Eddie Cibrian

A versatile actor who continues to expand his career in television and in film, EDDIE CIBRIAN has become one of the most recognized and talented actors in the business today. Eddie starred in the short lived NBC 60's period-piece, "The Playboy Club." Using the proliferation of the then Chicago-based Playboy empire as a backdrop, Cibrian played Nick Dalton, the handsome mob-tied lawyer and man-of-the-town who frequents the club and its bunnies. Cibrian starred for five seasons as firefighter ‘Jimmy Doherty' in the popular NBC series, "Third Watch;" also starred in the ESPN series, "Tilt;" followed by the ABC series "Invasion;" Fox series "Vanished;" and role of ‘Jesse Cardoza' on the hit CBS television series, "CSI: Miami."

Born and raised in California, Cibrian began his acting career at the age of 12, landing a Coca-Cola commercial on his very first audition. Following the success of that spot, Cibrian appeared in numerous other national commercials.

Upon entering high school, Cibrian decided to put his acting career on hold to pursue his other passion – sports. He excelled in every sport he competed in, including football, baseball, soccer and volleyball, and graduated high school with several All-State honors.

Cibrian continued his successful athletic career when he entered UCLA's football program in the fall of 1991. Unfortunately, an injury during his first year on the team left Cibrian sidelined and with extra time on his hands. The lack of physical activity left a void in Cibrian's life, so he decided to return to acting.

Cibrian immediately landed several national commercials and soon after, starred in Malcolm-Jamal Warner's Emmy®-Award winning television special "Kids Killing Kids." The attention Cibrian garnered for his appearance on Warner's special led to several soap opera auditions, one of them being for the role of Nick Newman on CBS's "The Young and the Restless." Although the show's producers felt that Cibrian was too old to play Nick, they were extremely impressed with his acting abilities and created a character for him on the show, that of the conniving Matt Clark. Within three months, Cibrian had received so much fan mail that CBS signed him to a three-year contract.

After appearing on "The Young and the Restless" for two years, Cibrian starred in several television shows including "The Bold and the Beautiful," "Baywatch Nights," "Beverly Hills 90210," "Sabrina The Teenage Witch" and "Saved by the Bell: The College Years."

It was not long before Aaron Spelling offered Cibrian the starring role of ‘Cole Deschanel' on the NBC daytime drama, "Sunset Beach." Just five months after his debut, TV Guide named Cibrian one of "Daytime's 12 Hottest Stars."

Coinciding with "Sunset Beach," Cibrian also found time in his busy schedule to star as the lead in a CBS movie-of-the-week, "Logan's War: Bound by Honor." Cibrian's other television credits include the Lifetime movie, "Jackie's Back," and the NBC biblical mini-series "In the Beginn

Prior to "CSI: Miami," Eddie appeared simultaneously in recurring roles on three series – the role of ‘Coach Diaz' on the ABC series, "Ugly Betty," the role of Eddie LaRoche on the USA cable series, "The Starter Wife" and the role of ‘Kevin' in the ABC series, "Samantha Who." In 2009, he starred in the Lifetime Movie "Northern Lights" and in March 2010 was seen in the lead role in the Hallmark movie, "Helping Hands."

Eddie's feature motion picture credits include his memorable performance in "Living Out Loud," the sci-fi/horror film "The Cave," 20th Century Fox's "Say It Isn't So" starring Heather Graham and Chris Klein, and Fine Line's "But I'm a Cheerleader" starring Natasha Lyonne and Clea DuVall.ing," with Martin Landau, Jacqueline Bisset and Billy Campbell.

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