Carter Oosterhouse

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Carter Oosterhouse (born September 19 1976) is an American television personality and model, who was born in Traverse City, Michigan. Oosterhouse first gained national fame as a carpenter on the TLC series "Trading Spaces" and has hosted other home improvement and how-to television shows. As of 2008, he is the host of two programs on the HGTV network: "Carter Can" and "Red Hot & Green".

Early life

The child of Mary López and Roland Oosterhouse [ [carteroosterhouse.com] ] , Oosterhouse's career as a carpenter began at the early age of 11, when he began learning carpentry as an apprentice to his neighbor, a master carpenter. He continued to work in carpentry and construction throughout school following in footsteps of his older brothers, Todd and Tyler, who are also carpenters. Oosterhouse has a B.A. in nutrition and communication from Central Michigan University, which he attended on a rugby scholarship.

Early career

After college, Oosterhouse relocated to Los Angeles to pursue a career in film and television. His first job was working behind-the-scenes for Project Greenlight as a production assistant and tape coordinator.

While struggling to get his big break in Hollywood, Oosterhouse auditoned whenever possible, but he continued to work in carpentry to pay his bills.

When going for an audition for a new show on TLC, Oosterhouse ended up landing a part on the already popular show "Trading Spaces", and joined the cast in their fourth season.

Television Shows and Appearances

In 2003, Oosterhouse joined TLC's series "Trading Spaces" in its fourth season. In that same year, TLC also added the spin-offs "Trading Spaces: Family" and "Trading Spaces: Boys V. Girls" to their programs, which allowed Oosterhouse the opportunity to work with children.

In 2004, Oosterhouse did an episode of CBS "Sunday Morning" in New York in which he remodeled correspondent Bill Geist's office with the help of commentator Andy Rooney.

In 2005, Oosterhouse was a contributor to NBC's show "Three Wishes", a primetime unscripted series with Amy Grant, in which Oosterhouse visited small towns across America to help wishes come true.

Oosterhouse is a contributor to the morning show "Today" on NBC as "America's Favorite Handyman".

Oosterhouse is a reoccurring design guest on "The Oprah Winfrey Show", and has also appeared on "The Tyra Banks Show", "Inside Edition", and "Extra".

In Fall 2007, Oosterhouse began two new shows, "Carter Can", a home improvement show premiering on October 4th on HGTV, and "The Inside Job", a behind-the-scenes view of "Carter Can", which will offer homeowners take away information, on the DIY Network.

In early 2008, a second show was added on the HGTV network, "Red Hot & Green", with Nicole Facciuto, on which Oosterhouse promotes eco-friendly materials for earth-friendly living.

Print

Oosterhouse has been named one of "People" magazine's "Sexiest man on TV" in its "Sexiest Man Alive" issue. He was also named one of the sexiest men on television by TV Guide Channel, Inside TV magazine, and Cosmogirl.Fact|date=August 2008

He has also been featured in Home magazine, TV Guide, Star magazine, US Weekly, Organic Style, Catalina magazine, Cargo magazine, and USA Today.

Modeling

Oosterhouse is the face of the men's fragrance Voyage by Nautica.

In the past, Oosterhouse has modeled in print campaigns for Nivea, Lincoln, Hewlett Packard, and Miller Light. In addition, he has also appeared in television advertisements for Bud Light, Nivea, Treasure Island in Las Vegas, and Gillette's M3Power razor.

Charitable works

Oosterhouse has contributed his time to New York's [http://www.booksforkids.org Books for Kids Foundation] , COACH (Community Outreach Assistance for Children's Health), Boys and Girls Clubs of America, and Nautica's Kayak for Cause, a charity event which raised money for Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, and the Fulfillment Fund.

In 2006, he won $20,000 on Celebrity Poker for COACH.

Oosterhouse has just established a new foundation for kids called "Build It Up" in which he will build playgrounds alongside members of the community starting in the Los Angeles Unified School District.

In addition to the organizations listed above, Oosterhouse is an eco-friendly carpenter, meaning he finds ways to incorporate green solutions into each episode of his new show "Carter Can".

Off camera

Oosterhouse enjoys the outdoors and is a sports enthusiast. Some of the activities he enjoys most are basketball, kayaking, horseback riding, hockey, sailing, baseball and rugby, and he is an avid basketball and hockey fan. Oosterhouse mentions his Mexican-American heritage in interviews. Fact|date=April 2008

References

External links

* [http://carteroosterhouse.com/ Official website]
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* [http://origin.denverpost.com/room/ci_5453344 WEB EXCLUSIVE: "Trading Spaces" hunk builds following] "Denver Post"
* [http://www.canadianliving.com/canadianliving/client/en/Beauty/DetailNews.asp?idNews=235098&pg=2&idSM=96 6 things to know about Carter Oosterhouse] "Canadian Living"