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.
50 movies · 72 shows
The Wrong Road
2025·0.0
Zo
2024·7.0
Cabin Girl
2023·5.0
The Purge: Behind the Series
2018·2.0
The Yellow Birds
2018·6.0
Norman Pinski Come Home
2017·0.0
The Parable of the Disappearing Recliner
2017·0.0
Equity
2016·5.6
Tooken
2015·4.1
Into The Dark
2015·0.0
Desert Cathedral
2014·6.0
No One Lives
2013·6.0
The Collection
2012·6.4
Red Tails
2012·6.7
Silver Tongues
2011·6.2
Helena from the Wedding: Cast Interviews
2011·0.0
2nd Take
2011·6.5
Helena from the Wedding
2010·4.1
Making Generation Kill
2008·8.5
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
2007·6.5
Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel
2007·0.0
We All Scream for Ice Cream
2007·5.0
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
2006·6.2
Pineapple
2006·4.8
The Exonerated
2006·7.3
Southern Comfort
2006·4.0
The Forgotten
2004·5.9
A Thief Of Time
2004·6.0
Extreme Dating
2004·5.5
Monster
2003·7.2
Bark!
2002·4.7
Shot in the Heart
2001·6.0
Mergers & Acquisitions
2001·7.0
The Boys of Sunset Ridge
2001·4.0
Starwater
2001·0.0
Wild Iris
2001·7.4
Shaft
2000·6.0
Diamonds
1999·5.2
Inferno
1999·6.2
George B.
1997·9.0
Church
1997·0.0
Wayne's World 2
1993·6.1
Darkness Before Dawn
1993·8.0
Wayne's World
1992·6.7
Cast a Deadly Spell
1991·6.1
Acting Sheriff
1991·8.0
Point Break
1991·7.2
The Killing Mind
1991·5.0
Session Man
1991·6.1
Mind Benders
1987·4.6