A hunky, all-American-looking actor with considerable acting charisma, Anson Mount first gaimed attention when he co-starred opposite Britney Spears in her debut acting vehicle "Crossroads" (2002). The only child of former professional golfer Nancy Smith and late Playboy Magazine sports editor Anson Mount II, Mount grew up Tennesse and, active in high school productions, enrolled at Tennessee's University of the South where he became involved with performance art and theater. He went on to earn a master's degree in fine arts and acting from Columbia University and then joined the New York City