Michael Bergin Biography

Michael Bergin

John Michael Bergin (Waterbury, 8 March 1969) is a model and actor, considered the first man to reach the status of supermodel, a role previously reserved for women, such as Cindy Crawford and Naomi Campbell.

Biography

Born in Connecticut where he attended the University of Connecticut, began his career working as a model for designers such as Valentino, Gianfranco Ferré, Giorgio Armani, Yves Saint-Laurent and Donna Karan, career that led him to travel around the world, working in cities as New York, Paris and Milan. Bergin became famous for a famous advertising campaign for Calvin Klein Underwear, replacing Mark Wahlberg. The shots in black and white of Herb Ritts, they circle the world by highlighting its physicality, making it become one of the most sought after and paid.

In 1996 makes her film debut in the film Portrait in memory, which saw him pray alongside Jeanne Moreau. In 1997 became famous for the role of sexy lifeguard Jack "JD" Darius in the show Baywatch, a role which covers from 1997 to 2001. Following independent states in a comedy club gay theme of a broken heart. In 2002 reads nell'horror-omoerotico Wolves of Wall Street, while in 2003 appears in an episode of Witches and resumed the role of JD in the TV movie Baywatch: Marriage in Hawaii.

Personal life

By partnering with Calvin Klein, Bergin had the opportunity to know his publicist Carolyn Bessette, whom he had a relationship. The Bissette later married John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr., Becoming a Kennedy, the couple tragically lost their lives in a plane crash waters of the Atlantic in 1999. Since 2004 he married Joy Tilke, who made him the father of two sons, Jesse and Alannah Jade.

Despite his heterosexuality, Bergin has become popular in the gay community, thanks to its beauty and for often interpreted by homosexual roles, but also for his involvement in social, participating in campaigns against driving in a state of ebrezza and fight all 'AIDS. Recently launched a line of underwear.

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