In the summer of 2000 Burgess Jenkins’ career exploded after he landed the coveted role of Ray Budds in the smash Blockbuster Remember The Titans opposite two time academy award winner Denzel Washington. With the success of “Titans” Burgess realized he needed to learn more about the craft and hone his skill, so he enrolled in the famed Playhouse West in Los Angeles. There he would study for the next four years under Robert Carnegie and Academy award nominee Jeff Goldblum. Armed with a love for Method acting Burgess has worked tirelessly since in both film and television. He has starred as academy award winner Hilary Swank’s husband, David Winter in The Reaping; played Bobby Irons throughout season six on the hit WB series One Tree Hill and recurred on LIFETIME’S smash hits Army Wives and Drop Dead Diva. In Addition, Burgess has portrayed the historical figure John Wesley in the self titled, award winning Wesley with Golden Globe winner Kevin McCarthy; starred in the true story Unshackled with Stacy Keach; portrayed the racing legend Bill Blair in Red Dirt Rising and depicted the embattled Harry O’Ryan in The Trial opposite Matthew Modine and Academy Award nominee Robert Forster. Burgess can be seen as the male Lead in ABC Family’s Christmas Cupid opposite Christina Milian, Chad Michael Murray and Ashley Benson as well as starring in the comedic Mini Series Marry Me with Lucy Liu and Annie Potts. Burgess headlined the baseball themed movie HERO with Justin Miles (NBC’s The Gates) and Greg Allan Williams (HBO’s The Sopranos) and Stars opposite Danielle Panabaker and Sherry Stringfield in The Shunning.