Christopher Egan was known as Ben Wilson on the hour-long television drama series Vanished. Apart from being noted as Mary Collins’ former boyfriend, he was also famous for his criminal record, spending four years in juvenile hall for beating up and robbing a man, 3 months for vandalism, and 8 years of drug dealing. Suspected for being involved in Sara’s disappearance, he was arrested but was bailed out of jail by Marcy’s mother. In the end, he broke into Wallace Rainer’s house and shot him three times in the heart.

After Vanished got cancelled, Egan starred as Roran in the film Eragon. Based on the novel of the same name, the fantasy film follows the adventures of teenage farm boy living in the fictional and magical world of Alagaësia as he discovers a dragon, and learns magic and sword fighting, to avenge his uncle’s death. The cast also included Edward Speleers, Jeremy Irons, Joss Stone, John Malkovich and Sienna Guillory among others.

Egan has just completed shooting his upcoming film Virgin Territory, in which he stars as Dioneo. Scheduled for release on September 21, 2007, the movie is a romantic comedy about young Florentines and their stories of love and adventure during the black plague. Coincidentally, he also stars in the film Resident Evil: Extinction, which will be released on the same date as Virgin Territory. The science fiction horror, which is a sequel to the 2004 film Resident Evil: Apocalypse, features the survivors of Raccoon City tragedy as they attempt to make it to Alaska, traveling across the Nevada desert. The movie also stars Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Oded Fehr, Iain Glen and Ashanti among others.

-Kris De Leon, BuddyTV Staff Columnist

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