Greg Evigan

Early years

Evigan was born in South Amboy, New Jersey, the son of Ralph Milan Evigan, an electrician, and his wife, Barbara Elizabeth Evigan, a homemaker. He grew up in Sayreville, New Jersey, and attended Sayreville War Memorial High School, graduating in 1971.

In 2007 he was inducted into the school's Alumni Hall of Fame for his contributions to the arts.

Family

Evigan is married to dancer Pamela C. Serpe and has three children. Their youngest daughter Briana is the lead actress in Step Up 2: The Streets and Step Up: All In. Briana and Greg appeared together in the 2015 Hallmark Channel holiday movie Once Upon a Holiday. Another daughter is actress Vanessa Lee Evigan, who appeared in Holiday in Handcuffs. Evigan's son Jason is the front man of an LA-based band called After Midnight Project and wrote the song "Perfect Day" for Legally Blonde's soundtrack.

Career

Evigan auditioned for and landed a role in the Broadway show "Jesus Christ Superstar." He also played the lead as part of a touring companies production of Grease.

He is best known for his work in three hit television series:

1979–1981 B. J. and the Bear, where he starred as Billie Joe "B.J." McKay, a truck driver whose best friend was a chimpanzee named Bear;

1987–1990 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;

mid-1990s TekWar, a science fiction series based on a series of books by Star Trek actor William Shatner (who also co-starred). TekWar originated as a series of two-hour television movies in 1994, and then became a series of hour-long episodes that ran in 1995-96.

Evigan was played by actor Mark Gatiss in several When Insects Attack segments in 1998 and When Things Get Knocked Over segments in 1999 episodes of the British television sketch show This Morning with Richard Not Judy.

TV filmography

A Year at the Top (1977)

B. J. and the Bear (1978) as Billie Joe 'B.J.' McKay

Dallas (1978) (Episode "Runaway") as Willie Guest

One Day at a Time (1978) (Episodes "Jealousy Pt.1" and "Jealousy Pt. 2") as Doug

Pink Lady and Jeff (1980)

Masquerade (1983) as Danny Doyle

The Yellow Rose (1984) as Trey Champion

Northstar (1986) as Jack North

Murder, She Wrote (1986) as Brad Kaneally

Matlock (1987) as Josh Sinclair

My Two Dads (1987) as Joey Harris

P.S. I Luv U (1991) as Cody Powell/Joey Paciorek

Columbo: A Bird in the Hand (1992) as Harold McCain

Melrose Place (1992) as Dr. Dan Hathaway

TekWar (1994) as Jake Cardigan

Deadly Family Secrets (1995) as Eddie

Burke's Law (1995)

Pacific Palisades (1997) as Robert Russo

Earthquake in New York (TV movie) 1998 as John Rykker

Family Rules (1999) as Nate Harrison

Touched by an Angel (1999) as Bo Beumont

Big Sound (2000) as Bill Sutton

Reba (2001) as Bill

Spirit (2001) as Jesse

JAG (2003) (Episode Empty Quiver) as Master Chief Shattuck

Straight From the Heart (2003) as Edward

CSI: Miami (2005) (episode "Money Plane") as Sean Walsh

Our House (2006) as Todd Preston

Desperate Housewives (2007) as Dr. Charles McLain

Poison Ivy: The Secret Society (2008) as Professor Andrew Graves

Mail Order Bride (TV movie) (2008) as Tom Rourke

Cold Case (Episode "One Small Step") (2008) as Chuck Pierce

Heat Wave

My Dog's Christmas Miracle (2011) as Kevin

Metal Tornado(2011) as Jonathan Kane

The Glades (2012) (Episode "Fountain of Youth") as Bruce Phillips

The Finder (episode "Bullets") (2012) as Bronski

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (episode "Merchants of Menace") (2015) as Bruce Waters

Once Upon a Holiday (2015) as Georgg

Bones (2017) as Rick Tobine

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 Kevin McBride

Lies Before Kisses (1991)

Spectre (1996) as Will South

The Pawn (1998) as Ray

Mel (1998) as Peter

Pets to the Rescue (1999)

Survivor (1999)

Everyone Loves Mel (1999)

Die! Die! Die! (2000)

He Sees You When You're Sleeping (2002)

Found (2004)

Arizona Summer (2003)

Cerberus (2005)

Hoboken Hollow (2006)

100 Million BC (2008)

Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)

Phantom Racer (2009)

Megaconda (2009)

6 Guns (2010) as Sheriff

Metal Tornado (2011) as Jonathan Kane

Invasion Roswell (2013)

Video filmography

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

Cinnamon (2011)