Colin Egglesfield (full name Colin Joseph) is an American film and television actor, fashion model. He gained wide popularity after the release of the television project "All My Children", where he played the role of Josh Madden.
Egglesfield began his creative career with the modeling business. After passing the casting in Chicago, Colin signed a contract. And after several years he worked in the USA and Europe with leading photographers, designers and fashion houses, in particular with Calvin Klein, Versace, and Giorgio Armani.
Egglesfield began acting in films in the 1970s. Today, in the creative biography of the actor, there are more than fifty roles in various film projects.
Biography facts
Colin was born in the winter of 1973 in the United States. His parents were doctors. His father had a private medical practice, which he began in Michigan and then continued in Chicago, where the family moved when Colin was ten years old. In a new place, my mother left her job and went into business, opening her own cafe. Colin has an older sister and a younger brother.
Egglesfield graduated from the Marian Catholic High School in Chicago. During his studies, he was fond of football and played first for the school team, and then for the student team.
For the first time, Colin got acquainted with the theatrical art at school. He took part in productions and attended The Illinois Theater Center. But then the boy was more interested in sports, and he gave preference to football.
After graduating from high school, Egglesfield decided to follow in his parents' footsteps and entered medical college, then Illinois Wesleyan University, where he continued to play football for the student team. A year later, Colin transferred to the University of Iowa and graduated with a bachelor's degree in biology.
Creative career
In his student years, Colin decided to take part in a casting conducted by a modeling agency out of curiosity. To his surprise, he immediately passed the selection. The young man was offered a contract with the agency, he agreed. So Colin got into the modeling business, where he worked for several years. In 2005, according to the magazine "People", Egglesfield entered the list of the sexiest living men.
Already while working as a model, Colin began to receive offers from representatives of the film industry. Soon, the young man decided to start an acting career. For this I went to study for acting courses.
Egglesfield played his first roles in the famous television series: Law & Order. Special Victims Unit”,“Gilmore Girls”,“Charmed”,“Street”,“Body Parts”.
Soon Colin was offered a role in the project "All My Children", which tells about the life of Erica Kane and her many husbands. Egglesfield played the role of Josh Madden in the series. Work in this project brought the actor wide popularity.
The next equally well-known role of Auggie Kirkpatrick Egglesfield played in the project "Merloes Place".
In his later career as an actor, many roles in television projects: "Hawaii 5.0", "Groom for Rent", "Remember Everything", "Chicago on Fire", "Lucifer", "Unreal Bachelor".
In addition to working in films, Egglesfield is engaged in real estate. In 2014, he founded his own investment company, Stage 2 Properties, which builds and refurbishes homes in South Chicago.
He is also working on the creation of a community center in Roseland with Art On The Loose, which focuses on teaching art and design to children.
Personal life
Colin is still not married. He devotes most of his time to his career and business.
In 2009, he began dating Stephanie Jacobsen. The relationship lasted two years and ended in parting.
In 2013, Egglesfield began a romantic relationship with actress Jennifer Love Hewitt, which lasted only a year.
In 2014, the actor dated Malin Ackerman. How this novel ended is unknown.
