Josh Holloway Biography
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Josh Holloway was born on July 20th,
1969 [the day man first landed on the moon] in Northern (?San
Jose?), California. When he was just two years old, he moved to the
Freeholme, Georgia (in the beautiful Blueridge Mountains area). He
has three brothers (only one is older).
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At an early age, he began his love of
the world, different cultures and the cinema. He attended the
Cherokee High School in Canton, Georgia. [Trivia = his first job was
picking up dead chickens at a farm. He also worked at a department
store.]
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After High School, Josh attended the
University of Georgia. However, he left after one year to pursue
other dreams. He moved to New York City and began a career as a
model. He modelled for Calvin Klein and Perry Ellis, amongst others.
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Being naturally good looking, he was
fairly successful as a model both in the U.S. and abroad (e.g.,
Europe).
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His desire to be an actor began to
really surface in the late 1990s and he moved to Los Angeles and
began to audition for some small roles. His first acting “gig” was
as a vampire on the television series Angel (note: he was
credited appropriately as the “Good Looking Guy”). Over the next
few years, he continued to take on small roles, such as in
Walker, Texas Ranger and his big screen debut, although very
short, in Cold Heart (2001). He considers his first real
movie role to be that of
Loren Carol in
an independent film entitled Moving August (starring Sarah
Wynter and Eddie McClintock).
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Over the next few years he took on other small
project on both TV and in the movies including appearing in episodes
of The Lyons Den and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
He also appeared in several films, such as Mi Amigo (2002),
Sabretooth (2002) and Dr. Benny (2003). His
versatility even extended to television commercials, such as a
commercial for Old Navy in 2003.
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In 2004 he finally got his big break on ABC’s new
drama series Lost in the role of the con-man, Sawyer (James)
Ford. The series has become a huge hit.
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2004 was also good year romantically as well for
Josh. He married his long-time girlfriend Yessica Kumula in
October. He is continually traveling between New York (where he
lives) and Hawaii, where Lost is being filmed.
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In 2005, he was listed in People magazine as
one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World. Incidentally, he
was also ranked #6 in TV Guide’s 20 Hottest Kisses of All
Time (Feb. 6, 2005 issue) with Evangeline Lilly (who plays Kate on
Lost).
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In October of 2005, he and his wife were awakened
in their bedroom (in Hawaii) by a man wielding a gun. He robbed
them of their cash and wallets, then drove away in Josh’s
Mercedes-Benz (which he later abandoned).
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Even with the success of the series, he keeps on
working. He has appeared on episodes of Navy NCIS: Naval
Criminal Investigative Service and Good Girls Don’t . .
. He even appeared in the music video “Cryin” by Aerosmith.
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He has also finished filming the movie Whisper,
a supernatural criminal drama about the kidnapping of a young boy
from his home in New England, which is do to appear in theaters in
2006.
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Hobbies and
Interests:
Fishing, sailing, camping, snow boarding, martial arts, motor cross,
playing the guitar.
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Favorites:
color = dark blue, food = fried chicken and chocolate pie, movie =
The Shining
Biography by Ian Ripley,
PopStarsPlus.com, Sr. Staff Writer
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