Biography
Australian actor Alex O'Loughlin appeared in such features as
Man-Thing,
Feed,
The Holiday, and
The Invisible before breaking into stateside television with a bit part on the long-running small-screen crime drama
The Shield; though he would ultimately be passed over for the role of James Bond, O'Loughlin eventually managed to regain his footing as a blood-sucking private detective in the supernatural CBS series
Moonlight. Executive produced by
The Matrix's
Joel Silver (among others),
Moonlight followed the nocturnal adventures of a vampiric sleuth who was transformed by bloodthirsty bride Coraline (
Shannyn Sossamon) in the 1950s, and falls for an female investigative reporter (
Sophia Myles) while attempting to solve crimes in the big city in the present day. In 2007, O'Loughlin found himself at the center of a strange Internet rumor that claimed he was the son of late-AC/DC frontman Bon Scott, a bizarre claim that seemed to take on a life of its own before the bemused actor himself laughingly dismissed it as false. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide