1. Alex O’Loughlin was born in 1976, in Canberra, Australia.

2. He is Australian.

3. He has Irish and Scottish ancestors.

4. He stands at 6' 0¾" (1.85 m).

5. He dated singer/actress Holly Valance.

6. He is currently starring in the action series Hawaii Five-0, remake of the 1968 show of the same name. The show tells the adventures of ex-Navy Steve McGarrett, who is appointed by the governor to lead a task force with his own methods after his father, a respected police officer is killed. He co-stars with Scott Caan (son of actor James Caan), Daniel Dae Kim (who played Gavin Park in Angel TV series and Jin Kown in Lost) and Grace Park.

7. In 2010, he starred alongside Jennifer Lopez in the romantic comedy The Back-up Plan. He played a man meeting the woman of his dreams right after she had chosen to get impregnated by a sperm donor.

8. In 2007, he starred in the short-lived vampire TV series Moonlight where he starred alongside Sophia Myles (Tristan & Isolde’s Isolde) and Veronica Mars’ s Logan Jason Dohring. Alex played the leading character vampire turned good-hearted private detective Mick St. John who falls in love with human journalist Beth (Sophia Myles). Jason Dohring played Josef Kostan, Mick’s best friend/400-year-old vampire.

9. Alex O’ Loughlin guest-starred in the critically acclaimed crime/drama/thriller series The Shield in 2007.

10. His co-stars include Irish actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Keri Russell (August Rush), Marcia Gay Harden, Justin Chatwin, Margarita Levieva (The Invisible), Kate Beckinsale, Gabriel Macht and Tom Skeritt (Whiteout).

11. He studied drama at National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney.

12. He played a rock band’s guitarist in the film August Rush and he can play the guitar in real life.

13. He learned Kung Fu and Tai-Chi for his role as the vampire Mick St. John in Moonlight TV series and did a lot of stunts himself.

14. He was considered for the role of James Bond. English actor Daniel Craig was chosen instead.

15. He lives in California.

16. His TV credits include one of the major roles in the mini series Mary Bryant (which also features Romola Garai, Sam Neil and Coupling’s Steve Jack Davenport), an episode of Criminal Minds and the leading role in Three Rivers, a medical drama about organ donors – where he played a doctor.

17. He has theater experience.

18. His movie career started in 2004 with Oyster Farmer, an Australian romantic comedy/drama where he played the leading character, oyster farmer Jack.

19. He also played a psycho who feeds women to death in the thriller Feed, a 2005 movie he co-wrote and co-produced.