Happy Birthday actor Lee Tergesen

Born: July 8, 1965 in Ivoryton, Connecticut, USA

Is a graduate of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA) in New York City.

On Oz (1997), his character Beecher feuded with neo-Nazis in prison. In Shaft (2000), John Shaft (Samuel L. Jackson) calls Tergesen’s character Lugar “a Nazi with a badge” for being somewhat racist towards black criminals.