Stephen Colletti (born February 7, 1986) is an American

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and

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. He portrayed

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drama series ''

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'' and appeared for two seasons on the

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reality television series '' Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County''.

Early life

Colletti was born in

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, California, the youngest child of Lorilee (née Goodall) and Bruce Colletti. Colletti has an older brother named John and an older sister named Lauren. He graduated from

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. He then briefly attended

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Career

In 2004,

commissioned a planned

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series '' Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County'' which followed the lives of wealthy teens and Colletti was asked to appear on the show. The series premiered in September 2004. Colletti returned for the second season with the remainder of the cast from the first season. In 2006, the ''New York Times'' described his role in the series as "still fighting to acquire some charm to animate his idol looks". Colletti did not return for the show's third season. Upon graduating high school, he attended

for a year before returning to

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to pursue an acting career. In 2007 Colletti appeared as himself in an episode of another MTV Reality Television series '' The Hills''. Colletti had a temporary stint as an

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for MTV's ''

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''. In February 2009 Colletti portrayed the role of the love interest in the music video "

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" by

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. Swift says that he was selected for the role because "the guy in the video is supposed to look really sweet and someone who just looks like he would never lie to you." In January 2007, it was announced that Colletti was cast in a major recurring role during the fourth season (Episode 12) of

teen drama series ''

''. Colletti portrayed the role of

, a high school student who plans to save himself until marriage. Over the course of the following seasons Colletti maintained a major recurring role. In November 2010, Colletti was confirmed to have been upgraded as a core series regular for the series eighth season. In May 2011, The CW renewed the series for its ninth and final season, during which Colletti maintained his regular status. The series finale "One Tree Hill" aired on April 4, 2012. Colletti and fellow ''One Tree Hill'' castmate

James Lafferty James Martin Lafferty (born July 25, 1985) is an American actor, director, and producer. He is best known for his portrayal of Nathan Scott on The WB/ CW teen drama television series ''One Tree Hill'' (2003–2012). Early life Lafferty was born ...

created and worked on the first season of an original comedy called ''Everyone Is Doing Great''. In August 2018, Colletti and Lafferty reached a crowdfunding campaign goal to fund their first season. On the show, Colletti played the role of Seth Stewart, and served as a writer, producer, and editor. He also directed one episode during the first season. The series made its debut on Hulu in January of 2021. In 2022, Colletti started a podcast with his former ''Laguna Beach'' co-star

Kristin Cavallari Kristin Elizabeth Cavallari (born January 5, 1987) is an American television personality, fashion designer, actress and author. She first rose to fame in 2004 as a cast member on the popular MTV reality television series '' Laguna Beach: The Re ...

called ''Back to the Beach with Kristin and Stephen'', in collaboration with Dear Media. The podcast revisited the show with behind-the-scenes commentary and special guests.

Filmography

Television

Music videos

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Colletti, Stephen Male actors from Hollywood, Los Angeles American male film actors American male television actors Living people 21st-century American male actors San Francisco State University alumni Participants in American reality television series People from Laguna Beach, California VJs (media personalities) Male actors from Newport Beach, California 1986 births American people of Italian descent