Tergesen was born in Boston, Massachusetts 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
(Vincent Corey)
Inferno
(Luke)
Session Man
(Neal)
A Thief Of Time
(Randall Elliot)
Norman Pinski Come Home
(Dr. Vanderwal)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
(Daniel Royer)
Acting Sheriff
(Robbie)
Darkness Before Dawn
(Dino)
Into The Dark
(33963)
Extreme Dating
(Hack)
Helena from the Wedding
(Alex)
Starwater
Wild Iris
(Lud van Eppy)
Bark!
(Peter)
No One Lives
(Hoag)
Cabin Girl
(Sheriff Mason)
Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel
(Himself)
2nd Take
(Bobby)
The Collection
(Lucello)
Southern Comfort
(Blue)
Invasion of the Mindbenders
(Crash Hopkins)
Point Break
(Rosie)
Cast a Deadly Spell
(Larry Willis / Lilly Sirwar)
Wayne's World
(Terry)
Wayne's World 2
(Terry)
Diamonds
(Border Guard)
Shaft
(Luger)
The Boys of Sunset Ridge
(Ben Thorpe at 33)
The Forgotten
(Al Petalis)
The Exonerated
(Walter Rhodes)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
(Holden)
Silver Tongues
(Gerry)
Red Tails
(Colonel Jack Tomlinson)
Desert Cathedral
(Peter Collins)
The Parable of the Disappearing Recliner
(The Man)
Tooken
(Bryan Millers)
The Killing Mind
(Ron Donoho)
Zo
(Tobias Beecher)
Making Generation Kill
(Himself)
Equity
(Randall)
We All Scream for Ice Cream
(Layne)
The Yellow Birds
(Jim Murphy)
Pineapple
(Bruce)
George B.
(Frank)
Shot in the Heart
(Frank Gilmore, Jr.)
Duckman
Third Watch
(Jared McKinley)
Law & Order
(Clemens)
Castle
(Marcus Gates)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
(Martin Hawkins)
The Closer
(Detective Nick Carey)
Desperate Housewives
(Peter McMillan)
The 4400
(Oliver Knox)
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show
Touched by an Angel
(Blake Chapman)
The Beat
(Steve Dorigan)
The Unit
Masters of Horror
Criminal Minds
(Dale Shrader)
Rescue Me
(Sully)
The New Adventures of Old Christine
(Todd Watski)
Homicide: Life on the Street
(Officer Chris Thormann)
Cane
Kings
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
(Josh Lemle)
Cupid
The Handler
Wanted
Cracker
The Hoop Life
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
(Erik Garrison)
Queens Supreme
Generation Kill
(Evan Wright)
Marvel's Daredevil
(Paxton Page)
Marvel's Daredevil
(Paxton Page (voice))
Red Widow
(Mike Tomlin)
Oz
(Tobias Beecher)
Person of Interest
(Detective Petersen)
Gone
(Mel Foster)
The Americans
(Andrew Larrick)
The Following
(Kurt Bolen)
House
(Roy Randall)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
(Billy Skags)
ER
(Demerol Junkie)
Forever
(Hans Koehler)
Elementary
(Cray Fielder)
Weird Science
(Chett Donnelly)
Law & Order: LA
(Patrick Denton)
Blindspot
(Patrick O'Malley)
American Horror Story
(Vince)
The River
(Russ Landry)
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
(Stanley Kowalski)
The Purge
(Joe Owens)
New Amsterdam
(Robert Wilkinson)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
(Keith Ramsey)
Tracker
(Ashton Shaw)
The Equalizer
(Deputy Barnes)
Life on Mars
(Lee Crocker)
East New York
(US Marshall David Westlake)
Saturday Night Live
(Self - Cameo (uncredited))
Black Bird
(Roger Nevins)
Watchmen
(Mister Shadow)
Law & Order
(Defense Attorney Heller)
JAG
(Gentry)
Hack
(Carl Ginley)
Chicago P.D.
(Richard Beck)
Alpha House
(Colonel Eugene Drake)
The Plot Against America
(Agent Don McCorkle)
A Friend of the Family
(Mr. Horstmann)
Reunited Apart
(Self)
Longmire
(Ed Gorski)
The Good Fight
(Mr. Pezner)
The Strain
(Tardi)
Bull
(ADA Lawrence Charles)