman Pinski Come Home

2017

as Dr. Vanderwal

The 2000s

42 titles · IMDb 7.3 on average

Series

Royal Pains

2009–2016IMDb7.2

as Zach Kingsley · 1 episode

Series

Cupid

2009IMDb7.1

as Clint · 1 episode

Series

Kings

2009IMDb8.1

as Minister of Health · 1 episode

Series

Castle

2009–2016IMDb8.1

as Marcus Gates · 2 episodes

Series

Lie to Me

2009–2011IMDb8.0

as Gordon Cook · 1 episode

Series

Life on Mars

2008–2009IMDb7.5

as Lee Crocker · 2 episodes

Series

Generation Kill

2008IMDb8.4

as Evan Wright · 7 episodes

Series

Cane

2007IMDb7.1

as Lamont Samuels · 1 episode

The 1990s

25 titles · IMDb 7.0 on average

Movie

Diamonds

1999IMDb5.4

as Border Guard

Movie

Inferno

1999IMDb5.2

as Luke

Series

Third Watch

1999–2005IMDb8.0

as Jared McKinley · 1 episode

Series

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999–IMDb8.1

as Erik Garrison · 1 episode

The Hoop Life

Not on Cineora

The Hoop Life

1999

1 episode

Series

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show

1997–2000IMDb6.0

1 episode

Series

Cracker

1997–1999IMDb6.2

1 episode

Series

1997–2003IMDb8.7

as Tobias Beecher · 56 episodes

The 1980s

1 title

Not on Cineora

Mind Benders

1987

as Crash Hopkins

Often works with

The people who keep turning up in Lee’s titles.

Dick WolfCreator · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Chicago P.D. and 4 more

Chris NothLaw & Order: Criminal Intent, The Equalizer and 1 more

Andre BraugherThe Good Fight, Homicide: Life on the Street and 1 more

Ruben Santiago-HudsonCastle, Shaft and 1 more

John AsherWeird Science, Tooken and 1 more

Ramin DjawadiComposer · Person of Interest, Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan and 1 more

Atli ÖrvarssonComposer · Chicago P.D., FBI and 1 more