Greg Evigan

Infobox actor
name = Greg Evigan


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caption = Greg Evigan at the premiere of "Step Up 2 The Streets"
birthname = Gregory Ralph Evigan
birthdate = birth date and age|1953|10|14
location = South Amboy, New Jersey, U.S.
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occupation = Actor
spouse = Pamela C. Serpe (1979-Present) 3 Children

Gregory Ralph "Greg" Evigan (born October 14, 1953) is an American actor, who has appeared in over 14 TV productions and more than 18 feature films. He is best known from the TV series "B.J. and the Bear", then "My Two Dads" and later "TekWar".

Biography

Personal life

Evigan was born on October 14, 1953 in South Amboy, New Jersey, the son of Barbara Elizabeth, a pianist, and Ralph Milan Evigan, a singer. [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/89/Greg-Evigan.html Greg Evigan Biography (1953-) ] ] Evigan is married to dancer Pamela C. Serpe and has three children. His youngest daughter, Briana Evigan, is the lead actress in the 2008 movie "Step Up 2 the Streets". Another daughter is actress Vanessa Lee Evigan. Evigan's son Jason is the front man of a popular LA-based band called After Midnight Project and covered the song "Perfect Day" for "Legally Blonde"'s soundtrack.

Career

Evigan was a teen idol during the late 1970s and early 1980s. He auditioned for and landed roles in "Jesus Christ Superstar" and "Grease" (in which he played the leading character).

Evigan is best known for his work in three hit television series:
* 1979's "B.J. and the Bear", where he starred as B.J. McKay, a truck driver whose best friend was a chimpanzee named Bear;
* 1987's "My Two Dads" in which a teenage girl is raised by two past boyfriends of her deceased mother together when it cannot be determined which is the father ("My Two Dads" lasted until 1990); and
* mid-1990s "TekWar", a sci-fit hit based on a series of books by Star Trek elder statesman William Shatner (who also co-starred). "TekWar" originated as a series of television movies in 1994 and then became a series in 1995.However, Evigan appeared in other productions as well.

It was with "B.J. and the Bear" (which actually began in 1978 as a made for television movie) that Evigan reached pop-star status, and he began receiving cover from such magazines as "Tiger Beat, Teen Beat" and many other magazines geared towards teenaged girls. In 1980 he posed bare-chested for a pin-up wall poster.

Evigan was parodied on the British comedy television programme "This Morning With Richard Not Judy" during the "When Insects Attack" segment (in the second series, "When Things Get Knocked Over, Spill, Or Fall Out Of Cupboards"). This was a parody of shows such as "When Animals Attack", with a voice-over supposedly by Evigan but actually provided by Mark Gatiss. According to Lee and Herring, attempts were made to get Evigan to do the voiceover for the second series, but his agent nixed the idea despite being initially receptive.

Filmography

TV filmography

*"A Year at the Top" (1977)
*"B.J. and the Bear" (1978)" as Billie Joe 'BJ' McKay
*"Dallas" (1978) (Episode "Runaway") as Willie Guest
*"Pink Lady and Jeff" (1980)
*"Masquerade" (1983) as Danny Doyle
*"North Star" (1985) as Jack North
*"My Two Dads" (1987) as Joey Harris
*"P.S.I. Luv U" (1991) as Cody Powell/Joey Paciorek
*"Melrose Place (1992) as Dr. Dan Hathaway
*"Tekwar" (1994) as Jake Cardigan
*"Pacific Palisades (1997) as Robert Russo
*"Family Rules (1999) as Nate Harrison
*"Reba" (2001) as Bill
*"Desperate Housewives" (2007) as Charles McClain
*"" (2008) as Professor Andrew Graves

Filmography

*"Scorchy" (1976) as Alan
*"Stripped to Kill" (1987) as Detective Heineman
*"Private Road - No Trespassing" (1987)
*"Echoes in Crimson " (1988)
*"DeepStar Six" (1989) as McBride
*"Lies Before Kisses" (1992)
*"House of the Damned" (1996) as Will South
*"Spectre" (1997)
*"The Pawn" (1998) as Ray
*"Mel" (1998) as Peter
*"Pets to the Rescue" (1999)
*"Everyone Loves Mel" (1999)
*"Die! Die! Die!" (2000)
*"He Sees You When You're Sleeping" (2002)
*"Arizona Summer" (2003)
*"Cerberus" (2005)
*"100 Million BC" (2008)
*"Journey to the Center of the Earth" (2008)

Video filmography

*""Private Road: No Trespassing" (1987) (V) as Brad Carlton

References

External links

* [http://www.evigan.com/ Official website]
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