<P> While a student at Carnegie Mellon University, Manganiello appeared in numerous productions in Pittsburgh's theatre scene, including Ulfheim in Henrik Ibsen's When We Dead Awaken, Lorenzo in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice for Quantum Theatre, and Joe in the Pittsburgh premiere of The Last Night of Ballyhoo . He moved to Los Angeles, California after graduating from Carnegie Mellon . He quickly signed with a talent agent, and three days later, he auditioned for the role of Peter Parker in the Sam Raimi - directed film Spider - Man (2002). He landed the role of Eugene "Flash" Thompson, Peter Parker's nemesis, as his first acting job out of college . He reprised the role several years later, making a brief cameo at the end of Spider - Man 3 (2007). </P> <P> Manganiello began finding work in television, playing Tori Spelling's boyfriend on VH1's So Notorious in 2006, and guest starred on Las Vegas, Jake in Progress, and Close to Home . That year, he also played an Alcoholics Anonymous sponsor in the CBS television pilot Edison . In 2007, he appeared in the Scrubs episode "My No Good Reason" and in the MyNetwork TV nighttime soap opera American Heiress . He also played Officer Litchman, the love interest to Linda Cardellini's character, for a four - episode arc on NBC's ER . He played "The Chick Magnet" in May 2007 at the New York City premiere of Skirts & Flirts, a monologue by Gloria Calderon Kellett, which was a finalist for HBO's Aspen Comedy Festival . He played Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire for the West Virginia Public Theatre in 2008, directed by his former Carnegie Mellon professor Geoffrey Hitch . </P> <P> He starred as Leo Belraggio, a New York jazz musician, in the west coast premiere of Terrence McNally's Unusual Acts of Devotion in June 2009 . The play was staged at the La Jolla Playhouse at the University of California in San Diego . He worked with the noted playwright and director Leonard Foglia while creating his role in 2008 at the Ojai Playwrights Conference . He played Brad on several seasons of the CBS comedy How I Met Your Mother . In 2008, he joined the cast of The CW drama One Tree Hill for its fifth season, playing bartender Owen Morello . He shot the series in Wilmington, North Carolina, and returned for its sixth and seventh seasons . </P> <P> Manganiello played Stu on the Fox sitcom' Til Death for two episodes, and starred in the short film Wounded that year, which he originated on the stage and won Best Short Film at the 2011 Big Island Film Festival . He starred in the direct - to - video war film Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia in 2009 . He played Lt. Sean Macklin, a Navy SEAL squad leader . In order to add authenticity to the production, he trained for several months with a former Navy SEAL, for whom he paid to come to the set and stay in the cast's hotel . The film was shot in Puerto Rico . He appeared in an episode of Medium in 2009, and has guest starred on all three series of CBS's CSI television franchise (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, and CSI: NY). He had a role in the independent film Irene in Time . In 2010, he appeared in television commercials for Taco Bell, promoting its new product . He shot television pilots for 100 Questions and the Pittsburgh - set sitcom Livin' on a Prayer . </P>

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