[3] Hursley's first big break in the entertainment business was being tapped by Ashton Kutcher to star in the 2004 MTV reality comedy series You've Got a Friend.

[4][5] His task was to play an obnoxious 'friend' for 48 hours, while contestants had to prove their friendship in front of real friends and loved ones for a prize of $15,000.

He then appeared in major films including Accepted, Resident Evil: Extinction and Fast & Furious, which led him to his first starring feature role with cult director Penelope Spheeris in Balls to the Wall (2011).

In the upcoming indie feature "For All Eyes Always", he plays Thomas Devlin, a CIA operative starring in a government sanctioned reality TV show for the American public.

In late 2004, Hursley started the Los Angeles-based rock and roll band and Sunset Strip staples, The Ringers, with whom he released the albums Tokyo Massage III and Headlocks and Highkicks.