US Weekly (October 27, 2003)

TV's Crime Fighting Hunks

Pulses are racing - and it's not from the fast-paced plots. Here's why these cops, investigators and special agents make Us lust for the long arm of the law

by Craig Tomashoff & Eric Andersson (EC photo by Erica Berger)

Without A Trace's Eric Close

Stats: 36, 5'11", Gemini

Romance Report: Taken! He and wife Keri have two kids, Katie, 5 and Ella, 2 1/2.

About Him: "I'm going to Mexico to build homes [for the underprivileged] for three days" in mid-October, says Close, a Presbyterian churchgoer. All-American good looks - and he's virtuous? Still, the San Diego-bred, Los Angeles-based actor behind the straight-arrow FBI agent Martin Fitzgerald doesn't live like a monk. His wife of eight years goes for "the way I am as a dad," he tells Us, "but she also grabs my ass a lot!" If she can catch him: He's often out golfing, scuba diving, rock climbing or otherwise working up a sexy sweat. (CBS, Thursdays, 10 P.M.)

[Paula's note: the article also featured Jesse L. Martin (Law & Order), George Eads (CSI), Adam Rodriguez (CSI Miami) and Michael Weatherly (Navy NCIS)]