--- name: "Alex O'Loughlin" canonical: "https://film.one/person/alex-oloughlin" fi1m_id: "alex-oloughlin" imdb_id: "nm1533927" tmdb_id: 41297 wikidata_id: "Q358137" roles: ["Director"] born: "24 August 1976" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "director" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-23T11:50:01.040335+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Alex O'Loughlin ## Identity Alex O'Loughlin - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/alex-oloughlin - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** alex-oloughlin - **IMDb ID:** nm1533927 - **TMDB ID:** 41297 - **Wikidata ID:** Q358137 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_O%27Loughlin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q358137, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1533927/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/41297 Director. Born 24 August 1976 in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. ## Details - **Work:** Director - **Born:** 24 August 1976, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia - **Also known as:** Alexander O’Lachlan, الکس الافلین - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_O%27Loughlin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q358137, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1533927/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/41297 ## Streaming the US now - **Apple TV:** [*Hawaii Five-0*](https://film.one/tv/hawaii-five-0.md) (65) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Alex O'Loughlin is an Australian actor, writer and director. He is known for portraying Lieutenant Commander Steve McGarrett on the CBS series *Hawaii Five-0* (2010–2020), on which he also directed and wrote episodes. Born on 24 August 1976 in Canberra, he trained at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in Sydney, graduating in 2002. He began his career in Australian television and film, with early roles including the lead in *Oyster Farmer* (2004) and appearances in *Moonlight* (2007–2008) and *Three Rivers* (2009–2010). Other film credits include *The Back-up Plan* (2010). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, themoviedb.org.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Hawaii Five-0* (2010), Fi1m 65, as Steve McGarrett — [page](https://film.one/tv/hawaii-five-0.md) ## Complete filmography (16) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Hawaii Five-0* (2010), series, as Steve McGarrett · Story, Director, Writer, Producer — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/hawaii-five-0.md) - *The Back-Up Plan* (2010), as Stan - *Three Rivers* (2009), series, as Dr. Andy Yablonski - *Whiteout* (2009), as Russell Haden - *August Rush* (2007), as Marshall - *Moonlight* (2007), series, as Mick St. John - *The Invisible* (2007), as Marcus Bohem - *The Holiday* (2006), as Kissing Couple - *The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant* (2005), series, as William 'Will' Bryant - *Criminal Minds* (2005), series, as Vincent — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/tv/criminal-minds.md) - *Feed* (2005), as Michael Carter · Idea, Co-Producer, Story - *Man-Thing* (2005), as Fraser - *BlackJack: Sweet Science* (2004), as Luke Anderson - *Oyster Farmer* (2004), as Jack Flange - *White Collar Blue* (2002), series, as Ian Mack - *The Shield* (2002), series, as Kevin Hiatt — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-shield.md) ## Gallery - ![Alex O'Loughlin](https://film.one/media/person/1311812/gallery-32d93e5ca3ce.jpg) Alex O'Loughlin — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Alex_O%27Loughlin_%286382639805%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Alan Ritchson, Alex O’Loughlin, and production crew on a shoot for an episode of "Hawaii Five-0" aboard a C-17 Globemaster at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Fe (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/1311812/gallery-150cd23795f8.jpg) Alan Ritchson, Alex O’Loughlin, and production crew on a shoot for an episode of "Hawaii Five-0" aboard a C-17 Globemaster at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Fe (2013) — U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jerome S. Tayborn, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Alan_Ritchson_and_Alex_O%E2%80%99Loughlin_130221-F-HL283-744.jpg/1280px-Alan_Ritchson_and_Alex_O%E2%80%99Loughlin_130221-F-HL283-744.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Alex O'Loughlin and Jack Thompson at GQ Men Of The Year Awards 2011](https://film.one/media/person/1311812/gallery-5698d34ae78b.jpg) Alex O'Loughlin and Jack Thompson at GQ Men Of The Year Awards 2011 — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Alex_O%27Loughlin%2C_Jack_Thompson_GQ_2011.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Alex O'Loughlin (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/1311812/gallery-b69cb743a95c.jpg) Alex O'Loughlin (2011) — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Alex_O%27Loughlin_%286382639805%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Alex O'Loughlin](https://film.one/media/person/1311812/gallery-93d02f76204c.jpg) Alex O'Loughlin — Image via TMDB - ![Alex O'Loughlin (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/1311812/gallery-58f203a615c0.jpg) Alex O'Loughlin (2011) — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/Alex_O%27Loughlin_%286382641163%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Alex O'Loughlin (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/1311812/gallery-d14ee119ac84.jpg) Alex O'Loughlin (2011) — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Alex_O%27Loughlin_%286382642245%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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