Erich Bergen

Birthday: 31 December 1985, New York, New York, USA

Height: 191 cm

Erich Bergen is an American television, film and stage actor raised in New York City. He co-stars on CBS's Madam Secretary opposite Tea Leoni. He previously starred as Bob Gaudio in the Clint Eastwood-directed feature film Jersey Boys. Bergen played that role on stage for more than 1,000 performances in the Grammy- and Tony-winning Best Musical of the same name. He also performed with the 2012 Roundabout Theatre Company National Tour's production of Anything Goes as Billy Crocker. When not acting on screen, Bergen performs live shows as a solo singer and pianist, modeling his shows off the romantically old school feel of Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra. Show less «

A lot of my friends were a lot into theatre a lot earlier than I was. A lot of my friends were kids ...Show more »

A lot of my friends were a lot into theatre a lot earlier than I was. A lot of my friends were kids who were in The Broadway Kids and the kids auditioning for Gavroche in 'Les Miz.' I was never that kid. I was weaned on Michael Jackson. Not literally, because that would have been odd. Show less «

I saw my first Broadway show when I was 10 years old. I saw 'Big: The Musical' and I remember going ...Show more »

I saw my first Broadway show when I was 10 years old. I saw 'Big: The Musical' and I remember going out to dinner with my mom afterward and reading the souvenir program like crazy! Show less «

I love working in television, and I've been thrilled to be a part of so many wonderful shows. I work...Show more »

I love working in television, and I've been thrilled to be a part of so many wonderful shows. I worked with Lady Gaga on 'Gossip Girl,' and the brilliant Felicity Huffman on 'Desperate Housewives,' but I think my favorite TV job so far was the pilot I shot for the CW Network this year called 'Joey Dakota.' Show less «

As an actor, when you are called upon to do a job, you are oftentimes convinced you can't do it. You...Show more »

As an actor, when you are called upon to do a job, you are oftentimes convinced you can't do it. You say to yourself 'I don't have the talent for this; they are going to figure out I'm a fraud.' And then you watch how the others do it, and fake your confidence. Show less «

I dropped out of high school three days into my senior year because I hated it because New York City...Show more »

I dropped out of high school three days into my senior year because I hated it because New York City public school is a mess. I certainly wasn't one for sitting in a classroom. Then I went off to college to North Carolina School of the Arts, then quit that after two years. Show less «

Every bar mitzvah I ever went to was, 'Here comes 'Oh, What a Night.''

'Dawn (Go Away)' is a sad lyric, but the melody is so happy and fun.

'Jersey Boys' was a lot of running around and a lot of energy, but it was more stylized movement.

As a person, I'm just really kitchy and corny, and I love '70s variety shows.

My dad grew up in Pittsburgh in the '50s, and he used to sing Four Seasons songs on the stoop. He ma...Show more »

My dad grew up in Pittsburgh in the '50s, and he used to sing Four Seasons songs on the stoop. He made me listen to Cousin Brucie - the guy who broke the Four Seasons on the radio. So I knew all of their songs, but I didn't know they were all by the same group. Show less «

I've been performing since I was very little, about three years old. I was inspired at first by the ...Show more »

I've been performing since I was very little, about three years old. I was inspired at first by the MTV artists of the '80s and started putting on 'shows' in the apartment, most of them set to Michael Jackson's 'Bad' album. In my mind, there was a full lighting rig behind me... but it was just a couch. Show less «

I get tips from Bob Gaudio. And one of my songs somehow caught the attention of one of my idols, Mar...Show more »

I get tips from Bob Gaudio. And one of my songs somehow caught the attention of one of my idols, Marty Panzer, who wrote big hits for Barry Manilow. So two guys who inspired me to write lyrics are now teaching me to write. Show less «

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