Mike Vogel

Mike Vogel
Vogel at the San Diego Comic-Con in July 2014
Born	Michael James Vogel July 17, 1979 Abington Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Residence	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, model
Years active	2001–present
Spouse(s)	Courtney Vogel (m. 2003)
Children	3
Website	mike-vogel.com

Michael James "Mike" Vogel^[1] (born July 17, 1979) is an American actor and former model. Vogel began acting in 2001, and has since appeared in several films and series, including The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Grind, Poseidon, Blue Valentine, The Help, Bates Motel, Cloverfield and Under the Dome.

Early life

Vogel was born in Abington Township, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia, to Kathy and Jim Vogel,^[2] and was raised in Warminster Township, Pennsylvania. Both of his grandfathers fought in World War II; one was a tank commander who fought in the Battle of the Bulge, and the other was a Seabee in the Navy.^[3] Vogel is the eldest of four children with a sister, Kristin, and two brothers, Daniel Aaron and Scott who is the lead of the hardcore band Terror. Vogel attended William Tennent High School, the same high school as Sprint spokesman Brian Baker and boxer Kermit Cintron, where Vogel was on the Freshman wrestling team.^[3] During the early 2000s, he frequently traveled to New York City in order to audition for acting roles and modeling slots.

Career

Vogel at the London premiere of Poseidon in May 2006

Vogel began modeling for Levi's, and 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, which was released on August 15, 2003. The film's co-stars included Adam Brody and Jennifer Morrison. Vogel's next role was in the made-for-television remake of Wuthering Heights, which premiered on MTV a month after Grind's release, in September 2003. In the film, Vogel played Heath opposite Erika Christensen's Kate. Vogel's last 2003 role was in the remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, which was released in October to high box office performance.

In 2005, after Grounded for Life was canceled, Vogel appeared in four film roles. First, he played Eric Richman, the romantic interest of Blake Lively's character in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, which had a June release. His next role was the lead in the low-budget film, Supercross, which was theatrically released in August. Vogel filmed his role in Havoc, a dark, R-rated drama also starring Anne Hathaway, in 2003, but the film was not released until November 2005, when it bypassed theaters and was released directly-to-video. Vogel's final 2005 role was in Rumor Has It..., starring Jennifer Aniston, in which he had a supporting role as the son of Kevin Costner's character.

Vogel at Joint Task Force Guantanamo in June 2008

Vogel's first 2006 role was in the disaster film Poseidon, a remake of the 1972 film The Poseidon Adventure; he plays the fiancé of Emmy Rossum's character. The film, which had a budget of $160m, opened on May 12 and grossed $181,674,817 at the international box office. Vogel was originally offered the role of Angel in X-Men: The Last Stand, but backed out to appear in Poseidon.^[4] The same year, he appeared in Caffeine, a romantic comedy and signed to appear in a horror movie called Open Graves, shot in Spain. In 2007, Vogel appeared in the film The Deaths Of Ian Stone, part of the horror film festival 8 Films to Die For. In 2009, Vogel starred in the neo-noir film Across The Hall and the horror film Open Graves. He was part of the 2010 romantic comedy film She's Out of My League, Blue Valentine, TV series Miami Medical and Heaven's Rain.

Vogel was part of the 2011 comedy film What's Your Number? and plays Johnny Foote in the film adaption The Help. He most recently played Dean on the short-lived ABC drama Pan Am (based on the defunct airline of the same name).

In 2013 he participated in Howard Goldberg's comedy Jake Squared where he plays against among others, Elias Koteas, Virginia Madsen and Jane Seymour. He also appeared in McCanick, and the first six episodes of Bates Motel, A&E's contemporary prequel series to the 1959 novel Psycho.

BuddyTV ranked him #96 on its list of "TV's Sexiest Men of 2011".^[5]

Vogel also starred as Dale "Barbie" Barbara on the CBS science fiction drama series Under the Dome, based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King. The show aired as a summer series on CBS and it lasted for three seasons on the network, ending in September of 2015.

In 2014 he received a role in The Hallmark Hall Of Fame's romantic TV movie In My Dreams, in which he plays against among others, Katharine McPhee and JoBeth Williams. In the same year played in the drama thriller The Boy, which tells the story of a 9 year old Sociopath, which was played by Jared Breeze.^[6]

In 2015, Vogel starred in the Mini Series named Childhood's End based on the novel Childhood End, written by Arthur C. Clarke.

Personal life

Vogel married Courtney, a former model, in January 2003, with whom he has three children: Cassy Renee Vogel, born 2007; Charlee B. Vogel, born 2009; and Gabriel James Vogel, born 2013. The family resides in Nashville, Tennessee and has 1 pug, Olivia, and 2 horses, Mr. Benjamin Buttons and Mr. Ghost.^[7]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Grind	Eric Rivers
2003	Wuthering Heights	Heath	Television film
2003	Texas Chainsaw Massacre, TheThe Texas Chainsaw Massacre	Andy
2005	Supercross	Trip Carlyle
2005	Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, TheThe Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants	Eric Richman
2005	Havoc	Toby	Direct-to-video (United States)
2005	Rumor Has It...	Blake Burroughs
2006	Poseidon	Christian Sanders
2006	Caffeine	Danny
2007	Deaths of Ian Stone, TheThe Deaths of Ian Stone	Ian Stone
2008	Cloverfield	Jason "Hawk" Hawkins
2009	Revista Rossa	Pete
2009	Empire State	Sam Cochrane	Television film
2009	Across the Hall	Julian
2009	Open Graves	Jason
2010	Blue Valentine	Bobby Ontario
2010	She's Out of My League	Jack
2011	Heaven's Rain	Brooks Douglass
2011	Help, TheThe Help	Johnny Foote	Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast National Board of Review Award for Best Cast Satellite Award for Best Cast – Motion Picture Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast Nominated—Central Ohio Film Critics Association for Best Cast
2011	What's Your Number?	Dave Hansen
2011	Living Loaded	Dan	Television film
2013	Jake Squared	Actor Jake	Indie film
2013	McCanick	Floyd Intrator
2014	In My Dreams	Nick Smith	Television film
2015	Boy, TheThe Boy	Brandon
2016	Wild Man	Brock	Indie film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001–04	Grounded for Life	Dean Piramatti	15 episodes
2008	Criminal Minds	Police Officer at Briefing	Episode: "Normal"
2010	Miami Medical	Dr. Chris "C" Deleo	Main cast; 13 episodes
2011	Pan Am	Dean Lowrey	Main cast; 14 episodes
2013	Bates Motel	Deputy Zach Shelby	7 episodes
2013–2015	Under the Dome	Dale "Barbie" Barbara	Main cast
2015	Childhood's End	Ricky Stormgren[8]	Main cast

References

1. "Mike Vogel.com". Fun Facts. Retrieved July 2012.
2. http://warminster.patch.com/groups/arts-and-entertainment/p/warminster-parents-watch-sons-star-shine-under-the-dome
3. Barker, Lynn (May 10, 2006). "Mike Vogel Takes Us Underwater". TeenHollywood. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
4. "Winnipeg Sun". MARRIED WITH CAPITAL M. Archived from the original on May 27, 2006. Retrieved May 14, 2006.
5. "TV's 100 Sexiest Men of 2011". BuddyTV. Retrieved January 13, 2012.
6. "The Boy". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved January 13, 2012.
7. http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2013/08/m-under-the-domes-mike-vogel-actors-are-the-dumbest-group-of-individuals-essentially-out-there.html
8. 'Under the Dome' actor to star in Syfy thriller

External links

• Official website
• Mike Vogel at the Internet Movie Database
• Mike Vogel on Twitter
• Mike Vogel on Instagram