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Alex O'Loughlin More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

24 August 1976, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Birth Name

Alexander O'Lachlan

Height

6' 0¾" (1.85 m)

Mini Biography

The Australian actor Alex O'Loughlin was born in August 1975.

Alex started out his film career in 2004, when he starred in The Oyster Farmer as Jack Flange. The following year, he returned to the big screen in Feed as Michael Carter, a movie which he also co-produced and helped write. Also released that year was a movie titled Man-Thing, in which Alex played Deputy Eric Fraser.

However, his most recent role in a feature film was that of Marcus Bohem in The Invisible, released in 2007. Alex acted in the Australian miniseries "The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant" as the title role's husband. Alex also made his way to American serialized television, on "The Shield" as Detective Kevin Hiatt, the newest member of the strike team. Alex can be seen in August Rush as Marshall, a movie being released in 2007, and also Whiteout, potentially in 2008. In 2005, he was nominated for The Australian Film Institute's "Best Lead Actor in Television" for his role in "Mary Bryant". In 2006 he was nominated for the Logie Awards' "Silver Logie" in the same category and role.

IMDb Mini Biography By: Dawn

Trivia

Was a candidate for the role of James Bond which eventually went to Daniel Craig.

Graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney in 2002.

Enjoys riding motorcycles, rock climbing, music and playing his guitar.

Was a fan of the heavy-metal band Iron Maiden as a kid.

Had a one-year holding contract with CBS regarding his role in "Moonlight" (2007).

Has a sister, who is one year younger than him.

His parents got divorced when he was two-years-old. He was born in the city of Canberra but grew up in Sydney. From the age of 10 he went back and forth from the two cities.

His father is a physics teacher and his mother is a nurse (who also plays the piano).

Was roommates with Jonathan Rhys Meyers in New York City during the filming of August Rush (2007). The two play brothers in the movie.

Did a lot of his stunt work in "Moonlight" (2007) and had some training in Kung Fu and and Tai Chi.

His last name is pronounced "O-lock-lin".

Began his career in the theater in Sydney, appearing in plays by Chekhov and Tolstoy.

His stepfather is Canadian.

Is of Irish and Scottish decent.

Personal Quotes

I am a big fan of vampires. I've always been obsessed with the genre, and the beautiful romanticism and erotic kind of nature of the immortal being, the undead who lives on human blood.

Losing my anonymity in this world I think is something that I find terrifying (June 16 2005).

There were times I was thinking, 'What am I doing, this is crazy'. I was scared because I had no money and no ticket home. That is the time when everyone else packs up and leaves. But I remembered everything my grandfather taught me about the work ethic before he died. He was brought up out in the bush and his advice was 'put your head down and keep working, son, and you'll get what's coming to you'. You just push through.

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