- Stars as Sawyer on LOST.
BACKGROUND
- Born in California.
- Family moved to Georgia when he was a baby
- Grew up in Free Home, Georgia.
- Still considers himself a "Blue Ridge Mountain boy."
- Had a successful career as a model until he got bitten by the acting bug and relocated to Los Angeles.
- Played a purse thief in Aerosmith's "Crying" video; the character got beaten up by Alicia Silverstone.
- Set to play Jake Hunt in the 2006 movie Skinner Box
TRIVIA
- A movie-buff since the age of 3. His favorite film is 'The Shining'
- His first job was picking up dead chickens at a farm.
- While he says it looks "cool", he admits to hating the long hair he has to wear as Sawyer
- After going out of his way to lessen his Southern accent to get a wider variety of work, he had to pick it back up to play the shady "confidence man", Sawyer.
- Chosen by "People" magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World. [2005]
- At around 4:30am on Wednesday, October 13th 2005, he and his wife were robbed at gunpoint in their home in Oahu. The robber took cash and credit cards as well as stealing Holloway's Mercedes-Benz that was later dumped not far from his home in Hawaii Kai, which is about 12 miles east of Honolulu. They were shaken but unharmed. An arrest was later made in the robbery.