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.

Egglesfield spent his early childhood in the Metro Detroit area. At the age of ten, he and his family moved to Morris IL, a small community south of Chicago. Growing up, he was more studious than rambunctious, preferring to spend Friday nights alone building model airplanes. His dream was to follow his father's footsteps as a physician, but became interested in acting watching his older sister Kerry perform.

Shy in his adolescent years, he credits his prep football coach, Dave Mattio, with helping gain a 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 (he entered at the urging of a friend), and soon after, he 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 90's, he was featured on the covers of italian Vogue (shot by Steven Meisel) and L'Uomo Vogue (twice, photographed by Bruce Weber and Ellen Von Unwerth respectively).

Career

After taking drama classes, Egglesfield found himself guest starring on television series such as 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 addition to many other minor film projects. On September 26, 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 attended the Cackalacky Film Festival in Charlotte, N.C., where his film Beautiful Dreamer was awarded Best American Full Feature Film.

Beginning in the fall of 2009, Egglesfield portrayed chef/surfer guy Auggie Kirkpatrick in CW's 2009 series Melrose Place. However, due to a change in the direction of the show, Eggelesfield 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 film adaptation of Something Borrowed opposite Kate Hudson. As of August 2011, Egglesfield plays 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 owns and runs his own New York City-based clothing company Shout Out Clothing!, which he principally uses as a vehicle to promote and support educational initiatives such as Project Grad, and also "Stay in school" programs.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	S.W.A.T.	LAPD officer
2004	12 Days of Terror	Alex	Television film
2005	Vampires: The Turning	Connor
2005	Must Love Dogs	David
2006	Beautiful Dreamer	Joe Kelly/Thomas "Tommy" Warner
2009	Good Guy, TheThe Good Guy	Baker
2010	Au Pairs, TheThe Au Pairs	Jake	Short film
2011	Something Borrowed	Dexter "Dex" Thaler III
2011	Carnal Innocence	Tucker Longstreet	Television film
2011	Life Happens	Ivan #1
2011	Just a Little Heart Attack	Husband	Short film
2012	Open Road	David
2013	Stranger in Paradise, AA Stranger in Paradise	Josh
2015	Vice	Reiner
2015	Murder in Mexico: The Bruce Beresford-Redman Story	Bruce	Television film
2015	Autumn Dreams	Ben	Television film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	$treet, TheThe $treet	Artist	Episode: "The Ultimatum"
2001	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Steven	Episode: "Folly"
2002	Lost in Oz	Calleb Jansen	Unsold WB pilot
2004	Gilmore Girls	Sean	Episode: "Girls in Bikinis, Boys Doin' The Twist"
2004	Nip/Tuck	Mr. Rourke	Episode: "Sean McNamara"
2005	Charmed	Tim Cross	Episode: "Death Becomes Them"
2005-2009	All My Children	Josh Madden	Role held: September 26, 2005 - January 19, 2009
2009-2010	Melrose Place	Auggie Kirkpatrick	Main cast; 10 episodes
2010	Brothers & Sisters	Young William Walker	Episode: "Time After Time: Part 1"
2010	Hawaii Five-0	Jordan Townsend	Episode: "Heihei"
2011-present	Rizzoli & Isles	Thomas "Tommy" Rizzoli	Recurring
2012-2013	Client List, TheThe Client List	Evan Parks	Main cast
2014	Unforgettable	Agent Charles Sewell	Episode: "A Moveable Feast"
2014	Drop Dead Diva	Charlie French	Episode: "Truth & Consequences" (Season 6, #ep1)
2015	Chasing Life	Dr Barratt	Episode: "Wild Thing" (Season 2, #ep9)

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