Tegan West | |
Birth Date: | April 26, 1959 |
Birth Place: | California, U.S. |
Spouse: | Scott Atkinson (??; died 2021) |
Tegan West (born on April 26, 1959 in California, USA) is an American actor and writer who worked in television, stage and film. He was married to actor Scott Atkinson.[1]
His film roles include Grace of My Heart, Sleep with Me, Spontaneous Combustion, Jaws 2, and Hamburger Hill.[2] [3] [4]
He portrayed a colleague of Norm's on Cheers who tried to steal his idea in "Norm's First Hurrah" in Season 5 while almost ten years later on the spin-off, Frasier, he portrayed a similar character called Jack who tried to rip Frasier off in Season 3's "Frasier Grinch".
Other television credits include Wonder Woman, Everwood, The X-Files, The West Wing, and Law & Order.
Tegan is also a screenwriter. He co-wrote the movie The Cave (2005) and he and his husband, Scott Atkinson, were also writing partners. They wrote Duck Duck Goose,[5] and had also written a movie called "Honeymoon with Dad" to be directed by Danny DeVito, had another script optioned called "Minimum Wage" to be helmed by Mark Waters,[6] and planned another project about Irish senator David Norris. All these planned projects received media attention and announcements in the industry.[7] [8] [9] [10] [11]