Colin Egglesfield


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.
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Early life

Egglesfield was born in Farmington Hills, Michigan, the second child of Kathleen 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 and L'Uomo Vogue.
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, Open Road, A Stranger in Paradise, Vice with Bruce Willis, Bad Moms, The Space Between Us with Gary Oldman, Reprisal, Backtrace opposite Sylvester Stallone, 100 Days to Live, 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

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000'ArtistEpisode: "The Ultimatum"
2001Law & Order: Special Victims UnitStevenEpisode: "Folly"
2004Gilmore GirlsSeanEpisode: "Girls in Bikinis, Boys Doin' The Twist"
2004Nip/TuckMr. RourkeEpisode: "Sean McNamara"
200412 Days of TerrorAlexTelevision film
2005CharmedTim CrossEpisode: "Death Becomes Them"
2005–2009All My ChildrenJosh MaddenRecurring role
2009–2010Melrose PlaceAuggie KirkpatrickMain role
2010Brothers & SistersYoung William WalkerEpisode: "Time After Time: Part 1"
2010Hawaii Five-0Jordan TownsendEpisode: "Heihei"
2011Carnal InnocenceTucker LongstreetTelevision film
2011–2016Rizzoli & IslesThomas "Tommy" RizzoliRecurring role
2012–2013'Evan ParksMain role
2014UnforgettableAgent Charles SewellEpisode: "A Moveable Feast"
2014Drop Dead DivaCharlie FrenchEpisode: "Truth & Consequences"
2015Chasing LifeDr BarrattEpisode: "Wild Thing"
2015Murder in Mexico: The Bruce Beresford-Redman StoryBruceTelevision film
2015Autumn DreamsBen LawsonTelevision film
2016, 2018LuciferBradley WheelerEpisodes: "Liar, Liar, Slutty Dress on Fire" and "Quintessential Deckerstar"
2018Chicago FireGordon MayfieldEpisode: "Always A Catch"
2021A Christmas WitnessDean CupoTelevision film
2023A Rose for Her Grave: The Randy Roth StoryRandy RothTelevision film
2024A Holiday HideoutDean CupoTelevision Movie