Saturday, February 11, 2012

Number 3- Cam Gigandet

Cam Joslin Gigandet was born on August 16, 1982. He is an American actor who has appeared Twilight, The O.C., Never Back Down, The Roommate, Burlesque, and Priest.
Cam Gigandet was born in Tacoma, Washington. After graduating from Auburn Senior High School in Auburn, Washington, he moved to California, where he attended Santa Monica College, a community college, and took an acting class.
Cam made his acting debut making a guest appearance in the crime television series CSI. He continued his television career making noticeable recurring roles in television shows such as The Young and The Restless and Jack and Bobby. 
Cam Gigandet successfully auditioned for the role of Kevin Volchok, on the Fox teen drama television series The O.C. He portrayed the role of Kevin, a bad boy and rebellious competitive surfer who develops a causal relationship with the rich socialite Marissa Cooper portrayed by Mischa Barton.
Cam became a major recurring character throughout the series' third season and his performance was complimented by critics. Gigandet returned at the start of the series' fourth and final season. Gigandet guest starred in 15 episodes.
In December 2007, Summit Entertainment cast Gigandet in the planned film adaptation of the best-selling vampire book series Twilight by Stephanie Meyer. He signed on to portray the role of the film's "tracker" vampire James and its antagonist.
Cam Gigandet did not reprise his role as his character is destroyed at the end of the first film. He received his second "Best Fight" award win at the 2009 MTV Movie Awards with Robert Pattinson.  
In 2010, Gigandet portrayed a supporting role in the Screen Gems comedy film Easy A: a 22-year-old Christian high school student named Micah. The film was a box office success earning $76,639,272 worldwide and unanimous critical praise from critics worldwide.
That same year Screen Gems cast Gigandet in the film Burlesque.  The film was written and directed by first-time Director Steve Antin and starred Cher, Christina Aguilera and Stanley Tucci. The film is a musical which follows Christina Aguilera's character who moves to Los Angeles to pursue her dream of singing and ends up in a burlesque bar. Gigandet portrays Christina's love interest, Jack, a bartender who works at the club.
In 2009, Gigandet was cast alongside Leighton Meester and Minka Kelly in the thriller film The Roommate.The film followed a college freshman who is randomly assigned to the roommate from hell who soon becomes obsessed. He played Stephen, a university student and love interest of Kelly's character. The film received numerous pushbacks and was released on February 4, 2011.

6 comments:

  1. Im in love with him. Were getting married. I love your bolg! Love all the info about each guy.

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  2. I loved him in burlesque! HE WAS AMAZING! he is beautiful!

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  3. OMG yes he is soooooo sexy, i deffinity agree!!

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  4. I don't like that I have to comment on EVERY blog. I wish I could skip some blogs. This one deffinatly.

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  5. Oh God, I fell in love as soon as I saw him on The O.C ♥ Absolutely handsome!

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