Joshua Lee Holloway, (born July 20, 1969), in San Jose, California is an American actor and former model. He is best known for his role as James "Sawyer" Ford on the American televisión mostrar Lost.
Early life
Holloway was born to Scottish parents in the California region now known as Silicon Valley. His family moved to the Blue Ridge Mountains of Georgia when he was two. He is the segundo of four brothers. In addition to his immediate family, Josh has a large extended family that includes Baptist preacher Dr. Dale Holloway and autor and WWII POW Carl Holloway.[citation needed] He is also the great-grandson of "Lula" Holloway who wrote a book sometime in the 20th century about the Holloway family. Holloway attended Marie Archer Teasley middle school and Cherokee High School in Canton, Georgia. He developed an interest in cine at a very young age. He studied at the universidad of Georgia for a year, but left to pursue a career as a model(6'2) 1.88m Career
Holloway's ambition for actuación led him to Los Angeles, where he landed a role in the comedy Doctor Benny. He followed up with lead roles in the cine Mi amigo, Moving August and Cold Heart. Following these roles, he gained recognition for his lead role in the Sci-Fi Channel movie Sabretooth with David Keith and John Rhys-Davies. He also made appearances in Good Girls Don't episode "Addicted to love", ncis episode "My other left foot",The Lyon's guarida, den episode "Separation Anxiety",Walker, Texas Ranger episode "Medieval Crimes", CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode "Assume Nothing", and ángel episode "City of" . Holloway appeared in the Aerosmith video for the song "Cryin'" as a thief who tries to steal Alicia Silverstone's bolso, monedero from a diner. In the video, she catches him and beats him up. Holloway also appears in English songwriter/singer Billie Myers' 1998 música video "Tell Me". He is seen as a patron sitting at the bar in a burlesque club and then as Myer's playboy in a S&M fantasy.
Holloway is best known for his role as James "Sawyer" Ford in the hit televisión series Lost. The mostrar propelled Holloway to celebrity status, but left him with little time to leverage his fame with other roles. According to USA Today, he took himself out of consideration for a role in a Brad Pitt Western due to the demands of his filming schedule.[2] Nevertheless, he found time to estrella in the thriller Whisper and he also ventured into the world of video games in Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars. In the game, he plays the role of a Brotherhood of Nod intelligence officer named Ajay whose primary role is to assist players por supplying information that is crucial to upcoming battles. In May 2007, 20th Century zorro, fox approached Holloway for the segundo time and offered him the role of Gambit in X-Men 4. He had been the main contender for the same role in 2006's X-Men: The Last Stand but took himself out of the running due to his busy schedule on Lost. Shortly thereafter, producers scrapped plans to feature the character of Gambit in the third X-Men film.
In 2005, People Magazine named Holloway one of the "50 Most Beautiful People in the World."[3] In January 2006, In Touch Weekly named Holloway the "hottest hunk" on television[4]. In the same month, Holloway was voted the seventeenth sexiest guy worldwide por British readers of OK! magazine. In the same year, he was voted the segundo Sexiest estrella in Hollywood por US Weekly[5]. Also, in March 2007 Holloway was selected as the new face for Davidoff's "Cool Water" fragrance worldwide.[6] In Spring 2008, Holloway was selected as the first male spokesperson for botella doble, magnum Ice Cream of Turkey. anterior botella doble, magnum spokespersons include Eva Longoria Parker and Elizabeth Hurley. In the same año he made the parte superior, arriba ten lista of TV Guide's Sexiest Stars.
In the summer of 2008, Holloway joined the cast of Stay Cool, a comedy por the Polish Brothers. He co-stars with Winona Ryder, Chevy Chase, Sean Astin, Mark Polish, Jon Cryer and Hilary Duff.
Personal life
At the end of shooting the lost pilot in Oahu, Hawaii, Holloway proposed to his long time girlfriend, Yessica Kumala, a native of Jakarta, Indonesia.[8] The couple married on October 1, 2004.[8] Shortly after, lost premiered with phenomenal ratings on the ABC network. Holloway's interests include boating, sailing, snowboarding, martial arts, motocross and playing the guitar. On a Channel 4 trailer that aired in the UK, he stated "I do enjoy my beer," and noted that the greatest invention of all time was "distilled alcohol", while his lost contemporaries selected "pen and paper", "the wheel", and "the guitar". While shooting in Oahu, on April 9th, 2009, Holloway and Kumala welcomed their first child, a girl named Java Kumala Holloway.
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Early life
Holloway was born to Scottish parents in the California region now known as Silicon Valley. His family moved to the Blue Ridge Mountains of Georgia when he was two. He is the segundo of four brothers. In addition to his immediate family, Josh has a large extended family that includes Baptist preacher Dr. Dale Holloway and autor and WWII POW Carl Holloway.[citation needed] He is also the great-grandson of "Lula" Holloway who wrote a book sometime in the 20th century about the Holloway family. Holloway attended Marie Archer Teasley middle school and Cherokee High School in Canton, Georgia. He developed an interest in cine at a very young age. He studied at the universidad of Georgia for a year, but left to pursue a career as a model(6'2) 1.88m Career
Holloway's ambition for actuación led him to Los Angeles, where he landed a role in the comedy Doctor Benny. He followed up with lead roles in the cine Mi amigo, Moving August and Cold Heart. Following these roles, he gained recognition for his lead role in the Sci-Fi Channel movie Sabretooth with David Keith and John Rhys-Davies. He also made appearances in Good Girls Don't episode "Addicted to love", ncis episode "My other left foot",The Lyon's guarida, den episode "Separation Anxiety",Walker, Texas Ranger episode "Medieval Crimes", CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode "Assume Nothing", and ángel episode "City of" . Holloway appeared in the Aerosmith video for the song "Cryin'" as a thief who tries to steal Alicia Silverstone's bolso, monedero from a diner. In the video, she catches him and beats him up. Holloway also appears in English songwriter/singer Billie Myers' 1998 música video "Tell Me". He is seen as a patron sitting at the bar in a burlesque club and then as Myer's playboy in a S&M fantasy.
Holloway is best known for his role as James "Sawyer" Ford in the hit televisión series Lost. The mostrar propelled Holloway to celebrity status, but left him with little time to leverage his fame with other roles. According to USA Today, he took himself out of consideration for a role in a Brad Pitt Western due to the demands of his filming schedule.[2] Nevertheless, he found time to estrella in the thriller Whisper and he also ventured into the world of video games in Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars. In the game, he plays the role of a Brotherhood of Nod intelligence officer named Ajay whose primary role is to assist players por supplying information that is crucial to upcoming battles. In May 2007, 20th Century zorro, fox approached Holloway for the segundo time and offered him the role of Gambit in X-Men 4. He had been the main contender for the same role in 2006's X-Men: The Last Stand but took himself out of the running due to his busy schedule on Lost. Shortly thereafter, producers scrapped plans to feature the character of Gambit in the third X-Men film.
In 2005, People Magazine named Holloway one of the "50 Most Beautiful People in the World."[3] In January 2006, In Touch Weekly named Holloway the "hottest hunk" on television[4]. In the same month, Holloway was voted the seventeenth sexiest guy worldwide por British readers of OK! magazine. In the same year, he was voted the segundo Sexiest estrella in Hollywood por US Weekly[5]. Also, in March 2007 Holloway was selected as the new face for Davidoff's "Cool Water" fragrance worldwide.[6] In Spring 2008, Holloway was selected as the first male spokesperson for botella doble, magnum Ice Cream of Turkey. anterior botella doble, magnum spokespersons include Eva Longoria Parker and Elizabeth Hurley. In the same año he made the parte superior, arriba ten lista of TV Guide's Sexiest Stars.
In the summer of 2008, Holloway joined the cast of Stay Cool, a comedy por the Polish Brothers. He co-stars with Winona Ryder, Chevy Chase, Sean Astin, Mark Polish, Jon Cryer and Hilary Duff.
Personal life
At the end of shooting the lost pilot in Oahu, Hawaii, Holloway proposed to his long time girlfriend, Yessica Kumala, a native of Jakarta, Indonesia.[8] The couple married on October 1, 2004.[8] Shortly after, lost premiered with phenomenal ratings on the ABC network. Holloway's interests include boating, sailing, snowboarding, martial arts, motocross and playing the guitar. On a Channel 4 trailer that aired in the UK, he stated "I do enjoy my beer," and noted that the greatest invention of all time was "distilled alcohol", while his lost contemporaries selected "pen and paper", "the wheel", and "the guitar". While shooting in Oahu, on April 9th, 2009, Holloway and Kumala welcomed their first child, a girl named Java Kumala Holloway.
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