Josh Holloway (full name Joshua Lee Holloway) was born in San Jose, California on July 20, 1969. When he was two, the family decided to move to the Blue Lakes in Georgia. Josh has three brothers. Holloway graduated from Cherokee School in 1987. During the summer holidays, he collected dead chickens on farms as additional earnings. Movies fascinated Josh when he was a young boy. After studying for one year at the University of Georgia, Holloway left school and devoted himself to modeling. As a model,
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Josh Holloway (full name Joshua Lee Holloway) was born in San Jose, California on July 20, 1969. When he was two, the family decided to move to the Blue Lakes in Georgia. Josh has three brothers.
Holloway graduated from Cherokee School in 1987. During the summer holidays, he collected dead chickens on farms as additional earnings. Movies fascinated Josh when he was a young boy. After studying for one year at the University of Georgia, Holloway left school and devoted himself to modeling. As a model, he visited many countries in Europe and North America. Josh himself noted that he decided to do something crazy because his brothers are real intellectuals. For example, Holloway's third brother works as a nuclear engineer.
Josh never gave up hope of becoming an actor, which led him to Los Angeles. His first comedy was Dr. Benny. It was followed by “Ice Heart” and the series “Good Girls Don’t Cry”, “Cool Walker: Justice in Texas”, “Angel”. Josh Holloway even starred as a petty scammer in Aerosmith's Cryin' video. He was the one who stole the bag from Alicia Silverstone. Then it was time for the series.
"Lost" .
It is worth noting that the role of Sawyer was desirable for many actors who are involved in the series, for example, Matthew Fox and Dominic Monaghan. Josh Holloway came to the casting among the last applicants and while reading the monologue broke his chair. This improvisation allowed him to get the role right away. Even the strong southern accent he struggled with all his life came in handy. The producers insisted that the hero Holloway emphasize the accent.
After the series “Lost” ended, the company Electronic Arts offered the actor to star in the trailers for the computer game Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars. In the trailer, he played the role of NOD intelligence officer Ajay. In 2007, Josh Holloway starred in a horror movie.
Whispering Sarah Wayne Callis, star of the series "Escape".
Josh was offered the role of Gambit in the movie “X-Men: The Last Battle”, but because of the similarity with Sawyer, the actor refused. In 2010, Holloway joined the cast of the film.
"Mission Impossible: Phantom Protocol" . The actor also starred in an episode of the series “Community”.
Since 2004, Josh Holloway has been married to Indonesian Yessica. In April 2009, the couple had a daughter, Java Kumala. Among Josh's hobbies is worth noting boating, swimming, snowboarding and motorcycles. He does martial arts and plays the guitar. I love beer and chocolate cake.
In 2005, People magazine included him in the list of 50 most beautiful people on the planet. In 2010 he won the Saturn Award for his role as Sawyer.