Colin Egglesfield is known as an American actor and inspirational speaker. He is most famous for playing the role of Josh Madden in a long-running soap opera called All My Children.
Colin Egglesfield was born in the year 1973 in Farmington Hills, Michigan. He is the second child of Kathleen and of William Egglesfield. His father made a living as a physician. He was born with two siblings. Kerry is his older sister and Sean is his young brother.
His family raised him in the Catholic religion. Colin Egglesfield grew up in the city of the Metro Detroit area. When he was ten years old, the family had to move to Morris, IL. It is a small community of South Chicago and it is the place where Colin spent most growing up. He was a studious person and he wanted to spend all Friday alone to build model airplanes. He had a dream of following in his father's footsteps but he changed his mind when he saw how her sister Kerry was performing as an actress.
When he was young, Colin was shy and he says that a prep football coach named Dave Mattio was the one who helped him to gain positive self-esteem. After he graduated from Marian High School of Chicago Heights, he went to Illinois Wesleyan University and he played on the football team. He went to University of the Iowa where he was in the pre-med program. After getting his degree from Iowa, he backpacked around Europe.
Colin Egglesfield is expected to get married soon and his wife will be Malin Akerman. Malin got a divorce from her first husband before she started dating Colin.
To get money for medical school, Colin Egglesfield started modeling. He won a contest when a friend urged him to participate. After the victory, he stopped his pursuit of medicine and started to model full time. He signed up for the Beatrice Model Agency in the city of Milan and then DNA model management of New York City. He was a model for Armani, Calvin Klein, and Versace. He was on the cover for Italian Vogue which was photographed by Steven Miesel and for L’Uomo Vogue.
When he finished with drama lessons, he had a chance to guest star in the movies and TV shows like Nip/Tuck, Charmed, Gilmore Girls, The Street, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. He had a small role in the film Must Love Dogs. He played the role of Auggie Kirkpatrick in Melrose, a short-lived drama on The CW. He played Evan Park on The Client List.
Colin as of late wrote a moving memoir called Agile Artist about his encounters picked up from his excursion from his small community in the USA to the greatest entertainment stages on the planet. Colin shares extraordinary knowledge and the techniques he needed to embrace the challenges of his acting career. His adoration for inspirational speaking additionally keeps him dynamic sharing his message to companies, educational establishments, and noble causes.
| Birth Date: | 9 Feb, 1973 |
| Age: | 47 yrs |
| Occupations: | Actor Television actor Model Film actor |
| Citizenship: | United States of America |
| Birth Place: | Farmington Hills |
| residence: | Farmington Hills Chicago New York City |
| Education: | University of Iowa Illinois Wesleyan University |
| Gender: | Male |
| Description: | American actor |
| Twitter Id: | CEgglesfield |
| Net Worth 2021: | 3 million |
