In June 2020, he unsuccessfully ran for presidency of Actors' Equity Association, labor union for stage actors challenging incumbent Kate Shindle  Bogardus is married to dancer Dana Moore. In 1998, they appeared opposite each other in "Chicago", with Bogardus as lawyer Billy Flynn and Moore as Velma Kelly. In 2002, they appeared together in "Damn Yankees" as Lola and Mr. Applegate at the Boston Center for The Arts, Boston, Massachusetts. He also has an adopted son named Jackson Bogardus.