Colin Egglesfield

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image	Colin Egglesfield by Gage Skidmore.jpg
caption	Egglesfield in 2025
birth_date
birth_place	Farmington Hills, Michigan, U.S.
occupation	Actor
yearsactive	2000–present
website
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| image = Colin Egglesfield by Gage Skidmore.jpg | caption = Egglesfield in 2025 | birth_date = | birth_place = Farmington Hills, Michigan, U.S. | occupation = Actor | yearsactive = 2000–present | website =

Colin Egglesfield is an American actor. He played Josh Madden in the soap opera All My Children, Auggie Kirkpatrick on The CW's reboot of the drama series Melrose Place, and Dex in the film Something Borrowed.

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. He and his siblings were raised as Catholics. After Egglesfield graduated from Marian Catholic High School in Chicago Heights, he attended Illinois Wesleyan University and played for the football team. He transferred to the University of Iowa, where he was in the 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 after entering at the urging of a friend, and 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. In the late 1990s, he was featured on the covers of Vogue Italia (shot by Steven Meisel) and L'Uomo Vogue (twice, photographed by Bruce Weber and Ellen Von Unwerth respectively).

Egglesfield lived in an apartment near the original World Trade Center and recorded footage of the towers' attack in 2001. He safely went out and avoided the dust that surrounded the Lower Manhattan area.

Career

After taking drama classes, Egglesfield appeared on several television series including Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The $treet, Gilmore Girls, Charmed, and Nip/Tuck. He had a small role in the 2005 film Must Love Dogs. In September 2005, he made his debut on All My Children, taking over the role of Josh Madden from his short-lived predecessor Scott Kinworthy. In 2005, Egglesfield was named one of People magazine's "Sexiest Men Alive". In 2006, he starred in the romantic drama film Beautiful Dreamer.

Beginning in the fall of 2009, Egglesfield portrayed chef/surfer guy Auggie Kirkpatrick in The CW's 2009 series Melrose Place. However, due to a change in the direction of the show, Egglesfield and his co-star Ashlee Simpson-Wentz were fired and his character was written out of the show during the thirteenth episode.

In 2011, he starred in the romantic comedy film Something Borrowed opposite Kate Hudson and Ginnifer Goodwin, based on the 2005 book of the same name. From 2011 to 2016, Egglesfield played the recurring role of Tommy Rizzoli on TNT's Rizzoli & Isles. From 2012 to 2013, he starred as Evan Parks on the Lifetime drama series The Client List.

He appeared in the feature films, Life Happens (2011), Open Road (2013), A Stranger in Paradise (2013), Vice with Bruce Willis (2015), Bad Moms (2016), The Space Between Us with Gary Oldman (2017), Reprisal (2018), Backtrace opposite Sylvester Stallone (2018), 100 Days to Live (2019), and in Lifetime's A Rose for Her Grave. He has appeared in numerous television shows including Hawaii Five-O, Chicago Fire, Lucifer and UnReal, and Gilmore Girls.

Egglesfield is also the author of the book Agile Artist: Life Lessons from Hollywood and Beyond in which he shares insight and inspiration from his working in the entertainment industry, having lived through the World Trade Center Events and having overcome two bouts of cancer.

Egglesfield hosts online courses via Patreon that helps people become more confident delivering communication in front of audiences and the camera.

Filmography

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	S.W.A.T.	LAPD officer
2005	Vampires: The Turning	Connor
2005	Must Love Dogs	David
2006	Beautiful Dreamer	Joe Kelly / Thomas "Tommy" Warner
2009	**	Baker
2010	**	Jake	Short film
2011	Something Borrowed	Dexter "Dex" Thaler III
2005	Life Happens	Ivan #1
2005	Just a Little Heart Attack	Husband	Short film
2012	Open Road	David
2013	**	Josh
2015	Vice	Reiner
2017	The Space Between Us	Sarah's brother
2018	The Row	Alex Villiers
2018	Reprisal	FBI Agent Fields
2018	The Middle of X	Mack Prescott
2018	Backtrace	Detective Carter
2019	100 Days to Live	Gabriel Weeks
2020	Love By Drowning	Val Martin
2024	The Time Travel Hills	Jacob Clark
2024	Duchess	Tom Sullivan
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::data[format=table title="Television"]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	**	Artist	Episode: "The Ultimatum"
2001	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Steven	Episode: "Folly"
2004	Gilmore Girls	Sean	Episode: "Girls in Bikinis, Boys Doin' The Twist"
2004	Nip/Tuck	Mr. Rourke	Episode: "Sean McNamara"
2004	12 Days of Terror	Alex	Television film
2005	Charmed	Tim Cross	Episode: "Death Becomes Them"
2005–2009	All My Children	Josh Madden	Recurring role
2009–2010	Melrose Place	Auggie Kirkpatrick	Main role
2010	Brothers & Sisters	Young William Walker	Episode: "Time After Time: Part 1"
2010	Hawaii Five-0	Jordan Townsend	Episode: "Heihei"
2011	Carnal Innocence	Tucker Longstreet	Television film
2011–2016	Rizzoli & Isles	Thomas "Tommy" Rizzoli	Recurring role
2012–2013	**	Evan Parks	Main role
2014	Unforgettable	Agent Charles Sewell	Episode: "A Moveable Feast"
2014	Drop Dead Diva	Charlie French	Episode: "Truth & Consequences"
2015	Chasing Life	Dr Barratt	Episode: "Wild Thing"
2015	Murder in Mexico: The Bruce Beresford-Redman Story	Bruce	Television film
2015	Autumn Dreams	Ben Lawson	Television film
2016, 2018	Lucifer	Bradley Wheeler	Episodes: "Liar, Liar, Slutty Dress on Fire" and "Quintessential Deckerstar"
2018	Chicago Fire	Gordon Mayfield	Episode: "Always A Catch"
2021	A Christmas Witness	Dean Cupo	Television film
2023	A Rose for Her Grave: The Randy Roth Story	Randy Roth	Television film
2024	A Holiday Hideout	Dean Cupo	Television Movie
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References

References

1. Millsap, Jeanne. (29 April 2011). "Kate Hudson co-star to premier 'Something Borrowed' in Morris". Chicago Sun-Times.
2. (6 May 2011). "'Something Borrowed' hottie wows crowd at Morris showing". Chicago Sun-Times.
3. Fuller Knox, Leslie. (7 May 2011). "From Marian Catholic to 'Man Candy': Southland's Colin Egglesfield Talks 'Something Borrowed,' Football, Family & the Soaps". Patch.com.
4. [http://www.thatsfit.com/2007/11/29/celebrity-fitzness-report-all-my-childrens-colin-egglesfield/ Celebrity fitness report: Colin Egglesfield], thatsfit.com, November 29, 2007.
5. Firman, Tehrene. (October 7, 2011). "Interview with Colin Egglesfield of "Something Borrowed"". Love Twenty.
6. "Colin Egglesfield - Official Website - Bio".
7. (June 5, 2010). "Vogue Italia gallery". colin-egglesfield.net.
8. (June 5, 2010). "L'Uomo Vogue gallery". colin-egglesfield.net.
9. [https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=shared&v=1-ytKT6zMjk]
10. "20TH ANNIVERSARY SEXIEST MAN ALIVE ON SALE November 18". [[People (magazine).
11. (22 October 2009). "Ashlee Simpson-Wentz and Colin Egglesfield Fired from Melrose Place". Movieline.
12. (6 May 2011). "Colin Egglesfield prepares to take Something Borrowed". She Knows.
13. (August 13, 2019). "Colin Egglesfield discusses his new book 'Agile Artist: Life Lessons From Hollywood and Beyond'".
14. "INSPIRE Course".

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