Mike Vogel

Michael James Vogel (born July 17, 1979) is an American actor and former fashion model.

Vogel began modeling jeans for Levi Strauss & Company before being cast in a recurring role on the television series *Grounded for Life* from 2001 to 2004. His first film role was in the skateboarding-themed *Grind* (2003).

In 2003, he starred as Heath in the made-for-television remake of *Wuthering Heights*, which premiered on MTV, and filmed his role in the remake of *The Texas Chainsaw Massacre*. In 2005, after *Grounded for Life* was canceled, Vogel appeared in four films, with notable roles as Eric Richman, the romantic interest of Blake Lively's character in *The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants*, and a supporting role in *Rumor Has It...*, as Blake Burroughs, the son of Kevin Costner's character.

He co-starred as Christian, the fiancé of Emmy Rossum's character in the disaster film *Poseidon* (2006), a remake of the 1972 film *The Poseidon Adventure*. Vogel was originally offered the role of Angel in *X-Men: The Last Stand*, but backed out to appear in *Poseidon*. From 2007 to 2009, he starred in the films *The Deaths of Ian Stone*, *Across the Hall*, and the horror film *Open Graves*.

He co-starred as Jason Hawkins in *Cloverfield* (2008), Jack in *She's Out of My League* (2010), Bobby in *Blue Valentine* (2010), Johnny Foote in *The Help* (2011), and Dave Hansen in *What's Your Number?*.

He had starring roles in several TV series as Chris Deleo on *Miami Medical* (2010), pilot Dean Lowrey on *Pan Am* (2011), Deputy Zack Shelby on *Bates Motel* (2013), Dale 'Barbie' Barbara on *Under the Dome* (2013), and Ricky Stormgren on the Syfy mini-series *Childhood's End* (2015).

He starred in the Hallmark movie *In My Dreams* (2015), and the films *Adult Interference* (2017), *The Case for Christ* (2017), *The Amendment* (2018), and *Secret Obsession* (2019).

He again had starring TV roles as Adam Salton on *The Brave* (2017) and Cooper Connelly on *Sex/Life* (2021). He co-starred as Lt. Sullivan in the film *Fantasy Island* (2020), a horror spin on the original 80's TV show.