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Richard William Burgi (born July 30, 1958) is an American film
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
 and television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 actor. His notable roles include two troublesome ex-husbands, that of Amy Brenneman
Amy Brenneman

Amy Frederica Brenneman is a Golden Globe Awards- and Emmy Awards-nominated United States actor, perhaps best known for her roles in the television series NYPD Blue, Judging Amy and Private Practice....
 in Judging Amy
Judging Amy

Judging Amy is an United States television program drama that aired from September 19, 1999 until May 3, 2005 on CBS. The show stars Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly ....
 and Karl Mayer in Desperate Housewives
Desperate Housewives

Desperate Housewives is an American television comedy-drama series, created by Marc Cherry, who also serves as show runner, and produced by ABC Studios and Marc Cherry....
; the cocky Elite Hunting client Todd in Hostel: Part II and the Detective
Detective

A detective is an investigator, either a member of a police agency or a private person. The latter may be known as private investigators . Informally, and primarily in fiction, a detective is any licensed or unlicensed person who solves crimes, including historical crimes, or looks into records....
 with heightened senses James Ellison
James Ellison

James Ellison was an actor, born James Ellison Smith in Guthrie Center, Iowa, son of Edward James Smith and Ona Mary Ellis.Ellison appeared in nearly seventy films between 1932 and 1962....
 on the UPN
UPN

United Paramount Network was a television network that broadcast in over 200 markets in the United States and that was in production for over eleven years....
 series The Sentinel.

i began his career in New York City with work in commercials, which led to regular roles on the daytime soap opera
Soap opera

A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in Serial format on television or radio. Programs described as soap operas have existed as an entertainment long enough for audiences to recognize them simply by the term soap....
s Days of our Lives
Days of our Lives

Days of our Lives is an United States soap opera, which has aired nearly every weekday since November 8, 1965 on the NBC network in the United States, and has since been syndicated to many countries around the world....
, Another World
Another World (TV series)

Another World is a television soap opera that ran on the NBC network from May 4, 1964 to June 25, 1999. It was created by legendary serial creator Irna Phillips along with William J....
 and As The World Turns
As the World Turns

As the World Turns is an American television soap opera that airs each weekday on CBS.Set in the fictional town of Oakdale , the show debuted on Monday, April 2, 1956 at 1:30pm Eastern Time Zone....
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Richard William Burgi (born July 30, 1958) is an American film
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
 and television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 actor. His notable roles include two troublesome ex-husbands, that of Amy Brenneman
Amy Brenneman

Amy Frederica Brenneman is a Golden Globe Awards- and Emmy Awards-nominated United States actor, perhaps best known for her roles in the television series NYPD Blue, Judging Amy and Private Practice....
 in Judging Amy
Judging Amy

Judging Amy is an United States television program drama that aired from September 19, 1999 until May 3, 2005 on CBS. The show stars Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly ....
 and Karl Mayer in Desperate Housewives
Desperate Housewives

Desperate Housewives is an American television comedy-drama series, created by Marc Cherry, who also serves as show runner, and produced by ABC Studios and Marc Cherry....
; the cocky Elite Hunting client Todd in Hostel: Part II and the Detective
Detective

A detective is an investigator, either a member of a police agency or a private person. The latter may be known as private investigators . Informally, and primarily in fiction, a detective is any licensed or unlicensed person who solves crimes, including historical crimes, or looks into records....
 with heightened senses James Ellison
James Ellison

James Ellison was an actor, born James Ellison Smith in Guthrie Center, Iowa, son of Edward James Smith and Ona Mary Ellis.Ellison appeared in nearly seventy films between 1932 and 1962....
 on the UPN
UPN

United Paramount Network was a television network that broadcast in over 200 markets in the United States and that was in production for over eleven years....
 series The Sentinel.

Biography


Career

Burgi began his career in New York City with work in commercials, which led to regular roles on the daytime soap opera
Soap opera

A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in Serial format on television or radio. Programs described as soap operas have existed as an entertainment long enough for audiences to recognize them simply by the term soap....
s Days of our Lives
Days of our Lives

Days of our Lives is an United States soap opera, which has aired nearly every weekday since November 8, 1965 on the NBC network in the United States, and has since been syndicated to many countries around the world....
, Another World
Another World (TV series)

Another World is a television soap opera that ran on the NBC network from May 4, 1964 to June 25, 1999. It was created by legendary serial creator Irna Phillips along with William J....
 and As The World Turns
As the World Turns

As the World Turns is an American television soap opera that airs each weekday on CBS.Set in the fictional town of Oakdale , the show debuted on Monday, April 2, 1956 at 1:30pm Eastern Time Zone....
. He was cast as the lead in the UPN
UPN

United Paramount Network was a television network that broadcast in over 200 markets in the United States and that was in production for over eleven years....
 primetime series The Sentinel
The Sentinel (TV series)

The Sentinel is a Canadian-produced television series that aired on UPN in the United States from 1996 to 1999. It premiered on March 20, 1996, and ran for 65 episodes ....
, which was cancelled after three seasons, leaving key plot issues unresolved; an intense fan campaign convinced the network to film an additional half-season worth of episodes to end the series properly.

In 2009, Burgi filmed a memorable guest stint on the hit FX drama "Nip/Tuck". He played Dr. Logan Taper, a potential replacement for Dr. Christian Troy. Taper was outed, though, when the doctors found him making love to a tweed couch.

Burgi's additional television credits include appearances in 24
24 (TV series)

24 is an United States serial action drama television series. Broadcast by Fox Broadcasting Company in the United States and syndicated worldwide, the show first aired on November 6, 2001, with an initial 13 episodes ....
, Firefly
Firefly (TV series)

Firefly is an American science fiction television series created by writer/director Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel , under his Mutant Enemy Productions....
, Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant (TV series)

Point Pleasant was a television series that first aired on the Fox Broadcasting Company in January 2005. It was cancelled in March 2005 due to poor ratings....
, CSI
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American Police procedural television series. CSI premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The ninth season began airing on October 9, 2008 and currently airs in the United States of America on Thursdays at 9:00 p.m....
, The District
The District

The District is a television police procedural which aired on CBS from October 7, 2000 to May 1, 2004. The show followed the work and personal life of the chief of Washington, D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia ....
, Matlock
Matlock (TV series)

Matlock is a long-running United States television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role. The show ran from September 23, 1986 to May 8, 1992 on NBC, where it replaced the long-running series The A-Team to Friday nights, then on November 5, 1992 until May 7, 1995 on American Broadcasting Company....
, Providence
Providence (TV series)

Providence is an United States Dramatic programming that aired on NBC starring Melina Kanakaredes. The show ran from January 8, 1999, until December 20, 2002, for five seasons....
, Las Vegas
Las Vegas (TV series)

Las Vegas was an American television series that aired on NBC from September 22, 2003 to February 15, 2008. The show focuses on a team of people working in the fictional Montecito Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada—dealing with issues that arise within the working environment, ranging from valet parking and restaurant management to casino...
, Just Shoot Me!
Just Shoot Me!

Just Shoot Me! is an United States television Situation comedy that aired for seven seasons on NBC from March 4 1997 to August 16 2003, with 148 episodes produced....
, Seinfeld
Seinfeld

Seinfeld is an Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning Television in the United States Situation comedy that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, lasting nine seasons, and is now in Broadcast syndication....
 and "Action
Action (TV series)

Action is a short-lived comedy series about a Hollywood producer named Peter Dragon, who is trying to recover from his last box-office failure....
".

Burgi's screen credits include In Her Shoes
In Her Shoes

In Her Shoes is a 2005 in film Cinema of the United States comedy-drama based on the novel In Her Shoes by Jennifer Weiner. It is directed by Curtis Hanson with an adapted screenplay by Susannah Grant and stars Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette, and Shirley MacLaine....
, Fun with Dick and Jane
Fun with Dick and Jane (2005 film)

Fun with Dick and Jane is a 2005 comedy film, and remake of the Fun with Dick and Jane . The story revolves around an upper-middle class couple, Dick and Jane Harper, who turn to robbery after Dick's company goes bankrupt and they run out of money....
, Cellular
Cellular (film)

Cellular is a 2004 in film suspense thriller, movie director by David R. Ellis and starring Kim Basinger and Chris Evans . The screenplay was written by Chris Morgan and Larry Cohen, the latter having also scripted Phone Booth , another movie that evolves from a phone call....
, Hostel: Part II, Starship Troopers 2, Friday the 13th (2009 film)
Friday the 13th (2009 film)

'Friday the 13th' is a 2009 Cinema of the United States horror film directed by Marcus Nispel, and written by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift. It is a Reboot of the Friday the 13th , which Friday the 13th and whose last film was the 2003 Fictional crossover film Freddy vs....
, and Shanghai Red.

Personal life

Burgi was born in Montclair, New Jersey
Montclair, New Jersey

Montclair is a township in Essex County, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. It is the List of municipalities in New Jersey by population....
. He is a supporter of both the San Clemente-based Surfrider Foundation, which works to protect and preserve shoreline and coastal environments, and the Pacific Marine Mammal Center, a Laguna Beach volunteer-run and funded organization which tends to the needs of sick or injured seals, sea lions, and other marine mammals.

Burgi married Lori Kahn on November 25, 1995. They have two sons, Jack and Samuel.

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