Josh Holloway Biography

Josh Lee Holloway (born July 20, 1969) is an American actor, model and producer, best known for his roles as James "Sawyer" Ford on the American television show Lost and as Gabriel Vaughn in the CBS drama Intelligence. He currently stars as Will Bowman on the science fiction drama Colony.

Early life

Holloway was born in San Jose, California, the second of four boys of a nurse mother and a surveyor father. His family moved to the Blue Ridge Mountains of Georgia when he was two. He was raised in Free Home, Georgia. Holloway is related to Baptist preacher Dr. Dale Holloway and author and World War II prisoner-of-war Carl Holloway. He is also a descendant of Robert E. Lee. Holloway attended Cherokee High School in Canton, Georgia, graduating in 1987. He developed an interest in movies at a very young age. He studied at the University of Georgia but left after one quarter due to financial constraints.

Career

Holloway moved to Los Angeles, where he began a successful career as a runway and print model, including for brands Dolce & Gabbana, Calvin Klein and Donna Karan. In 1993, Holloway appeared in the Aerosmith video for the song "Cryin'" as a thief who tries to steal Alicia Silverstone's purse from a diner, only to be caught and beaten up by her.

Holloway's ambition eventually led him to start acting. His first role was as "Good Looking Guy" in an episode of Angel in 1999, followed by a role in the comedy Doctor Benny and in the movies 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 Den episode, "Separation Anxiety"; Walker, Texas Ranger episode, "Medieval Crimes"; CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, episode "Assume Nothing".His big break came when he was cast as James "Sawyer" Ford in the hit television series Lost. The show 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. Nevertheless, he found time to star 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 by supplying information that is crucial to upcoming battles. In May 2007, 20th Century Fox approached Holloway for the second time and offered him the role of Gambit in X-Men 4. In 2005, People magazine named Holloway one of the "50 Most Beautiful People in the World." In January 2006, In Touch Weekly named Holloway the "hottest hunk" on television. In the same month, Holloway was voted the seventeenth sexiest guy worldwide by British readers of OK! magazine. In the same year, he was voted the second Sexiest Star in Hollywood by US Weekly.

In March 2007 Holloway was selected as the new face for Davidoff's "Cool Water" fragrance worldwide. In Spring 2008, Holloway was selected as the first male spokesperson for Magnum Ice Cream of Turkey. Previous Magnum spokespersons include Eva Longoria and Elizabeth Hurley. In the same year he made the top ten list of TV Guides Sexiest Stars.

Holloway appeared in the 2009 film Stay Cool, a comedy written by the Polish brothers. Artist Salvador Larocca is believed by Comic Book Resources columnist Timothy Callahan to have used Holloway as the model for his rendition of Tony Stark during his run on Iron Man, which began in 2008. In June 2010, Holloway won a Saturn Award for "Best Actor on Television" for his role on Lost. In September 2010, Holloway was added to the cast of Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, which was released in December 2011. In 2014, Holloway starred in the lead role in the CBS television show Intelligence as a cybercrime agent who can 'access the entire electromagnetic spectrum' with his mind.

In 2016, Holloway began starring in Colony as Will Bowman, a former FBI agent who "? in a bid to protect his family "? is forced to collaborate with the occupational government to bring down the growing resistance movement inside the L.A. colony in the near future. Colony marks a Lost reunion for Cuse and Josh Holloway.

Personal life

At the end of shooting the Lost pilot in Oahu, Hawaii, Holloway proposed to his longtime girlfriend, Yessica Kumala, a native of Indonesia of Chinese descent. The couple married on October 1, 2004. They have two children: daughter Java Kumala (born 2009) and son Hunter Lee (born 2014).

On a Channel 4 trailer that aired in the UK, Holloway stated "I do enjoy my beer," and opined that the greatest invention of all time was "distilled alcohol," while his Lost colleagues selected "pen and paper," "the wheel," and "the guitar."

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Cold Heart	Sean
2002	Moving August	Loren Carol
2002	Mi Amigo	Younger Pal
2002	My Daughter's Tears	Uncredited
2003	Doctor Benny	Pheb
2006	Just Yell Fire	Himself
2007	Whisper	Max Truemont
2009	Stay Cool	Wino
2011	Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol	Trevor Hanaway
2013	Battle of the Year: The Dream Team	Jason Blake
2013	Paranoia	Agent Gamble
2014	Sabotage	Eddie "Neck" Jordan

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Angel	Good-Looking Guy	Episode: "City of..."
2001	Walker, Texas Ranger	Ben Wiley	Episode: "Medieval Crimes"
2002	Sabretooth	Trent Parks	Television movie
2003	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Kenny Richmond	Episode: "Assume Nothing"
2003	'	Lana's Boytoy	Episode: "Separation Anxiety"
2004	NCIS	Sheriff	Episode: "My Other Left Foot"
2004	Good Girls Don't	Eric	Episode: "Addicted to Love"
2004-2010	Lost	James "Sawyer" Ford	104 episodes
2011	Community	Black Rider	Episode: "A Fistful of Paintballs"
2011	Five	Bill	Television movie
2013	Yo Gabba Gabba!	Farmer Josh	Episode: "Farm"
2014	Intelligence	Gabriel Vaughn	Starring role"?series regular
2016-present	Colony	Will Bowman	Main role

Music videos and games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Cryin'	Thief	Acting debut

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars	Ajay

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2005	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	Lost
	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV: Male Breakout Star
2006	Saturn Award	Best Supporting Actor on Television
	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV: Chemistry (shared with Evangeline Lilly and Matthew Fox)
2007	Saturn Award	Best Supporting Actor on Television
2008		Best Supporting Actor on Television
	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV Actor: Action
2009	Saturn Award	Best Actor on Television
	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV Actor: Action
2010		Choice TV Actor Fantasy/Sci-Fi