Richard Burgi

Richard Burgi played Kevin Carroll during Day 1 on 24. He was originally up for the role of Jack Bauer before Kiefer Sutherland got the role, but Joel Surnow still wanted him to take a part in the show.

Biography

Burgi has been working steadily in the industry since the latter half of the 1980s, when he landed his first full-time role on NBC's "Another World", playing Chad Rollo. After that, he starred in other shows like "As the World Turns" (playing Glenn Harrington from December 1988 to April 1989), "One Life to Live", "Matlock", "Mann & Machine" (with John Hawkes), "Who's the Boss", and "Seinfeld" (with Jesse D. Goins). In 1994 he had a recurring role on "Viper" playing Lane Cassidy, and the lead in "One West Waikiki" playing Detective Mack Wolfe (with Michael O'Neill, Tamlyn Tomita, and Tony Plana). When the show was canceled, he landed another lead role on "The Sentinel" (with Tamlyn Tomita). At the time, he also starred on "It's True" (with Jude Ciccolella), "Touched by an Angel", "Just Shoot Me", and "The Wild Thornberrys".

In 2000, Burgi had another lead on "The District" (with Michelle Forbes, Roshawn Franklin, Tanya Wright, and Kevin Fry). After his appearance on 24, he starred on "Judging Amy" (with Gregory Itzin), "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation", and "Firefly" (with Daniel Bess, Gregory Itzin and Gina Torres). In 2004, he started appearing on "Desperate Housewives" playing Karl Mayer, Susan Mayer's ex-husband, and a year later he had one of the leads in "Point Pleasant" playing Ben Kramer. Although the latter was canceled after one season, he appeared in the former until Season 6. He also appeared in "Las Vegas", "Big Shots" (with Paul Blackthorne), "Nip/Tuck", "Eyes" (with Phillip Rhys), and "Harper's Island".

His multiple film roles include Message from Nam (with Nicholas Guest), Payback (with C. Thomas Howell), Wheelmen (with Ping Wu), In Her Shoes (with Eric Balfour, Cameron Diaz and Toni Collette), Fun with Dick and Jane (with Jim Carrey), Cellular (with Kim Basinger and Al Sapienza), and Shanghai Red.

Burgi is married to Lori Kahn and has two sons, Jack and Samuel. His brother Chuck is a professional drummer, who toured most notably with Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow from 1983 to 1984, and again from 1995 to the band's dissolution in 1997.

Role on 24

According to Burgi, Joel Surnow had originally offered him the role of Jack Bauer. When they chose Kiefer Sutherland instead, Surnow offered Burgi another role because he still wanted him to be involved. Ironically, Burgi was also the first choice to play The Flash on the CBS series, but when the producers chose John Wesley Shipp, they offered Burgi another role on the show.

External links

• Richard Burgi at the Internet Movie Database