
Acting
Michael James Vogel (born July 17, 1979) is an American actor and former fashion model. Vogel began modeling jeans for the iconic Levi Strauss & Company. He was subsequently cast in the television series Grounded for Life, appearing in a recurring role between 2001 and 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 the most 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.

A packed cruise ship traveling the Atlantic is hit and overturned by a massive wave, compelling the passengers to begin a dramatic fight for their lives.

Four skaters follow their idol on his summer tour in an attempt to get noticed, get sponsored, and become stars themselves.

Convinced that his fiancee is cheating on him, a man follows her to a hotel and calls his best friend to help him avoid a calamity.

Deaths tells the story of an all-American guy who is murdered each day by horrifying pursuers, only to wake up in slightly different lives to experience the terror of being murdered again.

When he starts dating drop-dead gorgeous Molly, insecure airport security agent Kirk can't believe it. As his friends and family share their doubts about the relationship lasting, Kirk does everything he can to avoid losing Molly forever.

Four best friends (Tibby, Lena, Carmen & Bridget) who buy a mysterious pair of pants that fits each of them, despite their differing sizes, and makes whoever wears them feel fabulous. When faced with the prospect of spending their first summer apart, the pals decide they'll swap the pants so that each girl in turn can enjoy the magic.

After picking up a traumatized young hitchhiker, five friends find themselves stalked and hunted by a chainsaw-wielding killer and his family of equally psychopathic killers.

One day, Jason finds an unusual board game called Mamba. When his surfer friends start to play, the games unleashes its deadly curse, killing the losers in a gruesome fashion. Supposedly it will grant the winner a wish. As his companions die off, Jason decides that the only way he can reverse the tragedy is by continuing to play. With his girlfriend, Erica, Jason rolls the dice and hopes to make his wish before one of them suffers a horrible fate.

Ally Darling is realizing she's a little lost in life. Her latest romance has just fizzled out, and she's just been fired from her marketing job. Then she reads an eye-opening magazine article that warns that 96 percent of women who've been with 20 or more lovers are unlikely to find a husband. Determined to turn her life around and prove the article wrong, Ally embarks on a mission to find the perfect mate from among her numerous ex-boyfriends.

Dean and Cindy live a quiet life in a modest neighborhood. They appear to have the world at their feet at the outset of the relationship. However, his lack of ambition and her retreat into self-absorption cause potentially irreversible cracks in their marriage.



