Scott Mechlowicz

Scott Mechlowicz is an American actor who grew up in Plano, Texas and studied acting at the University of California, Los Angeles, finishing the Conservatory Acting Program in 2003. His first screen role came in the teen comedy EuroTrip (2004), and the same year he starred in the independent dark teenage drama Mean Creek (2004) as the oldest member of a group of teenagers. That performance brought him an Independent Spirit Award, and the film drew positive reviews. He also appeared in a season one episode of House in 2004. He then took the lead as Dan Millman, a rings gymnast and Olympic hopeful, alongside Nick Nolte and Amy Smart in the drama Peaceful Warrior (2006). Later came the thriller Gone, Waiting for Forever (2010), the dark suspense drama Undocumented, and Cat Run, while in Eden (2013) he played a young man who lures girls into a sex trafficking ring.