<P> Shawn Patrick Christian (born December 18, 1965) is an American television and film actor . </P> <P> After graduating from Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Michigan with a degree in Marketing (1989), he moved to Chicago to pursue an acting career . He starred in numerous stage productions and began appearing in commercials . He worked on stage with improvisational company Improv Olympic . </P> <P> In 1994, he was the first male spokesman on Star Search . He landed the role of Mike Kasnoff also in 1994 on As the World Turns . In 1995 he was Nominated for "Hottest Male Star" by Soap Opera Digest magazine . He starred on the show until 1997, moving to Los Angeles in the meantime . In 1999 he also had a recurring role in The WB television series Charmed as Josh, the love interest of Piper Halliwell, played by Holly Marie Combs . He also landed the role of Johnny Durant on WB's Summerland . Although the show was a hit the first season, it failed to garner the same attention the second season . He acted with his stepdaughter, Taylor Cole . He was cast as a potential cowboy boyfriend of Jack (who made a move on Will) in the final season of Will & Grace . In February 2008 it was reported that he was cast as doctor, and specialist Daniel Jonas on Days of Our Lives . </P> <P> On the roster of an NBAE basketball team . For the 2007--08 season he played for the Miami Heat with teammates Jay Harrington . </P>

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