Colby Donaldson

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Colby Donaldson (born April 1, 1974) is an American television actor best known as the runner-up contestant on Survivor: The Australian Outback.

Donaldson was born in Christoval, Texas, and took a degree in business marketing at Texas Tech University (where he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity, the same fraternity chapter as actor George Eads).

He entered the reality-television series Survivor: The Australian Outback, in which he was the runner-up, and went on to be one of the contestants on Survivor All Stars. His appearance on Survivor: The Outback brought him considerably more fame than might have been expected, as a result of what most people considered to be a mistake in judgment, and which was widely believed to have cost him the competition. Donaldson won the final immunity challenge and passed up an opportunity to vote off Tina Wesson who ultimately defeated him.

At the Survivor: All Stars televised reunion "America's Tribal Council", Donaldson was voted by an online poll as the sexiest male castaway for all first 8 seasons. Donaldson is also known for his friendship with Survivor host Jeff Probst and their regular poker games.

After this brief stint on reality television, Donaldson turned to acting, appearing on such shows as Curb Your Enthusiasm, Reba, and several episodes of Joey. He is also becoming known for appearing in television adverts as the spokesman for Schick razors, a minor role as a secret service agent in Wes Craven's Red Eye (2005), and episode 118 ("The Man in the Morgue") of the Fox hit Series: Bones (2005).