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 skateboardingthemed Grind 2003 In 2003 he starred as Heath in the madefortelevision 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 Livelys character in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and a supporting role in Rumor Has It as Blake Burroughs the son of Kevin Costners character He costarred as Christian the fiancé of Emmy Rossums 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 XMen 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 costarred as Jason Hawkins in Cloverfield 2008 Jack in Shes Out of My League 2010 Bobby in Blue Valentine 2010 Johnny Foote in The Help 2011 and Dave Hansen in Whats 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 miniseries Childhoods 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 SexLife 2021 He costarred as Lt Sullivan in the film Fantasy Island 2020 a horror spin on the original 80s TV show