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.

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 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 (shot by Steven Meisel) and L'Uomo Vogue (twice, photographed by Bruce Weber and Ellen Von Unwerth respectively).

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 (2011), Open Road (2013), A Stranger in Paradise (2013), Vice with Bruce Willis (2015), Bad Moms (2016), The Space Between Us with Gary Oldman (2017), Reprisal (2018), Backtrace opposite Sylvester Stallone (2018), 100 Days to Live (2019), 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.

In 2025, Egglesfield launched The Beyond Impact Podcast. He has also participated in speaking engagements related to personal development and communication.

Filmography + Film Year Title Role Notes 2003 S.W.A.T. LAPD officer 2005 Vampires: The Turning Connor 2005 Must Love Dogs David 2006 Beautiful Dreamer Joe Kelly / Thomas "Tommy" Warner 2009 Baker 2010 Jake Short film 2011 Something Borrowed Dexter "Dex" Thaler III 2005 Life Happens Ivan #1 2005 Just a Little Heart Attack Husband Short film 2012 Open Road David 2013 Josh 2015 Vice Reiner 2017 The Space Between Us Sarah's brother2018 The Row Alex Villiers 2018 Reprisal FBI Agent Fields 2018 The Middle of X Mack Prescott 2018 Backtrace Detective Carter 2019 100 Days to Live Gabriel Weeks 2020 Love By Drowning Val Martin 2024 The Time Travel Hills Jacob Clark 2024 Duchess Tom Sullivan

+ Television Year Title Role Notes 2000 Artist Episode: "The Ultimatum" 2001 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Steven Episode: "Folly" 2004 Gilmore Girls Sean Episode: "Girls in Bikinis, Boys Doin' The Twist" 2004 Nip/Tuck Mr. Rourke Episode: "Sean McNamara" 2004 12 Days of Terror Alex Television film 2005 Charmed Tim Cross Episode: "Death Becomes Them" 2005–2009 All My Children Josh Madden Recurring role 2009–2010 Melrose Place Auggie Kirkpatrick Main role 2010 Brothers & Sisters Young William Walker Episode: "Time After Time: Part 1" 2010 Hawaii Five-0 Jordan Townsend Episode: "Heihei" 2011 Carnal Innocence Tucker Longstreet Television film 2011–2016 Rizzoli & Isles Thomas "Tommy" Rizzoli Recurring role 2012–2013 Evan Parks Main role 2014 Unforgettable Agent Charles Sewell Episode: "A Moveable Feast" 2014 Drop Dead Diva Charlie French Episode: "Truth & Consequences" 2015 Chasing Life Dr Barratt Episode: "Wild Thing" 2015 Murder in Mexico: The Bruce Beresford-Redman StoryBruce Television film 2015Autumn DreamsBen Lawson Television film 2016, 2018 Lucifer Bradley Wheeler Episodes: "Liar, Liar, Slutty Dress on Fire" and "Quintessential Deckerstar" 2018 Chicago Fire Gordon Mayfield Episode: "Always A Catch" 2021 A Christmas Witness Dean Cupo Television film 2023 A Rose for Her Grave: The Randy Roth Story Randy Roth Television film 2024 A Holiday Hideout Dean Cupo Television Movie