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name: "Josh Holloway"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/josh-holloway"
fi1m_id: "josh-holloway"
imdb_id: "nm0391326"
tmdb_id: 142636
wikidata_id: "Q216793"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "20 July 1969"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-24T04:42:37.160721+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."
---

# Josh Holloway

## Identity

Josh Holloway

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/josh-holloway
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** josh-holloway
- **IMDb ID:** nm0391326
- **TMDB ID:** 142636
- **Wikidata ID:** Q216793
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Holloway, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q216793, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0391326/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/142636

Actor. Born 20 July 1969 in San Jose, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 20 July 1969, San Jose, California, USA
- **Active:** 2004–2011
- **Also known as:** Joshua Lee Holloway, 乔什·霍洛韦, 乔什·哈洛威, جاش هالووی, ジョシュ ホロウェイ
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 81 (1), 2010s 82 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Holloway, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q216793, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0391326/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/142636

## Streaming the US now

- **Paramount+:** [*Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol*](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible-ghost-protocol.md) (82)
- **Disney+:** [*Lost*](https://film.one/tv/lost.md) (81)

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## Fi1m on Josh Holloway

> Josh Holloway makes abrasive men worth spending time with, and *Lost* gives his humour and vulnerability room to work. We rate him most highly when a role asks for more than the familiar tough-guy charm.

In *Lost* (2004), Josh Holloway’s Sawyer helps stop a group of endangered strangers from becoming equally solemn. He has the toughness for the situation, but the nicknames and wry humour keep asserting a personality the emergency has not erased. We were grateful for that humour: Holloway made the shared danger bearable without making us stop caring about it. His appeal is strongest when we can enjoy his company and still see why another character might find him exhausting.

Alongside Jorge Garcia’s Hurley Reyes, he gives the ensemble a welcome difference of temperament, and the performances make the risk of trusting another survivor persuasive. Holloway can move between comedy and drama within the same character, letting vulnerability show beneath the roguish manner. Sawyer was his breakthrough and occupied him from 2004 to 2010, giving those changes time to matter. We recommend the series partly for him, with a caveat about the script’s habit of delaying answers.

*Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol* (2011) offers a much smaller sample, with Holloway in the brief role of Hanaway. Brad Bird’s film is a tense, funny team adventure, and its unusually clear action is reason enough to watch. It does not give Holloway the space that Sawyer had, which makes it a poor basis for deciding what else he might manage. Choose it for the team rather than for him.

The larger roles came back on television, with leads in *Intelligence* (2014) and *Colony* (2016–2018). As Will Bowman in *Colony*, he reunited with *Lost* producer Carlton Cuse. The qualification there is that capable dramatic work does not always leave much room for his comedy. Casting him as a serious man is reasonable; keeping him serious loses something worth having.

*Duster* (2025) casts him as Jim Ellis and reunites him with *Lost* creator J.J. Abrams. A lead role is welcome, but we want the humour and vulnerability to get as much work as the physical confidence. Start with *Lost*, provided that spending time with the survivors matters at least as much as getting answers.

## Biography

Josh Holloway is an American actor. He is best known for portraying James 'Sawyer' Ford in the television series *Lost* (2004–2010).

Born in San Jose, California, in 1969, he grew up in Georgia after his family moved there when he was two. He attended the University of Georgia briefly before pursuing modelling in Los Angeles. Early screen work included an appearance in the 1993 Aerosmith music video for 'Cryin'' and guest roles in series such as *Angel* (1999), *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2003) and *NCIS* (2004).

Following *Lost*, he appeared in films including *Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol* (2011) and *Sabotage* (2014). Later television credits include the lead role in *Colony* (2016–2018), a recurring part in *Yellowstone* (2018–) and the series *Duster* (2025).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol* (2011), Fi1m 82, as Hanaway — [page](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible-ghost-protocol.md)
- *Lost* (2004), Fi1m 81, as James Sawyer — [page](https://film.one/tv/lost.md)

## Complete filmography (35)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *He Bled Neon* (2026), Actor
- *The Paper* (2025), series, as Josh Holloway
- *Duster* (2025), series, as Jim Ellis
- *LOST: Circle* (2023), series, as James Sawyer
- *Amazing Stories* (2020), series, as Wayne Wilkes
- *Yellowstone* (2018), series, as Roarke
- *There's Only One America's Team* (2016), as Narrator
- *Colony* (2016), series, as Will Bowman · Executive Producer
- *Sabotage* (2014), as Eddie "Neck" Jordan
- *Intelligence* (2014), series, as Gabriel Black · Producer
- *Battle of the Year* (2013), as Jason Blake
- *Paranoia* (2013), as Agent Gamble
- *Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol* (2011), as Hanaway — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible-ghost-protocol.md)
- *Five* (2011), as Bill
- *Stay Cool* (2011), as Wino
- *Community* (2009), series, as Black Rider — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/community.md)
- *Whisper* (2007), as Max Truemont
- *Yo Gabba Gabba!* (2007), series, Actor
- *Lost* (2004), series, as James Sawyer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/lost.md)
- *Good Girls Don't* (2004), series, as Eric
- *The Lyon's Den* (2003), series, Actor
- *NCIS* (2003), series, as Sheriff — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/ncis.md)
- *Dr. Benny* (2003), as Pheb
- *Sabretooth* (2002), as Trent Parks
- *Mi Amigo* (2002), as Younger Pal
- *Moving August* (2002), as Loren Carol
- *Against All Evidence* (2002), as (uncredited)
- *Cold Heart* (2001), as Sean
- *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), series, as Kenny Richmond
- *Angel* (1999), series, as Good Looking Guy
- *Walker, Texas Ranger* (1993), series, as Ben Wiley
- *Flint*, as James Kettleman · Producer
- *Reimagined*, as Chuck Barnett
- *One Second After*, as John Matherson
- *A Music City Story*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Josh Holloway](https://film.one/media/person/100802/gallery-a441557ec945.jpg) Josh Holloway — Kristin Dos Santos from Los Angeles, California, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Josh_Holloway_Comic-Con_cropped.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![The Camp Conival presentaion for Colony offsite at Petco Park during San Diego Comic-Con 2016. From left: Adrian Pasdar, Tory Kittles, Sarah Wayne-Callies, Ryan](https://film.one/media/person/100802/gallery-f551f48a2680.jpg) The Camp Conival presentaion for Colony offsite at Petco Park during San Diego Comic-Con 2016. From left: Adrian Pasdar, Tory Kittles, Sarah Wayne-Callies, Ryan — iDominick, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Cast_of_Colony_at_Camp_Conival.jpg/1280px-Cast_of_Colony_at_Camp_Conival.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![kristin.eonline.com - Comic-Con 2009 - Lost - San Diego, Calif. - July 25, 2009](https://film.one/media/person/100802/gallery-7ba8522520b3.jpg) kristin.eonline.com - Comic-Con 2009 - Lost - San Diego, Calif. - July 25, 2009 — watchwithkristin, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Damon_Lindelof%2C_Josh_Holloway%2C_Nestor_Carbonell.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Josh Holloway (Gabriel) (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/100802/gallery-09d6053ee184.jpg) Josh Holloway (Gabriel) (2013) — Thibault, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Intelligence_-_Josh_Holloway.jpg/1280px-Intelligence_-_Josh_Holloway.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Josh Holloway](https://film.one/media/person/100802/gallery-9e36e53c9e2c.jpg) Josh Holloway — Image via TMDB
- ![Josh Holloway](https://film.one/media/person/100802/gallery-3daf9395ffad.jpg) Josh Holloway — Image via TMDB
- ![Josh Holloway](https://film.one/media/person/100802/gallery-0c4a705a1f51.jpg) Josh Holloway — Image via TMDB
- ![Josh Holloway (Gabriel), Meghan Ory (Riley) (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/100802/gallery-54fec1c0b68a.jpg) Josh Holloway (Gabriel), Meghan Ory (Riley) (2013) — Thibault from Paris, France, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Intelligence_-_Panel_%289316971577%29.jpg/1280px-Intelligence_-_Panel_%289316971577%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Marg Helgenberger (Lillian), Josh Holloway (Gabriel) (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/100802/gallery-c92224aaf6ca.jpg) Marg Helgenberger (Lillian), Josh Holloway (Gabriel) (2013) — Thibault from Paris, France, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Intelligence_-_Panel_%289317007857%29.jpg/1280px-Intelligence_-_Panel_%289317007857%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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