An American actor, born in California, USA, of Italian, French, and Portuguese descent. He spent his childhood and adolescence in Connecticut, and played basketball during his adolescence, participating in many tournaments. He began his artistic career in 1999, when he succeeded in obtaining a role in the series Passions, which began airing in July of the same year, and remained one of its heroes for five years; before announcing in July 2004 that he needed to look for other work, so he stopped for several months before returning for several additional episodes. He left it permanently in January 2005. In October 2004, he participated in the comedy-drama series Desperate Housewives, and the following year he won the Teen Choice Award. In 2006, he participated in the comedy film John Tucker Must Die. In 2008, he participated with the actor Michael Douglas in the film Beyond a Reasonable Doubt.