
Alex O'Loughlin
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 | Acting |
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Most Rating | 0.145 |
Birthday | 1976-08-24 |
Place of Birth | Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia |
Also Known As | Alexander O’Lachlan, الکس الافلین, |

2007

August Rush
7.415/2700
Lyla and Louis, a singer and a musician, fall in love, but are soon compelled to separate. Lyla is forced to give up her newborn but unknown to her, h...
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2009

Whiteout
5.567/762
The only U.S. Marshal assigned to Antarctica, Carrie Stetko will soon leave the harsh environment behind for good – in three days, the sun will set an...
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Whiteout

2007

The Invisible
6.3/545
After an attack leaves him in limbo -- invisible to the living and also near death -- a teenager discovers the only person who might be able help him...
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The Invisible

2010

The Back-Up Plan
6.1/1418
When Zoe tires of looking for Mr. Right, she decides to have a baby on her own. But on the day she's artificially inseminated, she meets Stan, who see...
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The Back-Up Plan

2005

Feed
5.6/128
A cybercrime investigator tracks a man suspected of force-feeding women to death.
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Feed

2004

Oyster Farmer
6/20
A love story about a young man who runs away up an isolated Australian river and gets a job with eighth generation oyster famers.
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Oyster Farmer

2005

Man-Thing
4.3/203
Agents of an oil tycoon vanish while exploring a swamp marked for drilling. The local sheriff investigates and faces a Seminole legend come to life: M...
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Man-Thing

2004

BlackJack: Sweet Science
5.7/5
Jack investigates a gangland execution at a children’s football game twelve years ago.
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2006

The Holiday
7.1/5234
Two women, one from the United States and one from the United Kingdom, swap homes at Christmas time after bad breakups with their boyfriends. Each wom...
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