Tergesen was born in Ivoryton, Connecticut and graduated from Valley Regional High School in nearby Deep River. He moved to New York to try to become an actor. He graduated from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA)'s two-year program in Manhattan, where, from 1986 to 1989, he worked at the Empire Diner.
Monster
⭐ 7.212Inferno
⭐ 6.09Session Man
⭐ 6.1A Thief Of Time
⭐ 4.7Norman Pinski Come Home
⭐ 0Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
⭐ 6.524Acting Sheriff
⭐ 0Darkness Before Dawn
⭐ 8Into The Dark
⭐ 0Extreme Dating
⭐ 5.4Helena from the Wedding
⭐ 3.833Starwater
⭐ 0Wild Iris
⭐ 7Bark!
⭐ 4.3No One Lives
⭐ 6Cabin Girl
⭐ 4.909Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel
⭐ 02nd Take
⭐ 6.5The Collection
⭐ 6.375Southern Comfort
⭐ 4Mind Benders
⭐ 3.625Point Break
⭐ 7.16Cast a Deadly Spell
⭐ 6.074Wayne's World
⭐ 6.699Wayne's World 2
⭐ 6.095Diamonds
⭐ 5.3Shaft
⭐ 6.017The Boys of Sunset Ridge
⭐ 2.5The Forgotten
⭐ 5.935The Exonerated
⭐ 7.25The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
⭐ 6.2Silver Tongues
⭐ 6.088Red Tails
⭐ 6.567Desert Cathedral
⭐ 6The Parable of the Disappearing Recliner
⭐ 0Tooken
⭐ 4.103The Killing Mind
⭐ 5Zo
⭐ 8Making Generation Kill
⭐ 8Equity
⭐ 5.641We All Scream for Ice Cream
⭐ 4.94The Yellow Birds
⭐ 6Pineapple
⭐ 4.5George B.
⭐ 0Shot in the Heart
⭐ 5.6Helena from the Wedding: Cast Interviews
⭐ 0Mergers & Acquisitions
⭐ 0The Purge: Behind the Series
⭐ 2The Next Play
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