Nice Boy of the Week: Tim DeKay

Tim DeKay is Peter Burke in USA's hit series "White Collar" / Photo: NBC

Please join us in congratulating our first Nice Boy in December, Tim DeKay! Tim has become a favorite with Nice Girls since USA’s White Collar became such a hit. His character is paired so perfectly with Matt Bomer’s Neal Caffrey.

Theater-goers are well acquainted with Tim’s work on the stage. On Broadway, he was seen in The Show-Off; off Broadway, in Billy Budd; touring in The Lion in Winter. Tim has appeared in local theaters in such shows as Burning Blue, Someone to Watch Over Me and Star Fever.

Tim’s feature credits include Get Smart, The Chumscrubber, Walkout, The Peaceful Warrior and Control. Television credits include Brothers & Sisters, The New Adventures of Old Christine, My Name Is Earl, Everwood, Party of Five and Seinfeld. He has also guest starred on CSI, Without A Trace and Friends.

Married with two children, Tim’s life is anything but dull. I think I like him best as Peter Burke in White Collar. First impressions had us believing that Peter was a hard-nosed, strictly by-the-book, FBI agent, but I think Neal Caffrey’s charm, sense of humor and easy-going personality are softening the veteran agent up more than he’d like to admit.

Tim plays a tough guy, but here, he’s every bit the Nice Boy.