Actor
Alex O'Loughlin
August 24, 1976 · 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. 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.
Notable work
7.1The Holiday (2006)
as Kissing Couple
8.3Criminal Minds (2005)
as Vincent
7.4August Rush (2007)
as Marshall
7.7Hawaii Five-0 (2010)
as Steve McGarrett and Director and Writer
6.1The Back-Up Plan (2010)
as Stan
8.2The Shield (2002)
as Kevin Hiatt
5.6Whiteout (2009)
as Russell Haden
6.4The Invisible (2007)
as Marcus Bohem
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