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Duhamel in 2009
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Born |
Joshua David Duhamel November 14, 1972 Minot, North Dakota, U.S. |
Residence | Brentwood, California, U.S. |
Education | Minot State University |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1999–present |
Spouse(s) | Stacy Ferguson (m. 2009) |
Children | 1 |
Joshua David "Josh" Duhamel (/dəˈmɛl/ də-MEL; born November 14, 1972) is an American actor and former fashion model. After various modeling work, he made his acting debut as Leo du Pres on the ABC daytime soap opera All My Children and later starred as Danny McCoy on NBC's Las Vegas.
Duhamel then ventured into film, appearing as one of the main protagonists in the first three films of the Transformers film series; reprising his role in the fifth film, Transformers: The Last Knight (2017). He has also appeared in When in Rome (2010), Life as We Know It (2010), New Year's Eve (2011), Safe Haven (2013), and You're Not You (2014). In 2015, Duhamel co-starred on the short-lived CBS crime drama Battle Creek.
Duhamel was born in Minot, North Dakota. His mother, Bonnie L. Kemper, is a retired teacher and local businesswoman, and his father, Larry Duhamel, is an advertising salesman. He is of French-Canadian, Irish, English, German and Norwegian ancestry. Duhamel was raised Catholic.