Alex O'Loughlin
Alex O'Loughlin was born in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia on August 24th, 1976 and is the TV Actor. At the age of 47, Alex O'Loughlin biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, TV shows, and networth are available.
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Alex O'Loughlin (born 24 August 1976) is an Australian actor, writer, director, and producer who plays Lieutenant Commander Steve McGarrett on CBS' remake of Hawaii Five-0.
He appeared in the films Oyster Farmer (2004) and The Back-up Plan (2010), as well as on such television shows as Moonlight (2008) and Three Rivers (2009).
Early life
O'Loughlin was born in Canberra, Australia, on August 24th, 1976. He is of Irish and Scottish descent. His father is a physics and astronomy tutor in Sydney, and his mother is a nurse.
When he was a child, O'Loughlin suffered from obsessive-compulsive disease. He began studying at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in Sydney in 1999 and graduated in June 2002 after completing a three-year, full-time Bachelor of Dramatic Art degree.
Personal life
O'Loughlin's first child, a boy, was born in 1997 to a mother from whom he has since divorced. Holly Valance, an actress and singer, began dating him in 2005. In February 2009, the two people separated.
He has a son, Malia Jones, a model and surfer who was born in 2012. On April 18, O'Loughlin and Jones married in Hawaii.
He is Donate Life America's new ambassador.
Career
As a child in Sydney, O'Loughlin began working in short films and fringe theatre. As an extra in a commercial, playing a Marine, one of his first acting roles was an extra. After graduating from NIDA (National Institute of Dramatic Arts), he began working in Australian television and film productions. BlackJack: Sweet Science, Love Bytes, and White Collar Blue are only three of his television appearances.
He appeared in Oyster Farmer in 2004, his first film role. He appeared in Man-Thing, Feed, and The Amazing Journey of Mary Bryant, an Australian mini-series for which he was voted Best Lead Actor in Television from the Australian Film Institute Awards in 2005 and as the Most Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series from the Logie Awards in 2006. Detective Kevin Hiatt, the newest member of the strike team, joined O'Loughlin in the cast of The Shield in 2007.
He screen-tested for James Bond's movie role in 2005. "I worked with [director] Martin Campbell here in Los Angeles on the Sony [Pictures] lot, and he asked me to fly to London and test, and we did at Pinewood [Studios]. It was the biggest screen test I've ever taken. It was very comprehensive. For the cut, I had tuxedos and suits, as well as hair cuts."
After winning the lead role on CBS' Moonlight, where he played private investigator and vampire Mick St. John, he left The Shield in 2007. The writers strike in Hollywood halted Moonlight's filming. There was rumors that the series would be cancelled, but fan pressure prevailed and the show was given four additional episodes to try to regain its audience share. Despite being the most highly rated program in its Friday evening slot, CBS did not order a second season. Since being canceled, a fan-based charity hoped to get a second-season revival for Moonlight by staging blood drives was fruitless.
CBS negotiated a talent development contract with O'Loughlin in August 2008 as the star of a television series created by writer Mark Gordon, but it didn't come true. In the 2009-2010 season, he was in the lead role in the CBS hospital drama Three Rivers, which was developed by producer Carol Barbee, which aired on Sunday evenings.
He appeared in a episode of Criminal Minds in April 2009 as an OCD-ridden serial killer, Vincent Rowlings. In December 2009, CBS pulled Three Rivers from its schedule. In the 2010 romantic comedy film The Back-up Plan, O'Loughlin appeared alongside Jennifer Lopez.
Lieutenant Commander Steve McGarrett was played by O'Loughlin in the CBS remake of Hawaii Five-0, which premiered on September 20, 2010. At the 2010–11 People's Choice Awards, the show received "Favorite New TV Drama." BuddyTV ranked him # 2 on its "TV's Sexiest Men of 2010" list and #9 in 2011.
Following a shoulder injury, CBS announced on March 2nd that O'Loughlin would miss shooting certain episodes of Hawaii Five-0 to seek pain management after a shoulder injury. At least one episode from the second season had been scheduled, but he was supposed to miss at least one episode.
In August 2013, Los Angeles-based non-profit Australians in Film announced that O'Loughlin would be honoured with a Breakthrough Award at a ceremony held on October 24th, 2013.