In 1993, he competed on
Nickelodeon GUTS with Christy "Blast" Gast and Cam "The Ice Man" Burke, and finished with the silver medal. He tied with the other players for first place on Over the Top and also won the Aggro Crag event, coming from third place to take second overall. He was known as Mike "Flea" Vogel and was dressed in blue. premiere of
Poseidon in May 2006 Vogel began modeling jeans for
Levi Strauss & Company. He was subsequently cast in the television series
Grounded for Life, appearing in a recurring role between 2001 and 2004. His first film role was in the
skateboarding-themed
Grind, which was released on August 15, 2003. The film's co-stars included
Adam Brody and
Jennifer Morrison. Vogel's next role was in the
made-for-television remake of
Wuthering Heights, which premiered on
MTV in September 2003. In the film, Vogel played Heath opposite
Erika Christensen's Kate. Vogel's last 2003 role was in the remake of
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, which was released in October and had high box office performance. In 2005, after
Grounded for Life was canceled, Vogel appeared in four film roles. First, he played Eric Richman, the romantic interest of
Blake Lively's character in
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, which had a June release. His next role was the lead in the low-budget film,
Supercross, which was theatrically released in August. Vogel filmed his role in
Havoc, a dark, R-rated drama also starring
Anne Hathaway, in 2003, but the film was not released until November 2005. It bypassed theaters and was released directly-to-video. Vogel's final 2005 role was in
Rumor Has It..., starring
Jennifer Aniston, in which he had a supporting role as the son of
Kevin Costner's character. in June 2008 Vogel's first 2006 role was in the
disaster film Poseidon, a remake of the 1972 film
The Poseidon Adventure; he plays the fiancé of
Emmy Rossum's character. The film, which had a budget of $160m, opened on May 12 and grossed $181,674,817 at the international box office. Vogel was originally offered the role of
Angel in
X-Men: The Last Stand, but backed out to appear in
Poseidon. The same year, he appeared in
Caffeine, a
romantic comedy and signed to appear in a horror movie called
Open Graves, shot in
Spain. In 2007, Vogel appeared in the film
The Deaths of Ian Stone, part of the
horror film festival 8 Films to Die For. In 2009, Vogel starred in the
neo-noir film
Across the Hall and the horror film
Open Graves. He was part of the 2010 romantic comedy film ''
She's Out of My League, Blue Valentine, TV series Miami Medical, and Heaven's Rain''. Vogel was part of the 2011 comedy film ''
What's Your Number? and plays Johnny Foote in the film adaption The Help. He most recently played Dean on the short-lived ABC drama Pan Am'' (based on the history of the defunct
airline of the same name). In 2013, he participated in Howard Goldberg's comedy
Jake Squared, where he plays against among others,
Elias Koteas,
Virginia Madsen and
Jane Seymour. He also appeared in
McCanick, and the first six episodes of
Bates Motel. This was
A&E's contemporary prequel series to the 1959 novel
Psycho.
BuddyTV ranked him #96 on its list of "TV's Sexiest Men of 2011". Vogel starred as Dale "Barbie" Barbara on the
CBS science fiction drama series
Under the Dome, based on the
novel of the same name by
Stephen King. The show aired as a summer series on CBS; it ran for three seasons on the network, ending in September 2015. In 2014, Vogel received a role in the
Hallmark Hall of Fame's romantic TV movie
In My Dreams, in which he played opposite, among others,
Katharine McPhee and
JoBeth Williams. In the same year he played in the drama thriller
The Boy, which tells the story of a 9-year-old
sociopath, who was played by
Jared Breeze. In 2015, Vogel starred in the miniseries ''
Childhood's End'', based on the novel of the same name written by
Arthur C. Clarke. In 2017, Vogel starred in the film adaptation of
Lee Strobel's
The Case for Christ, portraying the author and teaming up again with co-star
Erika Christensen. On September 25, 2017,
NBC debuted
The Brave, for the 2017–18 season. A small team of hardcore military-intelligence agents from varied branches of the service is selected for special, difficult missions. Among the leads is Vogel's character, Capt. Adam Dalton, the team's communications director and a former
Delta Force operative. He reports to the character played by series lead
Anne Heche. The series was cancelled after one season. In December 2018, it was announced that Vogel will star in the
Netflix psychological thriller
Secret Obsession. The film was released on July 18, 2019. In February 2019, Vogel played the lead role of David Roman in the
ABC science-fiction pilot
Triangle which was written by Jon Feldman and Sonny Postiglione. ABC passed on the project in September 2019. In March 2020, it was announced that Vogel would star in an upcoming Netflix series,
Sex/Life. ==Personal life==