Life

Balfour was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Sharon (née Salter), who works as a marriage and family counselor, and David Balfour, a chiropractor. He has a younger sister, Tori. His family is Jewish.

After five years of dating, Balfour married fashion designer Erin Chiamulon on May 30, 2015 in Pacific Palisades, California.

Career

Balfour appeared on the kids TV show Kids Incorporated for one season in 1991. During the early 1990s, he had a variety of minor juvenile roles on such television series as: Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, Arresting Behavior, Boy Meets World and Step by Step. In 1997, he appeared in the pilot for Buffy the Vampire Slayer, as one of the show's first victims, Jesse McNally. He appeared as a regular cast member in three short-lived TV shows. ABC's Veritas: The Quest was cancelled after four episodes in 2003, NBC's Hawaii was canceled after seven episodes in 2004, UPN's Sex, Love & Secrets was canceled after four episodes. Also in 2005, Balfour starred in the sexually explicit Canadian drama Lie with Me opposite Lauren Lee Smith. In March 2006, Balfour debuted as Brian Peluso on producer Dick Wolf's short-lived NBC crime drama, Conviction, which lasted one season. Balfour was also a guest star on the hit show Dawson's Creek, in the ninth episode of the first season.

He starred in the 2003 remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre opposite Jessica Biel. He played a minor character in several episodes of The O.C., as Eddie, Theresa's fiancé, and in the hit HBO show, Six Feet Under, as Claire Fisher's troubled boyfriend, Gabriel Dimas.

Balfour appeared in seven episodes of the first season of 24 as computer technician Milo Pressman in 2001. Five years later, Balfour reprised the role for nineteen episodes of 24's sixth season before leaving the show by his own request. Balfour appeared in ABC's Life on Mars as Eddie Carling, the brother of detective Ray Carling, as played by Michael Imperioli.

He was the face for the new Valentino male fragrance, Valentino V. In September 2009, Balfour appeared in an episode of Monk. In that same month, Balfour booked a recurring role on the new CW drama show The Beautiful Life, but the show was canceled after its second episode and production was shut down immediately. In 2010, he starred in the Strause Brothers thriller film Skyline. He starred as Duke Crocker on the Syfy drama Haven. Balfour co-starred with Missy Peregrym and Jeff Roop, in the creature film Backcountry.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Shattered Image	Greg
1997	Trojan War	Kyle
1998	Can't Hardly Wait	Hippie Guy
1999	Scrapbook	Andy Martin
2000	What Women Want	Cameron
2001	America's Sweethearts	Security Guard
2003	Rain	Pvt. Morris
2003	Secondhand Lions	Sheik's Grandson
2003	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre	Kemper
2004	Face of Terror	Saleem Haddad
2005	Be Cool	Derek	Scenes deleted
2005	Rx	Andrew
2005	Lie with Me	David
2005	In Her Shoes	Grant
2006	The Elder Son	Skip
2008	Hell Ride	Comanche/Bix
2008	What We Take from Each Other	Thief of Hands	Short film
2008	The Spirit	Mahmoud
2009	Rise of the Gargoyles	Prof. Jack Randall
2009	Spread	Sean
2009	Horsemen	Taylor
2010	Cell 213	Michael Grey
2010	Dinoshark	Trace McGraw
2010	Do Not Disturb	Frank	Segment: "Rocketman"
2010	Beatdown	Victor
2010	Skyline	Jarrod
2011	The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy	Will Edwards
2014	Backcountry	Brad
2016	Tao of Surfing	Dayne	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Kids Incorporated	Eric	Main role (20 episodes)
1992	Arresting Behavior	Billy Ruskin	Recurring role (5 episodes)
1993	Bloodlines: Murder in the Family	Matt	TV film
1993	Danger Theatre	Teenager #2	Episode: "An Old Friend for Dinner"
1993	Step by Step	Michael Fielder	Episode: "Never on Sunday"
1993-94	Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman	Benjamin Avery	Episodes: "The Incident", "Just One Lullaby"
1994	Animaniacs	Jared	Voice roles (2 episodes)
1995	Boy Meets World	Tommy	Episode: "Pop Quiz"
1995	Kirk	Zack	Episode: "The Crush"
1996	Champs	Danny	Episode: "For Art's Sake"
1996	No One Would Tell	Vince Fortner	TV film
1996	Townies	Adam	Episode: "The Good Job"
1997	Ink	Danny	Episode: "Devil in a Blue Dress"
1997	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Jesse	Episodes: "Welcome to the Hellmouth", "The Harvest"
1997	Clueless	Pizza Boy	Episode: "Salsa, Chlorine & Tears"
1998	Dawson's Creek	Warren Goering	Episode: "Road Trip"
1999	Nash Bridges	Cliff Morehouse	Episode: "Shoot the Moon"
1999	West Wing, TheThe West Wing	Frat Boy #3	Episode: "Mr. Willis of Ohio"
2000	Chicago Hope	Jason Kerns	Episode: "Hanlon's Choice"
2001	FreakyLinks	Chapin Demetrius	Episode: "Subject: Live Fast, Die Young"
2001	Chronicle, TheThe Chronicle	Mark Griffin	Episode: "Only the Young Die Good"
2001	NYPD Blue	Charles 'Spyder' Price / Eli Beardsley	Episodes: "Peeping Tommy", "Two Clarks in a Bar"
2001-02	24	Milo Pressman	Recurring role (8 episodes)
2001-03	Six Feet Under	Gabe Dimas	Recurring role (12 episodes)
2003-04	Veritas: The Quest	Calvin Banks	Main role (13 episodes)
2004	Fearless	Ryan	TV pilot
2004	O.C., TheThe O.C.	Eddie	Episodes: "The Telenovela", "The Goodbye Girl", "The Nana"
2005	Sex, Love & Secrets	Charlie Tibideaux	Main role (8 episodes)
2006	Conviction	A.D.A. Brian Peluso	Main role (13 episodes)
2007	24	Milo Pressman	Main role (28 episodes)
2008	Ex List, TheThe Ex List	Johnny Diamont	Episode: Pilot
2009	Fear Itself	Maxwell	Episode: "Echoes"
2009	Life on Mars	Eddie Carling	Episode: "The Dark Side of the Mook"
2009	Rise of the Gargoyles	Prof. Jack Randall	TV film
2009	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Max Goodwin	Episode: "Salome in Manhattan"
2009	Monk	Lenny Barlowe	Episode: "Mr. Monk Is Someone Else"
2009	Valemont	Eric Gracen	Main role (23 episodes)
2010	Dinoshark	Trace McGraw	TV film
2010	Saving Grace	Jesus	Episode: "Loose Men in Tight Jeans"
2010-15	Haven	Duke Crocker	Main role (78 episodes)
2011	No Ordinary Family	Lucas Winnick	Episodes: "No Ordinary Love", "No Ordinary Animal"
2012	Christine	Daniel	Episodes: "Daniel", "Matthew", "Max", "Boy Magnet"
2013	The Eric Andre Show	Himself	Guest appearance

[ Source: Wikipedia ]