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Michael James VogelΒ (born July 17, 1979) is an American actor and former fashion model.
Vogel began modeling jeans for the iconicΒ Levi Strauss & Company. He was subsequently cast in the television seriesΒ Grounded for Life, appearing in a recurring role between 2001 and 2004. His first film role was in theΒ skateboarding-themedΒ Grind (2003).
In 2003, he starred as Heath in theΒ made-for-televisionΒ remake ofΒ Wuthering Heights, which premiered onΒ MTV, and filmed his role in the remake ofΒ The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. In 2005, afterΒ Grounded for LifeΒ was canceled, Vogel appeared in four films, with the most notable roles as Eric Richman, the romantic interest ofΒ Blake Lively's character inΒ The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, and a supporting role inΒ Rumor Has It..., as Blake Burroughs, the son ofΒ Kevin Costner's character.
He co-starred as Christian, the fiancΓ© ofΒ Emmy Rossum's character in theΒ disaster filmΒ Poseidon (2006), a remake of the 1972 filmΒ The Poseidon Adventure. Vogel was originally offered the role ofΒ AngelΒ inΒ X-Men: The Last Stand, but backed out to appear inΒ Poseidon. From 2007 to 2009, he starred in the filmsΒ The Deaths of Ian Stone,Β Across the Hall,Β and the horror filmΒ 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.
