D.O.B: 16th August, 1982
STAR SIGN: Leo
HOMETOWN: Tacoma, Washington, USA.
Apart from the fact that he's H-O-T, do you notice anything else about this face? You might recognise Cam as the bad-dude surfy from The OC, who seemed to fall off the face of the earth after the show wrapped up. Well, it's time to get excited because he's back in another bad-boy role, this time as James the evil vampire in Twilight!
Cam Gigandet fell in love with acting straight after graduating from high school, when he attended acting classes at a Californian community college. His first jobs consisted of small roles in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and The Young and the Restless before he landed his best known role on The OC.
Just this year, Cam won an MTV movie award for "Best Fight" in the film Never Back Down where yep, you guessed it, he played the resident bad guy. Maybe that's why we're crushing on him so bad — there's something so attractive about a bad boy!
Cam also earned an award for being the Rising Male Star of the Year by the Entertainment Merchants Association. Not one to slack off, Cam already has a collection of films in the works including, Pandorum, Kid Cannabis, Kerosene Cowboys, Silver Cord and Pinkville. Hopefully they'll be released in Oz!
Cam's a typical boy and is crazy about all sports including basketball, football, surfing, skiing and has a special talent in the Israeli martial art of krav maga, in which he has a black belt. Watch out!
And we hate to break it to you but, unfortunately, Cam's not single. He's rumoured to have been dating another US actress, Dominique Geisendorff, for a couple years. Disappointing as that is, his GF is the one responsible for introducing him to the Twilight books, two months before he snagged the role of James. They do say behind every great guy is an even greater chick!
If you’re hanging to see Cam in the bad boy role he does so well once again, make sure you check out Twilight out 11th of December.
Random facts about Cam so you're in-the-know.
- Cam's fave movie is Fight Club. He has watched it at least 50 times!
- He got his first tattoo at age 16. He has another one on his right arm and one on his left hip that says "Godspeed".
- His last name is of French origin and is pronounced "jig-and-day".
Vote for you fav Twilight hunk in Who's Hotter? - Taylor Lautner, Robert Pattinson or Cam - a tricky choice!
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