Carter Oosterhouse

Carter Oosterhouse (born September 19, 1976) is an American television personality and model, who was born in Traverse City, Michigan. Oosterhouse first gained national fame as a carpenter on the TLC series Trading Spaces and has hosted other home improvement and how-to television shows. As of 2008, he is the host of two programs on the HGTV network: Carter Can and Red Hot & Green. He is married to actress Amy Smart. The child of Mary López and Roland Oosterhouse, Oosterhouse's career as a carpenter began at the early age of 12, when he began learning carpentry as an apprentice to his neighbor, a master carpenter. He continued to work in carpentry and construction throughout school following in the footsteps of his older brothers, Todd...