Burgess Jenkins Biography

Fast Facts

• Founder of the charity Children's Cancer Patient Support, which he started in his grandfather's name
• Was nominated for a Boston Film Festival Award for Best Actor for "In/Significant Others" in 2009
• Studied Psychology in graduate school, during which time he signed with a local talent agency, and later studied under Bob Carnegie and Jeff Goldblum at Playhouse West
• Quote: "I like the rawness, the newness, of the individual scene․ There's something raw and visceral about creating a character from the ground up․"
• He is a member of AFTRA and the Screen Actors Guild and is represented by Kritzer Levine Wilkins Griffin Nilon
• Best known for his role as Ray Budds in "Remember the Titans" and as Eddie Hall in "Army Wives․"
• In his spare time, he plays flag football and golf and enjoys reading