Alex O’Loughlin – Born in 1976
Another Aussie actor ( and occasional director, producer and writer) who made it big in the US was actor Alex O’Loughlin, who starred in the long-running CBS reboot, Hawaii Five-0. He then got to star in The Shield, Criminal Minds and the movie The Back-Up Plan. Alex still acts to this day, but has also followed up on his passion for making movies, one of which was the movie Freed, which he co-produced and co-wrote. In 2013, The LA based Australians in Films organization, honoured him with an award for representing the community well!