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His favorite films from the `70s are Evel Knievel, The Six Million Dollar Man and Star Wars.
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In addition to acting, Josh is also an amateur musician who has recorded several original singles. His first music video, Feigning Interest, was released online in October 2006. It became a featured video on MySpace in June 2007 and the popularity of the video led to a highly successful performance by Hopkins (accompanied by James Marsden) at the Lollapalooza music festival in Chicago in August 2007.
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Josh loves to attend and play in celebrity basketball games.
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Josh prefers the Backstreet Boys over N*Sync, and enjoys listening to Outkast.
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Josh is good friends with Dash Mihok, one of his co-stars in The Perfect Storm.
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Josh is a huge Bo Jackson fan and believes the world was robbed when he was injured.
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Josh's favorite basketball players are Tony Delk, Michael Allen, and Thomas Buckley and his favorite team is the Wildcats.
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Josh's favorite actor is Sean Penn and his favorite director is David Fincher.
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He portrayed Paul Allen in the 1999 film, Pirates of Silicon Valley.
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His surname, Hopkins, means 'Song of Young Robert', a direct translation of the old English version: Hobbe-kyn.
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Josh attended Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama.
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Josh is the son of former U.S. Representative Larry J. Hopkins (R-KY). He also has two sisters, Shae and Tara.
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Josh appeared in the Alanis Morissette music video "Unsent."
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His family motto is 'Inter Primos', which mean 'Among the First'.