Colin Egglesfield

Colin Egglesfield
Egglesfield at the CW presentation, Madison Square Garden, New York City, May 21, 2009
Born	February 9, 1973 (1973-02-09) Farmington Hills, Michigan, US

Colin 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.

Early life

Egglesfield was born in Farmington Hills, Michigan, the second child of Kathleen (née Dineen) and William Egglesfield, a physician. His mother is Irish. 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.

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

External links

• Official website
• Colin Egglesfield at the Internet Movie Database