Chris Carmack

Chris Carmack is an American actor and singer who started out in fashion modeling before moving into television and film. Born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Derwood, Maryland, he studied at New York University's Tisch School until a modeling scout set him on that path, with catalog and editorial work for Abercrombie & Fitch and other labels. He played Luke Ward during the first season of The O.C., then took the lead as Sam Reide in The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations (2009) and voiced Garth in Alpha and Omega (2010). His stage work includes the Off-Broadway production Entertaining Mr. Sloane and a London revival of Summer and Smoke. He became known as country singer Will Lexington on Nashville and as Dr. Atticus Link Lincoln on Grey's Anatomy, and his films include Into the Blue 2: The Reef (2009), Love Wrecked (2005) and Beauty & the Briefcase (2010).