Mike Vogel

Mike Vogel
Vogel at the Joint Task Force Guantanamo in June 2008
Born	Michael James Vogel (1979-07-17) July 17, 1979 Abington Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2001–present

Michael James "Mike" Vogel (born July 17, 1979) is an American actor and former fashion model. Vogel began acting in 2001, and has since appeared in several films and series, including The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Grind, Poseidon, Blue Valentine, The Help and Cloverfield.

Early life

Vogel was born in Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and raised in Warminster Township, Pennsylvania; both of his grandfathers fought in World War II, with one being a tank commander and fighting in the Battle of the Bulge, and the other being a Seabee in the Navy. Vogel has two younger siblings: a brother, Daniel Aaron, and a sister, Kristin. Vogel attended William Tennent High School, the same high school as Sprint spokesman Brian Baker and boxer Kermit Cintron, where Vogel was on the Freshman wrestling team. During the early 2000s, he frequently traveled to New York City in order to audition for acting roles and modeling slots.

Career

Vogel began modeling for Levi's, and was subsequently cast in the television series Grounded for Life, appearing in a recurring role between 2001 and 2004. His first film role was in the skateboarding-themed Grind, which was released on August 15, 2003. The film's co-stars included Adam Brody and Jennifer Morrison. Vogel's next role was in the made-for-television remake of Wuthering Heights, which premiered on MTV a month after Grind's release, in September 2003. In the film, Vogel played Heath opposite Erika Christensen's Kate. Vogel's last 2003 role was in the remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, which was released in October to high box office ratings.

In 2005, after Grounded for Life was canceled, Vogel appeared in four film roles. First, he played Eric Richman, the romantic interest of Blake Lively's character in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, which had a June release. His next role was the lead in the low-budget film, Supercross, which was theatrically released in August. Vogel filmed his role in Havoc, a dark, R-rated drama also starring Anne Hathaway, in 2003, but the film was not released until November 2005, when it bypassed theaters and was released directly-to-video. Vogel's final 2005 role was in Rumor Has It…, starring Jennifer Aniston, in which he had a supporting role as the son of Kevin Costner's character.

Vogel's first 2006 role is in Poseidon, a disaster film and remake of the 1972 film The Poseidon Adventure; he plays the fiancé of Emmy Rossum's character. The film, which has a budget of $160m, opened on May 12. Vogel was originally offered the role of Angel in X-Men: The Last Stand, but backed out to appear in Poseidon. The same year, he appeared in Caffeine, a romantic comedy and signed to appear in a horror movie called Open Graves, shot in Spain. In 2007, Vogel appeared in the film The Deaths Of Ian Stone, part of the horror film festival 8 Films to Die For. In 2009, Vogel starred in the neo-noir film Across The Hall and the horror film Open Graves. He was part of the 2010 romantic comedy film She's Out of My League, Blue Valentine, TV series Miami Medical and Heaven's Rain.

Vogel was part of the 2011 comedy film What's Your Number? and plays "Johnny Foote" in the film adaption The Help. He most recently played Dean on the short-lived ABC drama Pan Am (based on the defunct airline of the same name), and appeared as Deputy Zach Shelby in the first seven episodes of Bates Motel, A&E's contemporary prequel series to the 1959 novel Psycho.

BuddyTV ranked him #96 on its list of "TV's Sexiest Men of 2011".

Personal life

Vogel married Courtney, a former model in January 2003, and has two pugs, Orlando and Olivia. Mike and Courtney welcomed their first child, daughter Cassy Renee Vogel, on February 20, 2007. Their second child, daughter Charlee B. Vogel, was born June 2, 2009.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Grind	Eric Rivers
	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre	Andy
2005	Supercross	Trip Carlyle
	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants	Eric Richman
	Havoc	Toby	DVD movie
	Rumor Has It…	Blake Burroughs
2006	Caffeine	Danny
	Poseidon	Christian
2007	The Deaths of Ian Stone	Ian Stone
2008	Cloverfield	Jason "Hawk" Hawkins
2009	Revista Rossa	Pete
	Across the Hall	Julian
	Open Graves	Jason
2010	Blue Valentine	Bobby Ontario
	She's Out of My League	Jack
	Heaven's Rain	Brooks
2011	The Help	Johnny Foote	Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast National Board of Review Award for Best Cast Satellite Award for Best Cast – Motion Picture Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast Nominated—Central Ohio Film Critics Association for Best Cast
	What's Your Number?	Dave Hansen
2013	McCanick	Floyd Intrator
	Jake Squared	Actor Jake

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001–2004	Grounded for Life	Dean Piramatti	15 Episodes
2003	Wuthering Heights	Heath	TV movie
2009	Empire State	Sam Cochrane	TV movie
2010	Miami Medical	Dr. Chris 'C' Deleo	13 Episodes
2011	Pan Am	Dean Lowrey	14 Episodes
2012	Living Loaded	Dan	TV movie
2013	Bates Motel	Deputy Zach Shelby	7 Episodes
	Under the Dome	Dale 'Barbie' Barbara

External links

• Mike Vogel at IMDb