
Alex O'Loughlin
Known for acting · Born 24 August 1976 · 50 · Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
19 credits
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

Hawaii Five-0
2010

The Back-Up Plan
2010

Whiteout
2009

Moonlight
2007

The Invisible
2007

Feed
2005

The Shield
2002

Man-Thing
2005

Three Rivers
2009

Oyster Farmer
2004

BlackJack: Sweet Science
2004

The Holiday
2006