Attended the same high school as his 2001 Blow Dry costar Rachael Leigh Cook
Actively supported the late Minnesota senator Paul Wellstone, and was on his way to Minneapolis to campaign for him when he learned of the senator's fatal plane crash in October 2002
Was ranked No
1 in AskMen
com's 2011 Top 100 Most Beautiful Men in the World list
In 2011, became an active supporter and spokesman for USAID, an organization that strives to promote awareness of famine, drought and war in Africa