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My Take
I have a soft spot for actors who take the unglamorous route, and Josh Duhamel's path — from Minot, North Dakota through modeling and daytime soap opera to a Daytime Emmy — is exactly that. What I appreciate most is his lack of vanity; he is conventionally handsome, yet he plays regular guys with an easy, self-deprecating warmth that travels across genres. He elevates light material without condescending to it, which is a harder skill than it looks. Duhamel may never chase prestige awards, but he is the kind of dependable, likable presence that keeps Hollywood's machinery running, and I respect that enormously.
Overview
Joshua David Duhamel ( də-MEL; born November 14, 1972) is an American actor. After working as a model, he made his acting debut as Leo du Pres on the ABC daytime soap opera All My Children, for which he won a Daytime Emmy Award, and later starred as Danny McCoy on NBC's Las Vegas.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Josh Duhamel
- Name (Japanese)
- ジョシュ・デュアメル
- Reading
- じょしゅ・でゅあめる
- Born
- November 14, 1972 (age 53)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Rat
- Origin
- Minot, North Dakota, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / television actor / film actor / voice actor / model
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Minot High School
- University
- Minot State University
Awards & achievements
- Daytime Emmy Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.