He portrayed the role of Cole Deschanel in the first season of the NBC television series Sunset Beach (1997).
[citation needed] In 1993, Hamilton appeared on Saturday Night Live, and starred in the film Beethoven's 2nd.
In 1997, he briefly starred in the television series Sunset Beach as Cole Deschanel, but was let go only a month after the premiere.
Following Dancing with the Stars, Hamilton joined the entertainment news program Extra as a field correspondent.
Hamilton also recorded the cover of Sly Fox's "Let's Go All the Way" along with supergroup The Wondergirls and Robbie Williams for Iron Man 3.