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).
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.]
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 modeled for Calvin Klein and Perry Ellis, amongst others.
Being naturally good looking, he was fairly successful as a model both in the U.S. and abroad (e.g., Europe).
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).
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.
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.
2004 was also good year romantically as well for Josh. He married his long-time girlfriend Yessica Kumala in October. He is continually traveling between New York (where he lives) and Hawaii, where Lost is being filmed.
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).
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).
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.
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.
Hobbies and Interests: Fishing, sailing, camping, snow boarding, martial arts, motor cross, playing the guitar.
Favorites:
Color dark blue
Food: fried chicken and chocolate pie
Movie: The Shining
