Craig Philip Bierko (born August , ) is an American actor and
singer.Bierko was born in Rye Brook, New York, the son of Pat
(Distillator) and Rex Bierko, who ran a local community theatre.
Bierko's mother was a Jewish-born convert to Roman Catholicism. Bierko
has said he is "very connected" to his Jewish heritage. His surname is
Polish. He attended Blind Brook High School and then went on to Boston
University intending to study broadcast journalism at the School of
Public Communications but graduated from Northwestern University in
with a BS in theater arts from the School of Speech.Bierko got his
break in when he was cast opposite Valerie Bertinelli and Matthew
Perry in the CBS sitcom Sydney; however, the production lasted just
episodes. He went on to make steady appearances in various television
shows including Amen, The Powers That Be, Wings and Ally McBeal.
Bierko may be best known for his role as Timothy in the action film
The Long Kiss Goodnight (a role he credits as the beginning of his
penchant for "darker" roles), as Max Baer in the film Cinderella Man,
as Tom Ryan in Scary Movie (spoofing Tom Cruise throughout the film)
and on the Broadway stage as Harold Hill in The Music Man, or as the
lead in The Thirteenth Floor. He was also the original choice for the
character of Chandler Bing on the sitcom Friends but turned it down.
He had a small role as a jazz musician love interest for Carrie
Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) in the fourth season of Sex and the
City. He had another small role as attorney Jeffrey Coho during the
third season of the ABC television series Boston Legal and as a lead
in the short-lived Unhitched. He was also cast as Dave Lister in the
pilot for the American TV version of Red Dwarf, which was not picked
up as a series. He appeared in 's Kate & Leopold in an uncredited
role, and in TV's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Andy Eckerson,
a United States Deputy Marshal who is working with the SVU (and
ex-flame Det. Olivia Benson) to recapture an escaped convict.
singer.Bierko was born in Rye Brook, New York, the son of Pat
(Distillator) and Rex Bierko, who ran a local community theatre.
Bierko's mother was a Jewish-born convert to Roman Catholicism. Bierko
has said he is "very connected" to his Jewish heritage. His surname is
Polish. He attended Blind Brook High School and then went on to Boston
University intending to study broadcast journalism at the School of
Public Communications but graduated from Northwestern University in
with a BS in theater arts from the School of Speech.Bierko got his
break in when he was cast opposite Valerie Bertinelli and Matthew
Perry in the CBS sitcom Sydney; however, the production lasted just
episodes. He went on to make steady appearances in various television
shows including Amen, The Powers That Be, Wings and Ally McBeal.
Bierko may be best known for his role as Timothy in the action film
The Long Kiss Goodnight (a role he credits as the beginning of his
penchant for "darker" roles), as Max Baer in the film Cinderella Man,
as Tom Ryan in Scary Movie (spoofing Tom Cruise throughout the film)
and on the Broadway stage as Harold Hill in The Music Man, or as the
lead in The Thirteenth Floor. He was also the original choice for the
character of Chandler Bing on the sitcom Friends but turned it down.
He had a small role as a jazz musician love interest for Carrie
Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) in the fourth season of Sex and the
City. He had another small role as attorney Jeffrey Coho during the
third season of the ABC television series Boston Legal and as a lead
in the short-lived Unhitched. He was also cast as Dave Lister in the
pilot for the American TV version of Red Dwarf, which was not picked
up as a series. He appeared in 's Kate & Leopold in an uncredited
role, and in TV's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Andy Eckerson,
a United States Deputy Marshal who is working with the SVU (and
ex-flame Det. Olivia Benson) to recapture an escaped convict.
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