Josh Stewart Biography
Born Joshua Regnall Stewart, Josh Stewart is an American actor best known for his role as Holt McLaren in the FX TV series Dirt. He is also famous for his role as Detective William LaMontagne, Jr. on the CBS series Criminal Minds brought him into the limelight.
Josh Stewart Age|Birthday
Stewart was born on February 6, 1977. Therefore, he is 44 years old as of 2021 and celebrates his birthday on 6th February every year.
Josh Stewart Height|Weight
Stewart’s height is 5 feet 10 inches (approximately 178 centimeters). Moreover, he weighs 80 kilograms.
Josh Stewart Family
Stewart was born in Diana, West Virginia to his parents Margie and Charles Regnall. His father who is a pastor at the Redeeming Grace Baptist Church in Webster Springs was a high school physical education teacher as well as a former pastor of the First Baptist Church in Webster Springs. He was also a former pastor of the Holly River Baptist Church. Moreover, his mother is a sixth-grade teacher at Webster Springs Elementary.
Josh Stewart Wife
Stewart was first married to Deanna Bridigi in 2007, and they divorced in 2016. However, the couple had two children, a daughter named Ryan Justine, born in 2008, and a son named River Jacob born in 2010.
Moreover, he married Alexa Davalos, an American actress on May 19, 2019. The two were co-stars in The Punisher, a Netflix series.
Josh Stewart Education
Stewart attended West Virginia Wesleyan College. Later, he studied business at West Virginia University. He moved to New York City to pursue acting after graduating from WVU.
Josh Stewart Career
Stewart moved to New York City to study at the T. Schreiber studios after his start doing local theater at the Landmark Theater in Sutton, West Virginia. Moreover, he was a 13th Street Repertory Theater company member. He performed in Light Bulb and Beacon alongside Robert Forster and Brooke Shields continuing his theater in Los Angeles.
In addition, in The WB series Dawson’s Creek episode “To Green, With Love”, he appeared as an extra. His pilot film, Then Comes Jones in 2003 was for a Western for ABC. He played the character of Bill Jenkins in the pilot.
Moreover, in the CSI episode Bad to the Bone which aired on April 1, 2004, he appeared as Sean Cleary. He also appeared in a commercial for Levi’s 501 Originitionally, jeans that same year. Additionally, in Criminal Minds, he had a recurring role. He played William LaMontagne Jr., SSA Jenniffer “JJ” Jareau’s boyfriend. Later, the husband.
Staring television roles
In the NBC series Third Watch’s final season, Stewart was cast as Breandan Finney which was his break. Moreover, he played the son of IAB captain Cathal “CT” Finney in his role as Finney.
He started filming a movie entitled Lenexa, 1 Mile after the cancelation of Third Watch. William Baldwin, Chris Klein, Timothy Ryan Hensel, Austin Nichols, Jason Ritter, Michael Rooker, and Paul Wesley are some of the people he did the film alongside. This was also Jason Wiles directing debut. He began filming a new television series starring Courteney Cox Arquette entitled Dirt after filming wrapped. He played the character of Holt McLaren for the FX Network. Cox Arquette announced that Dirt had been canceled on June 8, 2008. Furthermore, he appeared as Joshua in ABC’s No Ordinary Family during the 2010-2011 season.
In the second season of the USA Network thriller drama Shooter, he starred as Solotov in 2017.
Moreover, it was announced that he will join as a series regular in the second season of Netflix’s The Punisher on February 26, 2018.
Feature films
Stewart played the character of Benjamin’s crewmate, Pleasant Curtis making his mainstream feature film debut in 2008’s Curious Case of Benjamin Button. His role in The Haunting of Molly Hartley was Draper, Mary Hartley’s teacher. In his starring role as Arkin, he played a man attempting to rob a house to make enough money to pay his wife’s debts to loan sharks. This was his first feature film in 2009 in the horror movie, The Collector. He starred in the movie Beneath the Dark(Originally titled Wake) in 2010. The movie was inspired by the novel The Shining.
Additionally, in The Dark Knight Rises, Christopher Nolan’s final film in his Batman saga, he appeared as Bane’s right-hand man Barsad. He was the main protagonist in the 2012 webisodes, The Walking Dead: Cold Storage. They are based on the popular television show The Walking Dead. Moreover, he finished filming The Hunted, his directorial debut, which he also stars in 2013. As the voice of CASE in the sci-fi epic Interstellar, they reunited with Director Christopher Nolan in 2014. He was cast in the Disney film The Finest Hours in the same year.
Directorial debut
Stewart completed filming The Hunted, his directorial and writing debut recently. Along with The Collector producers Brett Forbes and Patrick Rizzotti, he co-produced the film. “Found footage”, is a film that revolves around Jake and Stevie. Jake is Stewart and Stevie is Ronnie Gene Blevins. They both want their own TV show. Both Jake and Stevie head to the dense, secluded woods in West Virginia in an attempt to grab the media’s attention. To find the biggest they can, they are armed with only their bows and camera.
However, they soon realize they are not alone in the woods as the sun sets over the mountains and something supernatural is hunting them instead. The film has since picked up the North American distribution rights and was screened at TIFF and eONE Films.
Josh Stewart Net Worth
Stewart’s net worth is $1.5 million.
