Name
Alex O'Loughlin
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1976-08-24 (50 years old)
Place of Birth
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Biography
Alex O'Loughlin is an Australian actor, writer and director, who plays Lieutenant Commander Steve McGarrett on CBS' remake of the TV series Hawaii Five-0. He had starring roles in the films Oyster Farmer (2004) and The Back-up Plan (2010), as well as on such television series as Moonlight (2008) and Three Rivers (2009).
O'Loughlin was born on 24 August 1976, in Canberra, Australia, of Irish and Scottish descent.His father is a physics and astronomy teacher in Sydney and his mother is a nurse.
O'Loughlin suffered from obsessive-compulsive disorder when he was a child. He enrolled 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 program.
O'Loughlin began working in short films and fringe theatre as a teenager in Sydney. One of his first acting jobs was an extra in a commercial, playing a Marine. After graduating from NIDA (National Institute of Dramatic Arts), he began his career in Australian television and film productions. Some of his TV credits include roles in BlackJack: Sweet Science, Love Bytes and White Collar Blue.
Known For
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Two women, one American and one British, swap homes at Christmastime following bad breakup...
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Evan, a musically gifted orphan, runs away from his orphanage and searches New York City f...
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When Zoe tires of looking for Mr. Right, she decides to have a baby on her own. But on the...
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After an attack leaves him in limbo -- invisible to the living and also near death -- a te...
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A love story about a young man who runs away up an isolated Australian river and gets a jo...
- 2007 August Rush as Marshall
- 2009 Whiteout as Russell Haden
- 2007 The Invisible as Marcus Bohem
- 2010 The Back-Up Plan as Stan
- 2005 Feed as Michael Carter
- 2004 Oyster Farmer as Jack Flange
- 2005 Man-Thing as Fraser
- 2004 BlackJack: Sweet Science as Luke Anderson
- 2006 The Holiday as Kissing Couple
- 2007 Moonlight ( 16 episodes ) as Mick St. John
- 2009 Three Rivers ( 13 episodes ) as Dr. Andy Yablonski
- 2005 The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant ( 2 episodes ) as William 'Will' Bryant
- 2010 Hawaii Five-0 ( 240 episodes ) as Steve McGarrett
- 2002 White Collar Blue ( 1 episode ) as Ian Mack
- 2002 The Shield ( 7 episodes ) as Kevin Hiatt
- 2005 Criminal Minds ( 1 episode ) as Vincent
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
