Burgess Jenkins

Birth Name:

Burgess Jenkins

Birth Place:

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

Profession

Actor, Director, Producer

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․"
Best known for his role as Ray Budds in "Remember the Titans" and as Eddie Hall in "Army Wives․"
He is a member of AFTRA and the Screen Actors Guild and is represented by Kritzer Levine Wilkins Griffin Nilon
In his spare time, he plays flag football and golf and enjoys reading

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