Colton’s career began at the age of 15 when he began modeling for Abercrombie & Fitch while living in New York City. After a move to Los Angeles, an acting career started to take shape with appearances in the television series CSI: Miami, Pushing Daisies, Melrose Place , The Hills and Privileged. Long form television ventures include the Hallmark film Forever and Always and uncredited appearance as a young man in a cafe in the 2007 blockbuster Transformers. In addition to guest roles, Haynes also acted in My Chemical Romance’s music video for their single, I Don’t Love You, directed by Marc Webb. Haynes earned a series regular role of Shane in the cable series Look and ABC’s short lived drama The Gates. Currently he plays Jackson Whittemore in MTV’s new supernatural series Teen Wolf.