Josh Holloway: Summary
- Recent Role:
- Himself on TMZ on TV
- Gender:
- Male
- Birthday:
- 7-20-1969
- Birthplace:
- San Jose, California, USA
- Birth Name:
- Joshua Lee Holloway
Josh attended University of Georgia, but only after a year, he dropped out due to financial reasons. He instead began a career in modeling, which gave him the opportunity to travel throughout North America and Europe. Holloway then decided to move to Los Angeles in pursuit of an acting profession. In 1993, Josh appeared as a purse snatcher in the Aerosmith music video for "Cryin'". Several years would pass before he would make his television debut as the "Good Looking Guy" in a 1999 episode of Angel. During the next five years, Holloway took on small independent film projects which included Cold Heart (2001), Moving August (2002), and Dr. Benny (2003).
While finding his stride professionally, Josh kept a development company in Georgia and a French-Vietnamese restaurant in Los Angeles. At one point, Holloway almost gave up on his dream in exchange for a more financially viable career in real estate. But days after receiving his license as a real estate agent, he landed the part of James "Sawyer" Ford on the J.J. Abrams sci-fi drama Lost. Early on in the series, Josh's character was known as the guy with the toughest of exteriors but who had a soft spot for Kate Austen (played by Evangeline Lilly), who like him had a shady and colorful past. Aside from his penchant for taking his shirt off, Sawyer was also famous for his wisecrack remarks and monikers for his island co-inhabitants. Just like Sawyer, his famous brooding bad boy character on Lost, American actor Josh Holloway is a stubborn survivor from the South. It may have taken Josh nearly a decade before being recognized onscreen, but his hard work and perseverance has surely paid off. Being part of the popular ABC ensemble show raised...
Lost - Auditions
Actor Jorge Garcia (Hugo 'Hurley' Reyes) and the cast talk about auditioning and the show's buzz.
- Posted: 06/11/09
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Josh Holloway is celebrating the birth of his first child.
- 04/15/09 3:10 AM
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Gossip Girls reports that it's a girl for the Lost bad boy
- 04/14/09 11:10 AM
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The Goat Speaks speaks out about the latest Lost ep
- 03/06/09 9:27 AM
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TV.com flash-forwards to the good stuff inside the standard and Blu-ray editions of the drama's new DVD box set.
- 12/09/08 3:33 PM
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Honolulu police arrest man in connection with Josh Holloway's robbery.
- 10/19/05 6:02 PM
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- 01/05/09 06:18pm | report abuse
Josh Holloway is the "bad boy" in Lost. He cares for people but does not seem to show it until season three and four. He is a superb actor and is one of my favorite. ...Continue »
- 11/27/08 05:12pm | report abuse
Date of Birth 20 July 1969, San Jose, California, USA Birth Name Josh Lee Holloway Height 6' 1½" (1.87 m) Spouse Yessica Kumala (1 October 2004 - present) ...Continue »
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