After graduating from the Auburn Senior High School in Auburn, Washington, he moved to California where he attended the Santa Monica Community College, place where he took his first acting class.
He made his debut before the cameras in 2003 when he participated in an episode of “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”.
The following year, he gained recognition by participating in some episodes of the hit novel “The Young and the Restless“, Where he played Daniel romalotti, and it could also be seen in the short “Mistaken” from the director Eric Colley.
In 2005 he had the role of Randy bongard on “Jack & Bobby”, And from that same year until 2006 he played Kevin Volchok in the successful “The OC”.
Since then, he has had roles in several films, including the comedies “Who’s Your Caddy?” Y “American Crude”; the dramas “Breaking the rules”, In which he worked together with Sean Faris, Amber heard Y Wyatt smith, “Twilight“, starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson Y Billy burke Y “Five star day”; and the thrillers “The seed of evil“, with Gary oldman Y Carla gugino Y “Pandorum“, made by Dennis Quaid Y Ben foster.
Among his next projects we can mention the tapes “Priest“,”The Roommate“,”Burlesque” with Christina Aguilera, Eric Dane Y Cher, “Kerosene cowboys“,”Easy A“,”Making Change” Y “The Experiment”, All of them currently in different stages of production.
In regards to your personal life, Gigandet and his girlfriend, Dominique Geisendorff, they had their first daughter, Everleigh ray gigandet, in April 2009.
The actor enjoys sports such as basketball, golf, sky and surfing in his spare time. He is also a practitioner of Krav maga, a self-defense discipline created by the Israeli army.