✦Took home the Choice TV Actor, Drama/Action Adventure award for "The O.C." (2003) at the 2006 Teen Choice Awards held August 20th in Los Angeles.
✦Sat on #9 of Elle Girl's 50 Hottest Guys list.
✦Has the same music taste which are indie rock, emo and jazz with his character in "The O.C." (2003), Seth Cohen.
✦Listed as one of the 2003 Teen People's 25 Hottest Stars Under 25, sharing it with his co-stars in "The O.C." (2003), Mischa Barton, Benjamin McKenzie, and Rachel Bilson.
✦Was the first "The O.C." (2003) star to appear in Ashton Kutcher's TV show "Punk'd" (2003).