Richard Burgi portrays the role of Karl Mayer on Desperate Housewives.
Biography[]
Burgi was born in Montclair, New Jersey. He is a supporter of both the San Clemente-based Surfrider Foundation, which works to protect and preserve shoreline and coastal environments, and the Pacific Marine Mammal Center, a Laguna Beach volunteer-run and funded organization which tends to the needs of sick or injured seals, sea lions, and other marine mammals. Burgi began his career in New York City with work in commercials, which led to regular roles on the daytime soap operas Days of our Lives, Another World and As The World Turns. He was cast as the lead in the UPN primetime 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. Burgi's additional television credits include appearances in 24, Firefly, Point Pleasant, CSI, The District, Matlock, Providence, Las Vegas, Just Shoot Me! and Seinfeld. Burgi's screen credits include In Her Shoes, Fun with Dick and Jane, Cellular, Hostel: Part II, and Shanghai Red. Burgi married Lori Kahn on November 25, 1995. They have two sons, Jack and Samuel.
Career[]
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1986-88 | Another World (Television) | Chad Rollo |
| 1988 | One Life to Live (Television) | Randy Stone #1 |
| 1988-89 | As the World Turns (Television) | Glenn Harrington |
| 1989 | Chameleons (Television Film) | Philip |
| 1991 | The Flash (Television) | Curtis Bohannan (1 episode) |
| 1991 | Empty Nest (Television) | Matthew Wright (1 episode) |
| 1991 | Anything But Love (Television) | Doug Oberton (1 episode) |
| 1991 | Matlock (Television) | Roger Stratford (1 episode) |
| 1992 | Flash III: Deadly Nightshade (Straight to Video) | Curtis Bohannan |
| 1991-92 | Jake and the Fatman (Television) | Todd Kurtin, Brian Henley (3 episodes) |
| 1992 | "Who's the Boss? (Television) | Mike Va Salle (1 episode) |
| 1992 | Nurses (Television) | Doug from Supply (1 episode) |
| 1992 | Mann & Machine (Television) | Jeffery Bosco (1 episode) |
| 1992-93 | Days of Our Lives (Television) | Phillip Collier #2 |
| 1993 | Message from Nam (Television Film) | Major Hammer |
| 1993 | Love & War (Television) | Nick (1 episode) |
| 1994 | Viper (Television) | Lane Cassidy (4 episodes) |
| 1994 | Seinfeld (Television) | Doctor Ben (1 episode) |
| 1995 | Payback (Film) | Al Keegan |
| 1996 | The Sentinel (Television Film) | Jim Ellison |
| 1994-96 | One West Waikiki (Television) | Detective Mack Wolfe (19 episodes) |
| 1998 | It's True (Television) | ? (1 episode) |
| 1998 | I Married a Monster (Television Film) | Nicholas 'Nick' David Farrell |
| 1999 | Touched by an Angel (Television) | Uncle Frank (1 episode) |
| 1996-99 | The Sentinel (Television) | Detective James Ellison (55 episodes) |
| 1999 | Action (Television) | Cole Riccardi (2 episodes) |
| 2000 | Veronica's Closet (Television) | Mark (1 episode) |
| 2000 | Providence (Television) | Dr. J.D. Scanlon (1 episode) |
| 2000 | Just Shoot Me! (Television) | Robert Galatin (1 episode) |
| 2001 | Twice in a Lifetime (Television) | Jimmy O'Connor (1 episode) |
| 2001 | Bailey's Mistake (Television Film) | Paul Donovan |
| 2001 | The Wild Thornberrys (Television) | Poacher #1 (1 episode) |
| 2002 | Wheelmen (Film) | Nick |
| 2001-02 | 24 (Television) | Alan York, Kevin Carroll (11 episodes) |
| 2002 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (Television) | Rick Weston (1 episode) |
| 2003 | Trash (Television Film) | Bud Blue |
| 2002-03 | Judging Amy (Television) | Michael Cassidy (6 episodes) |
| 2003 | Firefly (Television) | Lieutenant Womack (1 episode) |
| 2000-03 | The District (Television) | Captain Vincent Hunter (11 episodes) |
| 2004 | Decoys (Film) | Detective Francis Kirk |
| 2004 | Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation (Straight to Video) | Capt. V.J. Dax |
| 2004 | Cellular (Film) | Craig Martin |
| 2004 | Darklight (Television Film) | William Shaw |
| 2004 | Torn Apart (Film) | Billy Westin |
| 2005 | In Her Shoes (Film) | Jim Danvers |
| 2005 | Fun with Dick and Jane (Film) | Joe Cleeman |
| 2006 | Shanghai Red (Film) | Michael Johnson |
| 2006 | Firestorm: Last Stand at Yellowstone (Television Film) | Richard Danville |
| 2005-2006 | Point Pleasant (Television) | Ben Kramer (13 episodes) |
| 2006 | The Call (Television) | Frank (1 episode) |
| 2007 | In God's Country (Television Film) | Josiah Leavitt |
| 2007 | Hostel: Part II (Film) | Todd |
| 2007 | Las Vegas (Television) | Vince Peterson (4 episodes) |
| 2007 | Shark (Television) | Dr. Neil Fuller (1 episode) |
| 2007 | Big Shots (Television) | Gavin Carter (1 episode) |
| 2004-08 | Desperate Housewives (Television) | Karl Mayer (30 episodes) |
| 2008 | Reaper (Television) | Mike Volta (1 episode) |
| 2008 | Thomas Kinkade's Home for Christmas (Film) | Bill Kinkade |
| 2009 | Friday the 13th (Film) | Sheriff Bracke |
| 2009 | Harper's Island (Television) | Thomas Wellington (5 episodes) |
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