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Michael Bergin Profile |
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Birth Date: March 18, 1969
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Birth Place: Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
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Birth Name: Michael John Bergin
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Height: 6'1"
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Biography |
Michael John Bergin is considered to have been one of the
first males to have achieved the supermodel status,
previously reserved for women such as Cindy Crawford and
Iman.
Bergin attended the University of Connecticut and is perhaps
best known as Mark Wahlberg's successor in Calvin Klein's
racy series of black and white underwear ads. His 6' 1"
frame and washboard abs (widely cited as his professional
signature) gained international exposure in print ads and,
notably, on a 96' X 70' billboard in New York City's Times
Square.
In addition to his high-profile role as the “spokesbody” for
Calvin Klein, Bergin has walked the runways of New York
City, Paris and Milan for Sonia Rykiel, Valentino, Calvin
Klein, Gianfranco Ferre, Giorgio Armani, Yves Saint-Laurent
and Donna Karan and was the exclusive model for Claiborne
for Men, a division of Liz Claiborne, Inc., for over three
years. He has also appeared in commercials and print
advertisements for Kellogg's, Bacardi Rum, L'Oreal,
Maybelline, Coty, Valentino, Perry Ellis, and Liz Claiborne.
Branching out into acting and television presenting,
Michael’s career has been more hit and miss. Bergin was a
correspondent for the E! Entertainment channel, VH1 Latin
America's House of Style, the co-host of MTV exercise show
The Daily Burn, and as a recurring character on the
prime-time soap opera Central Park West. As a contracted
'star', Michael spent nearly 4 years on the syndicated
Baywatch and Baywatch Hawaii and starred as villain "Nick
Bozman", on the NBC supernatural soap opera Passions. In
unusual variety for a model-turned-actor, Bergin worked for
art-house legends Merchant Ivory in the 1998 film The
Proprietor, played a closeted gay action film star opposite
Dean Cain in 2000’s The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic
Comedy, appeared as a stock broker/werewolf in 2002's
homoerotic horror movie Wolves of Wall Street, and
guest-starred as a rape victim on CBS's popular crime
procedural CSI: Miami in 2003.
While contracted to Calvin Klein, Michael met the late
Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, a Calvin Klein publicist, whom he
dated seriously. After that relationship fell apart due to
career pressures, she went on to marry popular "first son"
John F. Kennedy, Jr., with whom she later perished in a
fatal plane crash. He claims that Bessette-Kennedy had
gotten pregnant and had an abortion prior to her marriage to
John. Their affair was to run its course during her marriage
to John, causing tension between John and Carolyn. There
were rumors that Carolyn broke up with Michael to marry
John, but still loved Michael, even after she married John,
and that she was pregnant by John at the time of the plane
crash.
Later, Bergin was linked romantically to fashion designer
Valentino in industry scuttlebutt inflamed by a reportedly
besotted former manager. (A related rumor is that the
character of "The Bone" in both the book and television
incarnations of Sex and the City was a thinly veiled jab at
Michael and his close relationship with the famous designer.
Ironically, Bergin was passed over to play the character on
the HBO show because he was, by then, considered too old for
the part.)
He married Joy Tilk on September 24, 2004, and is the father
of a son, Jesse, and a daughter, Alannah Jade.
Bergin has worked closely with the anti-drug children's
program D.A.R.E. as a national spokesperson, and lending his
name, time, and image to numerous AIDS charities. (Though it
is not yet known whether his arrest for drunk driving on the
anniversary of Bessette-Kennedy’s death will impact his
long-term work with D.A.R.E.)
Bergin, who is straight, is popular in the gay community due
to his willingness to take on gay roles, to interact with
the gay press, and to work with AIDS charities. His
willingness to not shy away from the gay community has led a
loyal fan base in the gay community and to recent, favorable
comparisons to the similar career fearlessness (if not
talent) of actors Christopher Meloni, Jude Law, and Antonio
Banderas.
His work with the D.A.R.E. program has brought him equal
acclaim from law enforcement, anti-drug, and child advocacy
groups, as well.
Michael has just recently launched his own brand of men's
underwear and it is sold exclusively on his website at
www.MBergin.com |
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Other Information |
Son, Jesse, born 1999
Once dated Caroline Bessette Kennedy.
Engaged to make-up artist Joy Tilk (February 14, 2004).
Published a tell-all book in April 2004 about his
relationship to his former girlfriend Carolyn Bessette.
After the split, Bessette married John Kennedy Jr. in 1996.
They both died in a plane crash in July 1999. In his
intimate book he tells some heartbreaking and negative
stories about Bessette. Because of this, public reaction to
the book was negative.
daughter Alannah Jade born 2004
Wrote a book "Other Man: John F. Kennedy Jr., Carolyn
Bessette, and Me" Published by HarperCollins World (30 Jun
2005). The book is about his relationship with Carolyn
Bessette Kennedy, before and during her marriage to John F
Kennedy Jr. |
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