Lee Allen Tergesen 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.
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TV Shows
Red Widow, The River, Generation Kill, Wanted, Oz, Weird Science, A.M.P.E.D.
Star Sign
Cancer
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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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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) .
Desperate Housewives Special: The More You Know, the Juicier It Gets
2006
TV Movie
Peter McMillan (uncredited)
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2002
Golden Wave
Bordeaux International Festival of Women in Cinema
Best Actor (Meilleur Comédien Long Métrage)
Bark! (2002)
Known for movies
Monster (2003) as Vincent Corey
Weird Science (1994-1998) as Chett Donnelly / 'The Sci-Fi Zone' Host / Albert Einstein / Evil Clown / Number 30-0-6 / Robo-Chett / Roger de Swans / Sheriff Donnelly / The Star Spangled Butt Kicker
$2 Million
