Jun 22 2008
Grey’s Profile: Justin Chambers
At first I hated him. Then I hated him a little less. And a little less. (You get the idea). But I realize he is one of those characters that everyone has in their life — that obnoxious type that just rubs us the wrong way. And as I have continued to watch Dr. Alex Karev, I realize there is more to him than meets the eye. A man that doesn’t give his heart away too easily, but when he does love its seems that it is with everything in him.
I can’t wait to see to see where Grey’s takes Dr. Karev in Season 5.
Bio (from www.imdb.com)
Justin Chambers was born on July 11, 1970, in Springfield, Ohio. He is one of five children of John Chambers and Pam Chambers, an Irish-German-American family. He has a twin brother named Jason, one older brother and two older sisters.
While on vacation in Paris he was spotted by an agent and soon went on modeling for Calvin Klein, Giorgio Armani, and others throughout Europe, Japan and United States.
In the 1990s he settled in New York, where he studied at H.B. Studios for 4 years. That schooling yielded him appearances in several off-Broadway stage productions and a few television roles.
Chambers’ first break came in 1995, a four-month gig on a long-running NBC’s daytime soap “Another World,” then he appeared opposite Lolita Davidovich in Harvest of Fire and in CBS’s Rose Hill opposite Jennifer Garner in 1997. After that he catapulted to the “IT” list of the late 1990s and was described as “part James Dean, part Marlon Brando” by Harper’s Bazaar in 1998.
He made his big screen debut in 1999 in the featured role of a rich WASP who befriended a Jewish kid in Liberty Heights, a Barry Levinson drama.
He then starred as D’Artagnan in The Musketeer (2001) alongside Catherine Deneuve and Mena Suvari, then co-starred with Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Lopez in The Wedding Planner (2001).
In 2005 Chambers made a comeback starring as Dr. Alex Karev opposite Katherine Heigl on ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy. He also starred as obsessed police detective, Sgt. Matt Parish, in the thriller The Zodiac (2005).
Justin Chambers has been enjoying a happy family life. He is a father of five children with his wife, Keisha Chambers, a model agency booker, whom he met while he was modeling with Calvin Klein. The two have been married since 1993.
A longtime New Yorker, he used to travel back and forth from New York to L.A. while his family was still in New York. His wife and children have recently moved to LA with Justin from their New York home.
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