Colin Egglesfield

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Colin Egglesfield in May 2009

Colin Egglesfield (born February 9, 1973 in Farmington Hills , Michigan ) is an American actor . He is best known for his role as Dr. Josh Madden in All My Children and for the role of Auggie Kirkpatrick in Melrose Place .

Life

Colin Egglesfield was in Farmington Hills in the US state of Michigan born as the second child of Kathleen and William Egglesfield. He has an older sister named Kerry and a younger brother named Sean. He grew up in the greater Detroit area before moving with his family to Crete, a small town south of Chicago , at the age of ten .

His dream was to follow in the footsteps of his father, who works as a doctor. At the same time he developed an interest in acting. After graduating from Marian Catholic High School in Chicago Heights , he began studying medicine at the University of Iowa . During this time he made a backpack tour of Europe and started working as a model . At the insistence of his friends, he took part in a modeling competition and won it, after which he dropped out of his studies and began a career as a photo model. He worked for Versace , Calvin Klein and Armani .

His acting career began with guest appearances on well-known television series such as Law & Order: Special Victims Unit , The $ treet - Who offers more? , Gilmore Girls , Charmed - Magical Witches and Nip / Tuck - Beauty has its price . He also made a seven-second appearance in Looking for a Woman with a Dog ... A Man with a Heart . He also had a small role in SWAT - The Special Forces .

From September 25, 2005 to September 9, 2008, he played the role of Joshua "Josh" Madden in the soap opera All My Children . On January 9, 2009 he briefly returned to the series and died on January 14, 2009 the series death. Thereafter, Egglesfield received one of the leading roles in The CW series Melrose Place . His role as Auggie Kirkpatrick was written after 13 episodes, along with the character played by Ashlee Simpson , from the series.

In 2011 he played alongside Kate Hudson and Ginnifer Goodwin in the film Fremd Fischen the role of Dex Thaler. The film is based on the bestselling novel by Emily Giffin of the same name. In the same year he also worked in the novel by Nora Roberts , Carnal Innocence . In December 2011, he received the lead role as Evan Parks in the lifetime television series The Client List , in which he appeared in 25 episodes between 2012 and 2013.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Ausiello: Exclusive: Simpson and Egglesfield out in 'Melrose Place' shake-up . Entertainment Weekly . October 22, 2009. Retrieved June 23, 2011.
  2. ^ Rainer Idesheim: The Client List: Colin Egglesfield in the new Jennifer Love Hewitt series . Serial junkies. December 15, 2011. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Egglesfield, Colin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH February 9, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Farmington Hills , Michigan, United States