Height6' 3" (1.91 m)　　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.　　Performed in the musical Jersey Boys for almost 3 years. His performance with the Las Vegas cast on America's Got Talent on September 9th, 2009 marked his final performance as a Jersey Boys cast member.　　Born and raised in the Chelsea section of Manhattan, New York City.　　Discovered by Lori Danziger, his manager, at an after-school theater program at the Children's Aid Society in New York City at the age of 9.　　Attended the well-known Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Center in Loch Sheldrake, NY for 7 years with other well known actors Sebastian Stan, Lea Michele, Brett Davern, and many others.　　Producer, Director and Host of"Las Vegas Celebrates the Music of Michael Jackson" on August 29th, 2009 at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, NV. The show raised over $100,000 for Music Education in Nevada Public Schools.　　His father's family is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent.　　Personal Quotes (12)　　Every bar mitzvah I ever went to was, 'Here comes 'Oh, What a Night.''　　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.