Lee Tergesen

Birth Name:

Lee Tergesen

Birth Place:

Ivoryton, Connecticut, United States

Profession

Actor, Soundtrack

Won the 2002 Bordeaux International Festival of Women in Cinema Award for Best Actor
Moved to New York City at 18-years-old where he soon began training at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy
In 1994, he got married to screen actress Tanya Lewis
Met and befriended "Oz" series writer and director Tom Fontana in 1989 when Lee would wait tables at a New York City diner frequented by Fontana
Quote: "[On being cast in 'Point Break'] "It was the beginning of me never having to do anything else but act․""
After several years of small, supporting roles in both television and film, he would gain widespread recognition after appearing on HBO's "Oz" beginning in 1997
Permanently lost feeling in one of his index fingers while filming a scene for "Oz" where he was forced to bang on the bars of his cell for several hours

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