Richard William Burgi (born July 30, 1958) is an American film and television actor. His notable roles include two troublesome ex-husbands, that of Amy Brenneman in Judging Amy and Karl Mayer in Desperate Housewives.

Biography

Career

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.