Josh Holloway

Joshua Lee Holloway is an American actor and model who was born on July 20, 1969. He is best known for his role as James "Sawyer" Ford on the television drama Lost, which aired from 2004 to 2010. He is also recognized for starring as Will Bowman in the science fiction series Colony, playing Jim Ellis in the crime drama Duster, and appearing in a recurring role on the western series Yellowstone.

Holloway was born in San Jose, California, as the second of four sons to a nurse mother and a surveyor father. At two years old, his family moved to the Blue Ridge Mountains of Georgia, and he was raised in Free Home, Georgia. He attended Cherokee High School in Canton, Georgia, graduating in 1987. Holloway developed an early interest in films and briefly attended the University of Georgia, leaving after one quarter because of financial constraints.

After moving to Los Angeles, Holloway built a career as a runway and print model for brands including Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, and Dolce & Gabbana. In 1993, he featured in the music video for Aerosmith's song "Cryin'". He transitioned to acting with a guest role on Angel in 1999, followed by appearances in Doctor Benny, Mi Amigo, Moving August, and Cold Heart. He gained additional visibility after taking a lead role in the Sci-Fi Channel movie Sabretooth.

Holloway achieved a major career breakthrough in 2004 when he was cast as James "Sawyer" Ford on Lost. His performance brought him widespread celebrity status. During his time on the show, he starred in the feature film Whisper, voiced a character in the video game Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars, and received honors such as being named one of People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People in the World" in 2005. In 2010, he won a Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television for Lost.

Alongside his acting career, Holloway continued high-profile modeling work. In 2007, he was selected as the global face for Davidoff's Cool Water fragrance, and in 2008, he became the first male spokesperson for Magnum ice cream in Turkey. He also appeared in the 2009 comedy Stay Cool, joined the cast of Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol in 2010, and starred as a cybercrime agent in the 2014 CBS series Intelligence.

From 2016 to 2018, Holloway starred in Colony, which reunited him with Lost executive producer Carlton Cuse. He later had a recurring role in the third and fourth seasons of Yellowstone from 2020 to 2021. Holloway was cast as the lead in Duster in 2021, a show that premiered in 2025. In April 2025, he signed on to star in and produce Flint, a feature film adaptation of a Louis L'Amour novel.

In his personal life, Holloway proposed to his long-time girlfriend Yessica Kumala in Oahu, Hawaii, at the conclusion of filming the Lost pilot. The couple married on October 1, 2004, and have two children.