Richard Burgi
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Richard Burgi (born July 30, 1958) is an actor with an extensive and varied filmography in television and film. He is of Swiss and Scottish descent.
Born and raised in Montclair, New Jersey, Burgi has been working steadily in the industry since the latter half of the 1980s, when he landed his first full-time role on NBC's Another World, playing Chad Rollo. Since then he has appeared on many television shows, including As The World Turns (playing Glenn Harrington from December 1988 to April 1989), 24, Firefly, Point Pleasant, CSI, The District, Matlock, Providence, Judging Amy, The Sentinel (in the lead role), Las Vegas, Just Shoot Me! and Seinfeld.
His multiple film roles include Curtis Hanson's In Her Shoes, opposite Cameron Diaz and Toni Collette, Fun with Dick and Jane, opposite Jim Carrey, Cellular, opposite Kim Basinger, and Shanghai Red, opposite Vivian Wu.
Burgi was a regular throughout the second season of ABC's Desperate Housewives and is now in a recurring role, playing Karl Mayer, Susan Mayer's cad of an ex-husband.
At Old Dominion University Burgi dated Elizabeth Broad.
Burgi is married to Lori Kahn and has two sons, Jack and Samuel.
[edit] References
- Richard Burgi at the Internet Movie Database
- Richard Burgi at TV.com
- Desperate Housewives Biography page
Categories: American film actors | American soap opera actors | American television actors | Desperate Housewives cast members | Judging Amy cast members | New Jersey actors | People from New Jersey | 1958 births | Living people | Days of our Lives cast members | Swiss-Americans | Scottish-Americans
