thanks to his role on Grey's Anatomy
Justin chambers is instantly
recognizable the shaundalyn stalwart
first appeared on the popular medical
drama when it premiered in 2005 and as
portrayed dr. Alex Karev in every season
since this is the untold truth of Justin
chambers the character Justin chambers
plays on Grey's Anatomy may be a major
player but in real life the actor has
been married for over 25 years
chambers Metis wife Keisha at a modeling
agency where she was a model Booker
considering the brutal breakups that
tend to take place for those who work in
a crazy industry like Hollywood Chambers
knows just how lucky he is to still be
happily married the actor told Good
Housekeeping in 2007 we've been together
for so long that I really don't know any
other way to be every relationship has
its ups and downs but I'm glad I get to
go through the ups and downs with her I
just feel really fortunate to have found
someone who will be my partner on this
journey Keisha and Justin have four
daughters
Isabella twins Maya and Kayla and Ava
and one son named Jackson with five
kiddos running around Justin and Keisha
chambers house is always extremely busy
the actor explained to Good Housekeeping
we didn't plan on having such a big
family but after our first daughter we
had twins so it sort of jumped from 1 to
3 right away while the couple's oldest
child as if fell out was born in 1994
their youngest Jackson arrived in 2002
as for what it's like living with such a
big family chambers told Good
Housekeeping well our house is sort of
like a nightclub
we've got loud music and chaos and
crowds but really we're pretty laid-back
Chambers couldn't sound more grounded
and his idyllic family life seems pretty
much perfect do they think you're cool
no Justin chambers isn't the only
artistic member of his large family
while none of his children appear to
have caught the acting bug just yet one
of his daughters is a musician in an
up-and-coming band Ava chambers plays
bass in pinky pinky which ID describes
as a California three-piece with the
hard pounding sound in DIY attitude
after releasing 2 EPS pinky pinky and
hot tears the trio dropped their debut
album turkey dinner and June 2019 in an
endlessly adorably Instagram post proud
dad Justin celebrated pinky pinky's
album release writing in part so proud
of my daughter and her bandmates Justin
chambers might already have his hands
full with five kids but the actor is
also a lover of animals according to
Jess Jared his family of seven was
spotted adopting a dog from a pet
adoption
stand back in 2007 with the children
excitedly arguing over who would walk
the pup home in an interview with Good
Housekeeping that same year chambers
revealed we just got two rescue dogs of
course we got two and not one I guess we
can't do anything in moderation
but they're little dogs so it's like
they add up to one regular sized dog
Chambers is also big on publicly
discussing and playfully teasing the
families pups an old beagle named
d'Artagnan and a pit bull called Zook
clearly the Chamber's family has a lot
of love for their canine members as The
Observer reported in 2016 they'd
extended their clan once more and had
three dogs before his career-making role
on Grey's Anatomy Justin chambers was a
model working with high-profile brands
such as Armani and Calvin Klein in
December 2018 the model turned actor
shared a vintage photo of himself on
Instagram posing in front of a Calvin
Klein billboard campaign of which he was
the star proving that he found much
success during his modeling days
chambers might be better known for his
acting prowess these days but he happily
joked about his prior career as a model
during a 2006 interview with East Bay
Times saying I don't look like a model
in real life I'd go in for shoots and
they thought I was a delivery boy but I
pulled it off for a while Chambers has
clearly remained modest about the
beginnings of a showbiz career but it's
clear that his charisma talent and
boyish good looks or what got him his
start in Tinseltown in 2008 Justin
chambers sought help for a sleep
deprivation disorder he'd been
experiencing and found himself
unexpectedly thrust into the spotlight
when none other than Britney Spears
checked into the same hospital according
to people word of his hospitalization
leaked to the press when the popstar
arrived at Resnick neuropsychiatric
Hospital at UCLA and members of the
media followed chambers opened up to the
magazine about his day at the hospital
explaining I suffer from a biological
sleep disorder your body is tired but
your mind keeps racing you lie down and
then you get up and pace and then you
lie down but you can't fall asleep in
fact the disorder got so bad that the
actor quote went a good two months
without really sleeping which sounds
like a total nightmare
the Grey's Anatomy star believed that
acting was partially responsible for the
condition he told people I'm a sponge I
process everything around me some roles
require you to dig deep and you know be
careful what you find before is
emotional exit Justin chambers is one of
only four actors to have been on Grey's
Anatomy since it premiered back in 2005
but that almost wasn't the case during a
2008 Q&A with the cast at the Paley
Center TV star revealed they shot the
pilot before I came on so the character
wasn't even created yet basically the
pilot episode was ready to go but
something was missing Chambers was flown
in to record some scenes and clearly
made a good impression
considering the longevity of his
on-screen run but according to Business
Insider he had to be added to the pilot
digitally since it had already been shot
of course the higher-ups behind the
shaundalyn series made the right
decision other Grey's Anatomy cast
members have come and gone in the
intervening years but in playing fan
favorite dr. Alex Karev Chambers has
helped to develop one of televisions
most lovable former bad boy characters
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