Justin Bruening is an American actor and former fashion model.
Background
In late 2007, not long after leaving the role, Bruening was cast as Mike Traceur, the son of character Michael Knight, a new take on the original Knight Rider series. Justin Bruening was born on September 24, 1979 in Saint Helena, Nebraska.
Education
Raised in the small town of Saint Helena, Nebraska (a then-population of 85), he graduated from high school with only nine classmates.
Career
In 2011, he was cast as Tyler Berrett, a recurring role on The CW series Ringer starring Sarah Michelle Gellar and in 2013, he joined Ravenswood. Following graduation, Bruening moved to San Diego, California. lieutenant was there that he was discovered by Sue Nessel, a talent scout for Scott Copeland International, at McDonald"s in Escondido just north of San Diego.
Soon afterwards, Copeland got him his first modeling job for Abercrombie & Fitch.
Following his first commercial job, Bruening was encouraged to study acting by Copeland and was noticed by All My Children casting director Judy Wilson. Bruening originally auditioned for the role of JR Chandler on All My Children, but was eventually cast in the role of James "Jamie" Martin in July 2003.
Foreign a brief time, in 2004 and 2005, Bruening also portrayed Jamie Martin on One Life to Live during a crossover storyline. During his role of Jamie, Bruening was featured as Daytime"s Hottest Star in Teen People, Us Weekly, Star and J-14 magazines.
In addition to his work on soap operas, he has had a guest appearance on Hope & Faith and a small part in the film Fat Girls.
He also appeared in the Britney Spears music video "Boys". On October 21, 2007 he appeared on Columbia Broadcasting System"s Cold Case, in the episode "Thick As Thieves". On November 2, 2007, it was announced that Bruening would be starring in a new rendition of the original Knight Rider series, portraying the original Knight Rider"s son, Mike Traceur, for a two-hour film on National Broadcasting Company. National Broadcasting Company decided after successful ratings for the film to continue the story as a series, and commissioned an official series for its debut for the 2008-2009 television season.
In 2011, Bruening began a recurring role on the CW mystery series, Ringer.
In 2012, he began a recurring role on the American Broadcasting Company family drama, Switched at Birth. In 2013, he had a recurring role on the American Broadcasting Company drama, Grey"s Anatomy as Paramedic Matt, and he played a vampire on the current Ford Focus commercial.
He is now featured in the limited season run of the Pretty Little Liars" spin-off Ravenswood.