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Colin Egglesfield 
Egglesfield at the CW presentation, Madison Square Garden, New York City, May 21, 2009Born February 9, 1973
Farmington Hills, Michigan, USColin Egglesfield (born February 9, 1973) is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal as Dr. Josh Madden in the long-running soap opera All My Children, as well as Auggie Kirkpatrick in The CW's short-lived teen drama Melrose Place.
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Early life
Egglesfield was born in Farmington Hills, Michigan, the second child of Kathleen (née Dineen) and William Egglesfield, a physician.[1][2][3] His mother is Irish.[4] He has two siblings: an older sister, Kerry, and a younger brother, Sean. Egglesfield spent his early childhood in the Metro Detroit area. At the age of ten, he and his family moved to Crete, Illinois, a small community south of Chicago. Growing up, he was more studious than rambunctious, preferring to spend Friday nights alone building model airplanes. His dream was to follow his father's footsteps as a physician, but became interested in acting watching his older sister Kerry perform. He was brought up in a Catholic household.[citation needed]
Shy in his adolescent years, he credits his prep football coach with helping gain a positive self-esteem. Egglesfield graduated from Marian Catholic High School in Chicago Heights and went on to the University of Iowa's pre-med program. After he received his BS from Iowa he backpacked throughout Europe.
To earn money for medical school, Egglesfield turned to modeling. He won a contest (he entered at the urging of a friend), and soon after, he left medicine behind for a modeling career. He is signed with Beatrice Model agency in Milan, Italy, and DNA Model Management in New York City. He modeled for Versace, Calvin Klein, and Armani, among others before he started acting.
Career
After taking drama classes, Colin Egglesfield found himself guest starring on popular TV series such Law & Order SVU, The $treet, Gilmore Girls, Charmed, and Nip/Tuck. He also had a very small 5-word 7 second role in the 2005 movie Must Love Dogs, in addition to many other minor film projects. On September 20, 2005, he made his debut on All My Children, taking over the role of Josh Madden from his short-lived predecessor Scott Kinworthy. Beginning in the fall of 2009, Egglesfield portrayed chef/surfer guy, Auggie Kirkpatrick on CW's 2009 series Melrose Place. However, due to a change in the direction of the show, Eggelesfield and his co-star Ashlee Simpson-Wentz were fired and his character was written out of the show during the thirteenth episode.
He attended the Cackalacky Film Festival in Charlotte, N.C., where his film, Beautiful Dreamer, was awarded Best American Full Feature Film.
He owns and runs his own New York City-based clothing company Shout Out Clothing!, which he principally uses as a vehicle to promote and support educational initiatives such as Project Grad, and also "Stay in school" programs.
He was named one of People's "Sexiest Men Alive" in November 2005.
In 2011, he starred in the film adaptation of Something Borrowed opposite Kate Hudson, Ginnifer Goodwin, and John Krasinski.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 2002 Lost in Oz Calleb Jansen 2003 S.W.A.T LAPD officer 2004 12 Days of Terror Alex 2005 Vampires: The Turning Connor 2005 Must Love Dogs David 2006 Beautiful Dreamer Joe 2009 The Good Guy Baker 2011 Something Borrowed Dex Thaler Television Year Title Role Notes 2000 The $treet Artist Cameo appearance 2001 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Steven 2004 Gilmore Girls Sean 2004 Nip/Tuck Mr. Rourke 2005 Charmed Tim Cross 2005–2009 All My Children Josh Madden 2009–2010 Melrose Place Auggie Kirkpatrick Main role 2010 Hawaii Five-0 Jordan Townsend 1 episode (1x10) 2011 Carnal Innocence Tucker Longstreet TV Movie 2011 Rizzoli & Isles Tommy Rizzoli References
- ^ http://heraldnews.suntimes.com/entertainment/5069067-421/kate-hudson-co-star-to-premier-something-borrowed-in-morris.html
- ^ http://heraldnews.suntimes.com/news/5219753-418/something-borrowed-hottie-wows-crowd-at-morris-movie-premiere.html
- ^ http://tinleypark.patch.com/articles/from-marian-catholic-to-man-candy-southlands-colin-egglesfield-talks-something-borrowed-football-family-the-soaps
- ^ http://www.thatsfit.com/2007/11/29/celebrity-fitzness-report-all-my-childrens-colin-egglesfield/
External links
Categories:- 1973 births
- Actors from Michigan
- American soap opera actors
- American film actors
- American television actors
- American male models
- American Roman Catholics
- Living people
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