Early life

Burgi was born in the suburbs of Montclair, New Jersey. His family was involved in community theatre. His brother, Chuck Burgi, is a well-known rock drummer who has most recently toured with Billy Joel. After high school, Burgi travelled through the US and Europe, taking odd jobs.

Career

Burgi began his career in New York, which led to regular roles on the Manhattan-based daytime soap operas One Life to Live, Another World and As the World Turns. After moving to Los Angeles, he starred on another soap opera, Days of Our Lives. He later received a role on Viper after a string of guest appearances on television shows, including a television film debut in Chameleons in 1989. His first lead role was in the 1994 television series One West Waikiki.

Burgi was cast as the lead in the series The Sentinel, 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. He later received recurring roles on The District, 24 and Judging Amy as well as bit parts in other television series and films, including Matlock. In the 1998 made-for-TV remake of the movie I Married a Monster, Burgi starred as Nick Farrell (the monster).

Since 2004, Burgi has appeared on Desperate Housewives playing Karl Mayer, soon promoted to a regular cast member in season two. He also starred in the big-screen thriller Cellular in 2004 as well as a remake of Fun with Dick and Jane and chick flick In Her Shoes as Toni Colette's love interest in 2005. In 2007, Burgi was cast in the horror film Hostel: Part II. In 2009, he played the police officer in Friday the 13th and a stylish doctor in Nip/Tuck.

Burgi guest-starred as Thomas Wellington in CBS's Harper's Island (2009).

In 2010, Burgi guest-starred in an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. In 2011, Burgi guest-starred on TV Land's Hot in Cleveland. In 2011, it was announced that he would play Karl Parker in My Family USA, which premiered on September 26, 2011. In 2011, Burgi gained a new recurring role as CIA hitman Clyde Decker, who is part of a government conspiracy targeting the title character in Chuck. In 2011, Burgi appeared in season 9 of One Tree Hill as Brooke Davis's father. In 2012, he starred in cult classic "Christmas Twister" as TV Reporter 1, in which his character was killed trying to parry away a low flying shipping container. In 2013, Burgi guest-starred on Lifetime's Devious Maids as a brother, uncle, and love interest, Henri.

Personal life

Burgi married Lori Kahn on November 25, 1995. They have two sons, Jack and Samuel, and live in Laguna Beach, California. Jack was born December 8, 1996, and Samuel (Sam) was born August 15, 2000. Burgi married Liliana Lopez in February 2012.

Filmography

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Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	ref
2004	Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation	Capt. V.J. Dax	Direct-to-video sequel to the 1997 feature film Starship Troopers
	Decoys	Detective Francis Kirk	Science fiction and horror film
	Cellular	Craig Martin
2005	In Her Shoes	Jim Danvers
	Hostel: Part II	Todd	Sequel to the 2005 horror film Hostel
2009	Friday the 13th	Officer Bracke	A reboot of the Friday the 13th film series
2013	The Green Inferno	Charles	Released on September 25, 2015
2014	Fatal Instinct	Michael Decker

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	ref
1986-88	Another World	Chad Rollo	Main
1991	The Flash	Curtis Bohannan	Episode: "Deadly Nightshade" (S 1:Ep 16)
1992-93	Days of Our Lives	Philip Collier	Main
1994-96	One West Waikiki	Lieutenant Mack Wolfe	Main
1994	Seinfeld	Ben Pfeffer	Episode: "The Hamptons" (S 5:Ep 21)
1996-99	The Sentinel	Jim Ellison	Main
1999	Action	Cole Ricardi	Episodes: "Gross Player" (S 1:Ep 1) "Blowhard" (S 1:Ep 4)
2000-03	The District	Captain Vincent Hunter	Recurring
2001	Twice in a Lifetime	Jimmy O'Connor / Ray Tambor	Episode: "The Knockout" (S 2:Ep 18)
2001-02	24	Alan York Kevin Carroll	Recurring
2002-03	Judging Amy	Michael Cassidy	Recurring
2002	Firefly	Lieutenant Womack	Episode: "The Message" (S 1:Ep 12)
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Rick Weston	Episode: "High and Low" (S 3: Ep 10)
2004-13	Desperate Housewives	Karl Mayer	Main 1 Recurring 2 Guest 3
2007	Las Vegas	Vince Peterson	Recurring
	Shark	Dr. Neil Fuller	Episode: "Eye Of The Beholder" (S 2:Ep 3)
	Big Shots	Gavin Carter	Episode: "The Way We Weren't" (S 1:Ep 8)
2008	Reaper	Mike Volta	Episode: "The Leak" (S 1:Ep 17)
2009	Knight Rider	Jack Hurst	Episode: "Knight To King's Pawn" (S 1:Ep 12)
	Nip/Tuck	Dr. Logan Taper	Episode: "Allegra Caldarello" (S 5:Ep 21)
	Harper's Island	Thomas Wellington	Miniseries
2010	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Richard Morgan	Episode: "Confidential" (S 11:Ep 15)
	NCIS	Randall Hammond	Episode: "Patriot Down" ( S7:Ep 23)
	Lie to me	Governor Brooks	Episode: "Bullet Bump" (S 2:Ep 17)
2011	Breakout Kings	Andre Brennan	Episode: "One For The Money" (S 1:Ep 9)
	Hot in Cleveland	Timothy	Episode: "Unseparated at Birthdates" (S 2:Ep 13)
	The Glades	Dr. William Grant	Episode: "Addicted To Love" (S 2:Ep 7)
	Castle	Charlie Turner	Episode: "Heartbreak Hotel" (S 4:Ep 8)
	Chuck	Clyde Decker	Episodes: "Chuck Versus the Zoom" (S 5:Ep 1) "Chuck Versus the Business Trip" (S 5:Ep 4) "Chuck Versus the Hack Off" (S 5:Ep 5)
2012	One Tree Hill	Ted Davis	Recurring 4
	CSI: Miami	Randall Stafford	Episode: "Law & Disorder" (S 10:Ep 18)
	Burn Notice	Morris	Episode: "Reunion" (S 6:Ep 7)
	Blue Bloods	Councilman Tommy Mancini	Episode: "Domestic Disturbance" (S 3:Ep 2)
2013	Body of Proof	D.A. Dan Russell	Recurring
	Devious Maids	Henri	Episode: "Making Your Bed" (S 1:Ep 4)
	Kirstie	Tony Cameron	Episode: "Arlo Moves In" (S 1:Ep 2)
2014	Hawaii Five-0	Curtis Novak	Episode: "O ka Pili 'Ohana ka 'Oi" (S 4:Ep 22)
2015-present	General Hospital	Paul Hornsby	Recurring

Notes

1. ^ Season 2
2. ^ Seasons 1, 5 & 6
3. ^ Seasons 3, 4 & 8
4. ^ Season 9

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