Josh Duhamel — Movie Actor Birthday:November 14, 1972 Birthplace: North Dakota Age: 41 years old Birth Sign: Scorpio ---> To Send Josh Duhamel a Birthday Card or Fan Mail: Josh Duhamel c/o Lorrie Bartlett - Talent Agent ICM Partners 10250 Constellation Blvd 9th Fl Los Angeles, CA 90067 USA Phone: +1 310 550 4000 Fax: +1 310 550 4055 icmtalent/ careersla@icmtalent Josh Duhamel c/o John Carrabino - Manager John Carrabino Management 5900 Wilshire Blvd 4th Fl, Ste 406 Los Angeles, CA 90036 USA Phone: +1 323 857 4650 Fax: +1 323 857 4659 jcarrabino@carrabinomgt Josh Duhamel c/o Laura Fogelman - Talent Agent-Commercial or c/o Garrett Smith - Talent Agent-Commercial Independent Artists (I) 9601 Wilshire Blvd. Ste. 750 Beverly Hills, CA 90210 USA Phone: +1 310 550 5000 Fax: +1 310 550 5005 gsmith@iaala Josh Duhamel c/o Ruth Bernstein - Publicist Viewpoint 8820 Wilshire Blvd Beverly Hills, CA 90211 USA Phone: +1 310 388 3333 Fax: +1 424 249 3333 viewpointla/ Josh Duhamel c/o Adam Kaller Legal - Representative Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren, Richman, Rush & Kaller 450 N Roxbury Dr 8th Fl Beverly Hills, CA 90210 USA Phone: +1 310 248 3154 Fax: +1 310 271 8310 hjth/ ak@hjth Josh Duhamel Facts About: Actor and fashion model who won a Daytime Emmy Award for his role in All My Children. Before Fame: He was working as a construction worker when he was discovered by a San Francisco modeling agency. Trivia Fact: •He drove the official pace car for the 2009 NASCAR Indianapolis 500. •He starred in the yet-to-be-released independent film The Picture of Dorian Gray in 1999, then ABC called him to test for the role of Leo du Pres. To Joshs shock, ABC executives wanted him so much that they postponed the characters first air date by more than a month to accommodate his schedule. •He lived in New York City until relocating to Los Angeles, California. •His on-again, off-again ex-girlfriend of over two years, Kristy Pierce, lives in Los Angeles, California. They were engaged in 2004 but subsequently split. In December 2007, he became engaged to Fergie Duhamel, aka Fergie of The Black Eyed Peas. •Joshs father, Larry, is an ad salesman, and his mother, Bonny, is a retired school teacher. •Josh wanted to be a dentist from the time he was a sophomore in high school. He gave up his dream to become a dentist when his grades were not good enough to get in a dental college. As a result, he moved to California where he got discovered while posing for fashion magazines. •Turned down the role of Dusty Donovan on As the World Turns in 2002, saying that he would return to daytime only on All My Children. •January 2004: announced on ABCs The View that he is now engaged to longtime girlfriend Kristy Pierce. •Shares the same middle name as his father •On People (USA) magazines 50 Most Beautiful list [2004]. •Won the IMTA (International Modeling and Talent Association) Male Model of the Year Award in 1997. Other models were Ashton Kutcher and Riley Smith. •Earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in biology at Minot State University. •When he was a teenager, he worked as a lifeguard at a local pool. •Enjoys basketball, football, skiing, & golf in his days off. •Branched into entrepreneurship, opening a restaurant, 10 North Main, in his hometown Minot, North Dakota with his friend. •His name is a common French last name among Francophones, meaning From the Hamlet. His great-great-grandfather was French-Canadian. His other ancestry includes Norwegian, German, Irish, and English. •His last name (Duhamel) is pronounced duh-MEL. •Engaged to Fergie Duhamel [December 26, 2007]. •Former bath attendant. •Married longtime fiancée Fergie Duhamel in a very private ceremony on January 10, 2009. The ceremony was so private that the guests were not even told the location until the actual morning of the wedding. •Spent his honeymoon with a week at the One & Only Reethi Rah in the Maldives, followed immediately afterwords with a week at the One & Only Ocean Club on Paradise Island, in the Bahamas. [January 2009] •Brother-in-law of Dana Ferguson. •His dog, Meatloaf, died on April 1, 2012. •Josh and Fergie Duhamel are expecting their first child [February 18, 2013]. •Son Axl Jack born on August 29, 2013 weighing 10 lbs and 7 ounces. •Is a staunch liberal Democrat. •In 1998, he was slowly in the works to make his acting debut in the lead role for a situation comedy entitled A Tale of Two Strippers; which told the story of two male exotic dancers in Las Vegas who find themselves trying to evade a hit man after witnessing an arranged murder when they get an address mixed up and arrive to the wrong location to perform a private gig. The project was written and was to be directed by Alan J. Pakula but he died in an automobile accident before anything could start so the project was immediately canceled. Had it gone through it wouldve also marked the debut of actor Ashton Kutcher who was to star alongside him as the second male lead. •Attended the premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen at Yongsan CGV Theaters in Seoul, South Korea on June 9th. [June 2009] •Attended the premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen at the Oktyabr Theater in Moscow, Russia on June 16th. [June 2009] •Attended the premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen on June 15th at Odeon Leicester Square in London, England. [June 2009] •Attended the German premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen at the Sony Center CineStar on June 14th in Berlin, Germany. [June 2009] •Attended the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen world premiere at Roppongi Hills on June 8th in Tokyo, Japan. [June 2009] Biography: • Joshua David Duhamel was born in Minot, North Dakota to parents Larry Duhamel and Bonny Kemper. Joshs father, Larry, is an advertisement salesman and his mother, Bonny, is a retired high school teacher and the current Executive Director of Minots Downtown Business & Profession Association. Josh has three younger sisters: Ashlee, McKenzee and Kassidy. His heritage includes French-Canadian (from his great-great-grandfather; his last name is a very common last name among Francophones in the world), Norwegian, German, Irish, and English. Before his acting career, the football player studied biology and earned his Bachelors degree at Minot State University with the intention of pursuing dentistry. • When Josh was 26 years old, he worked in the construction business and it was by chance that he got into the entertainment business. Modeling eventually gave way to acting as Josh was asked to audition for the title character in The Picture of Dorian Gray, from the novel by Oscar Wilde. • Duhamel will next be seen in the drama Youre Not You, alongside Hilary Swank and Emmy Rossum, which will be released later this year. • Most recently Duhamel starred opposite Julianne Hough in Lasse Hallstroms Safe Haven, a drama based on the best-selling novel by Nicholas Sparks and the thriller Scenic Route, which tells the story of two friends stranded in the desert. Also this year, Duhamel was seen in the star-studded, ensemble comedy Movie 43 alongside Emma Stone, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Kate Winslet, Richard Gere among many others. Co-directed by Peter Farrelly and Patrik Forsberg, the film features various intertwining, raunchy tales. • Other recent projects include Garry Marshalls New Years Eve alongside Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert DeNiro, Halle Berry, and Hilary Swank and Michael Bays Transformers: Dark of the Moon, where he reprised his role of Captain William Lennox for the third installment of the franchise. Additional film credits include the romantic comedy Life as We Know It alongside Katherine Heigl, Ramona and Beezus, When in Rome and The Romantics. On television, Josh is best known for his role as Danny McCoy on the NBC crime drama Las Vegas. Additionally, he lent his voice to Nickelodeons Emmy Award-winning animated series Fanboy & Chum Chum and starred in several seasons of the long-running ABC soap opera All My Children, in which he received three consecutive Daytime Emmy nominations. On January 10 2009, Josh married Fergie Duhamel, better known as Fergie from The Black Eyed Peas. They have one child together, Axl Jack Duhamel. Family Life: He married the singer Fergie in January 2009 after dating her for almost 5 years. Associated With: He had his acting debut as an extra in a Donna Summer video, I Will Go With You.
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