Alex O'Loughlin
Actor
- Born
- August 24, 1976 (age 50) · Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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.
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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
Acting9
- 2010The Back-Up Plan as Stan
- 2009Whiteout as Russell Haden
- 2007August Rush as Marshall
- 2007The Invisible as Marcus Bohem
- 2006The Holiday as Kissing Couple
- 2005Feed as Michael Carter
- 2005Man-Thing as Fraser
- 2004BlackJack: Sweet Science as Luke Anderson
- 2004Oyster Farmer as Jack Flange