Colin Egglesfield

Colin Egglesfield
Egglesfield in 2023
Born	(1973-02-09) February 9, 1973 Farmington Hills, Michigan, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2000–present
Website	www.colinegglesfield.com

Colin Egglesfield (born February 9, 1973) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Josh Madden in the soap opera All My Children, Auggie Kirkpatrick on The CW's reboot of the drama series Melrose Place, Dex in the film Something Borrowed, and Evan Parks on The Client List.

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 was brought up in a Catholic household.

Shy in his adolescent years, he credits his prep football coach, Dave Mattio, with helping him develop positive self-esteem. 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).

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 also 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 has also 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: The Randy Roth Story in which he plays Randy Roth.

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

Filmography

Film

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	The Good Guy	Baker
2010	The Au Pairs	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	A Stranger in Paradise	Josh
2015	Vice	Reiner
2017	The Space Between Us	Sarah's brother
2018	Reprisal	FBI Agent Fields
2018	Backtrace	Detective Carter
2018	The Row	Alex Villiers
2019	100 Days to Live	Gabriel Weeks

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	The $treet	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	The Client List	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"
2023	A Rose for Her Grave: The Randy Roth Story	Randy Roth	Television film

External links

• Official website
• Colin Egglesfield at IMDb