6'3" (1.9m) Justin Hartley (born 1977) is an American actor, writer and
director. He is known for roles in Passions, Smallville, Emily Owens,
M.D., and Revenge.
Hartley was born in Knoxville,
Illinois, and was raised in Orland Park, Illinois, with his brother
Nathan, and sisters Megan and Gabriela. After graduating from Carl
Sandburg High School, he attended Southern Illinois University
Edwardsville and University of Illinois at Chicago where he majored in
history and theater. In 2003, Hartley began dating his Passions co-star
Lindsay Korman (who played Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald). After six months,
the two became engaged on November 3, 2003. They married in a small
ceremony in May 2004. They had a daughter, Isabella Justice, on July
3, 2004. On May 6, 2012, it was announced that Justin and Lindsay were
divorcing after eight years of marriage.
Hartley portrayed
character Fox Crane on the daytime drama Passions from December 7,
2002, to February 2006. In 2006, Hartley played the starring role as Aquaman in a television pilot for The CW titled Aquaman (or Mercy Reef).
He also appeared in Seventh Heaven before he appeared in Smallville -
The Complete Series. Hartley did a seven-episode run as billionaire
Oliver Queen on the CW series Smallville later that year. In 2008, he
returned to Smallville as a regular cast member, after the departure of
Kristin Kreuk and Michael Rosenbaum. In 2008, he starred as Tom in the
film Red Canyon, filmed in the badlands of Utah. |
