Date of Birth
August 1975, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height
6' 1" (1.85 m)
Alex O’Loughlin was born and raised in Australia and has been acting professional there for years. He attended the National Institute of Dramatic art and received in BA in Acting in 2002. He has some Scottish and Irish heritage in his family.
He started out doing theater work in Sydney and appeared in plays by Tolstoy and Chekhov. He began his TV career after graduating in the TV movie White Collar Blue. His first movie role was as Jack Flange in the movie Oyster Farm. This movie drew attention to him as an actor. He appeared in Blackjack: Sweet Science in 2004, a made-for-TV movie in which he played Luke Anderson. He also appeared in Love Bytes, another made-for-TV role.
In 2005, he starred in Man-Thing, a horror film in which he played Deputy Eric Fraser. He teamed up with director Brett Leonard (from Man-Thing) to co-produce and write Feed. This is the story of a cyber serial killer force feeding women to death; he played the lead investigator Michael Carter. He appeared in the Australian mini-series, The Wonderful Journey of Mary Bryant. He played Will Bryant, Mary's husband, which was a hit in Australia.
In 2006, he played part of the “Kissing couple” in The Holiday. He continued to stay active in the theater. He appeared in many productions including, Country Music, Faust is Dead, Jarrabin, Face to Face and Saved.
He won the role of the newest member of the Strike Team on FX’s hit The Shield in 2007. This marked his US television debut. He played Kevin Hiatt. He also was in several moviesThe Invisible (Marcus Bloom) and August Rush (Marshall). He is starring in the CBS show Moonlight as Mick St. John, a gentle vampire P.I.
Whiteout is a movie that is due to be released in 2008, a film that is produced by Joel Silver (Moonlight producer). He founded a production company with Brett Leonard and a few friends.
In 2007, Alex’s personal life became the center of attention when a rumor started stating he was the son of Bon Scott. Alex was initially flattered by the rumor that is until he talked with his parents. This was very unsettling with them and to him when he realized that his mother was being thought of in a negative way. He publicly announced at the 2007 TCA press tour panels that he was not the son of Bon Scott.
Alex has been dating singer and actress Holly Valance, since 2006.
