Personal life

Kaufman was born in Virginia and raised in New Canaan, Connecticut. His father is Jewish and his mother is Catholic. Kaufman is one of five children with an older brother David Kaufman, who is also an actor, a sister, a stepbrother and a stepsister. He studied drama at Lynchburg College, the Circle in the Square Theatre School, and at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's National Theater Institute.

Kaufman met Australian-American actress Poppy Montgomery in 2005 in Mexico while working on the independent film Between and in 2010, they worked together again in the TV movie Lying to Be Perfect. Montgomery was then starring as FBI agent Samantha Spade on the CBS mystery drama Without a Trace. Kaufman began a recurring role, making his first appearance in March 2007 with season 5: episode 19 titled "At Rest" as Brian Donovan, Samantha's love interest for the rest of the series. In June 2007, Montgomery announced her pregnancy with Kaufman, which was written into the sixth season. On December 23, 2007, Montgomery gave birth to their son Jackson Phillip Deveraux Montgomery Kaufman in Los Angeles. It was reported on October 10, 2011, through Life & Style, that Kaufman and Montgomery broke up due to the distance between them when working. Kaufman resides in Los Angeles.

Filmography

• Law & Order (1997) - Douglas Burke
• Brookfield (1999) - Jamie Harper
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1999) - Parker Abrams
• Dawson's Creek (1999-2000) - Ethan
• The Only Boy Living in New York (2000) - Gideon
• Metropolis (2000) - Matthew
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2000) - Michael Goren
• Dead Last (2001) - Dom
• Taken (2002) - Adult Charlie Keys
• CSI: Miami (2003) - Ted Zink
• Beck and Call (2004) - Gray
• Veronica Mars (2004) - André (Episode: "The Girl Next Door")
• Between (2005) - James Roberts
• Vieni via con me (2005) - Michael
• E-Ring (2005) - Jared Vogel
• Hello Sister, Goodbye Life (2006) - Joe
• Law & Order (2006) - Attorney Swain
• Altered (2006) - Wyatt
• Without a Trace (2007-2009) - Brian Donovan
• Veronica Mars in the FBI (2007) - FBI agent Carter
• Mad Men (2007) - Bob Shaw
• CSI: NY (2007) - Elliot Gano
• Monk (2008) - Brother Ted
• Loving Leah (2009) - Dr. Jake Lever
• Cupid (2009) - Tommy Brown
• Melrose Place (2009) - Toby
• Lying to Be Perfect (2010) - Chip/Alex Stanson Jr.
• NCIS (2010) - Det. Philip McCadden
• Il Patto Di Cenerentola (2010) - Gary Harvey
• Final Sale (2011) - Ben Martin
• Perfectly Prudence (2011) - Michael Merchant
• Hawaii Five-0 (2012) - Karl Strathern
• 90210 (2013) - Brock Paige
• The Client List (2013) - Lewis Clark
• The Thanksgiving House (2013) - Rick Allen
• Corporate (2014) - Tucker McIntyre
• State of Affairs (2014-2015) - Lucas Newsome
• Stalker (2015) - Will
• A Mother Betrayed (2015) - Kevin - TV film

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