Burgess Jenkins

Burgess Jenkins is an American actor and director from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, who trained at Playhouse West with Jeff Goldblum. He is known for playing Bobby Irons on One Tree Hill, Ray Budds in Remember the Titans (2000) alongside Denzel Washington, and David Winter in The Reaping (2007). His film work includes the award-winning independent film Wesley (2009), in which he portrayed John Wesley, and Unshackled, a true story in which he starred with Stacy Keach. On television, he appeared throughout season six of One Tree Hill, recurred on Marry Me and COMA, and guest starred on Drop Dead Diva, Revolution, and JAG. He also played Randy Roberts on Nashville, Staff Sergeant Eddie Hall on Army Wives, and Billy Abbott on The Young and the Restless from 2014 to 2016. He received a Best Actor nomination at the Boston Film Festival for Insignificant Others, and in 2024 he appeared in Blue Ridge as Ryan Lucas.