Josh Stewart

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Josh Stewart
Born Joshua Regnall Stewart
February 6, 1977 (1977-02-06) (age 35)
Diana, West Virginia
Occupation Actor
Years active 1999 - present
Spouse Deanna Brigidi-Stewart (2 children)

Joshua Regnall Stewart (born February 6, 1977) is an American actor best known for his role as Holt McLaren in the FX TV series Dirt.[1] He was also cast as Brendan Finney in the final season of the NBC TV series Third Watch.[1]

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[edit] Early life

Stewart was born in Diana, West Virginia[2] to Reggie and Margie Stewart. His father was a high school physical education teacher as well as a former pastor of the First Baptist Church in Webster Springs and Holly River Baptist Church, and is now pastor at the Redeeming Grace Baptist Church in Webster Springs. His mother is a sixth and seventh grade school teacher at Webster Springs Elementary School in Webster Springs. Stewart first attended West Virginia Wesleyan College, then transferred after one year to West Virginia University, where he graduated with a business degree in marketing.

[edit] Acting career

[edit] Early career

Stewart got his start doing local theater at the Landmark Theatre in Sutton, West Virginia, and eventually moved to New York City to study at the T. Schreiber studios.[2] He was a company member of the 13th Street Repertory Theatre. He continued his theater in Los Angeles, performing in Light Bulb and Beacon alongside Robert Forster and Brooke Shields.[2]

Stewart appeared as an extra in The WB series Dawson's Creek episode "To Green, With Love". In 2003 he filmed a pilot for a Western for ABC entitled Then Came Jones.[3] In the pilot he played the character of Bill Jenkins.[4]

Stewart later appeared as Sean Cleary the CSI episode "Bad to the Bone", which aired on April 1, 2004.[5] That same year, he also appeared in a commercial for Levi's 501 Original jeans.[6] Stewart also has a recurring role in Criminal Minds as Detective William LaMontagne, Jr., SSA Jennifer "JJ" Jareau's boyfriend.

[edit] Starring television roles

Stewart got his break when he was cast as Brendan Finney in the final season of the NBC series Third Watch.[7] As Finney, he played the son of IAB captain Cathal "CT" Finney.

After Third Watch was cancelled, Stewart started filming a movie entitled Lenexa, 1 Mile (released on DVD as Full Count), alongside William Baldwin, Michael Beach, Jennifer Hall, Timothy Ryan Hensel, Chris Klein, Austin Nichols, Jason Ritter, Michael Rooker, and Paul Wesley.[8] This was also the directing debut of Jason Wiles.[9] After filming wrapped, Stewart began filming a new television series starring Courteney Cox Arquette entitled Dirt, for the FX Network, where he played the character of Holt McLaren.[2] On June 8, 2008, Cox Arquette announced that Dirt had been cancelled.[10] During the 2010-2011 season, he appeared as Joshua in ABC's No Ordinary Family.

[edit] Feature films

Stewart made his mainstream, feature film debut in 2008's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button playing the character of Benjamin's crewmate, Pleasant Curtis.[11] Also that year, he appeared in The Haunting of Molly Hartley in the role of Mary Hartley's teacher, Mr. Draper.[12] In 2009, he costarred in his first feature film, the horror, The Collector playing the part of Arkin, a man attempting to rob a house to make enough money to pay off his wife's debts to loan sharks.[13] In 2010, he starred, alongside Jamie-Lynn Sigler in the movie Beneath the Dark, (originally titled Wake)[14] inspired by the novel The Shining.[15] He will appear in The Dark Knight Rises as one of Bane's mercenaries.[16][17]

[edit] Personal life

Stewart's wife, Deanna, gave birth to their first child, a daughter named Ryan Justine, in the spring of 2008 and their second child, a son named River Jacob, in the winter of 2010. He is a competitive snowboarder and boxer. He also enjoys hunting with his father, Charles Regnall Stewart. Reggie and Margie was the two to give birth to him. He had a brother and sister. He also has an Adopted Sister, Sara Stewart.

[edit] Television appearances

Year Film Role Notes
2000 Dawson's Creek Extra Episode "To Green, With Love"
2003 Then Came Jones Bill Jenkins Pilot, not picked up[3][4]
CSI Sean Cleary Episode "Bad to the Bone"[1][5]
2004–2005 Third Watch Officer Brendan Finney 2004–2005 (Episodes 113-132)[1]
2007 Dirt Holt McLaren 2007-2008[1][2]
Criminal Minds Detective William LaMontagne Jr.[1] Recurring, seven episodes 2007-2011[18]
2008 Raising the Bar Dan Denton Episode "Hang Time"[1]
ER Daniel Episode "Under Pressure"[1]
2009 CSI: Miami Colin Astor Episode "Smoke Gets in Your CSI's"[1]
Southland Vid Holmes Episode "Unknown Trouble"[1][19]
The Mentalist Harlan McAdoo Episode "The Scarlett Letter"[20]
2010 Ghost Whisperer Robert Wharton Episode "Living Nightmare"
2010–2011 No Ordinary Family Joshua Recurring

[edit] Filmography

Year Film Role Notes
2006 Lenexa, 1 Mile T.J. Ketting [1][8][21] Working title Lenexa, 1 Mile[22]
2007 The Death and Life of Bobby Z Monk [23]
Jekyll Tommy [1][24]
2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Pleasant Curtis [11]
The Haunting of Molly Hartley Mr. Draper [12]
2009 The Collector Arkin [13]
Law Abiding Citizen Rupert Ames [25]
2010 Beneath the Dark Paul [26]
2012 The Dark Knight Rises Bane's mercenary

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Josh Stewart: Credit Listings". TV.com. http://www.tv.com/josh-stewart/person/278797/appearances.html. Retrieved May 27, 2009. 
  2. ^ a b c d e "Josh Stewart Featured Star on New FX Show Dirt". WVWC.edu. January 11, 2007. http://www.wvwc.edu/CampusNews/story.asp?year=2007&ID=320. Retrieved May 27, 2009. [dead link]
  3. ^ a b "Shows A-Z - Then Came Jones on ABC". TheFutonCritic.com. http://www.thefutoncritic.com/devwatch.aspx?id=then_came_jones. Retrieved May 27, 2009. 
  4. ^ a b "Then Came Jones (2003) (TV)". IMDb.com. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0358207/. Retrieved May 27, 2009. 
  5. ^ a b "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation "Bad to the Bone" (2004)". IMDb.com. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0534648/. Retrieved May 27, 2009. 
  6. ^ "Josh Stewart Levi's 501 Original jeans TV commercial". DailyMotion.com. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2fssp_pub-levis-501-original-jeans-avec-j_ads. Retrieved May 27, 2009. 
  7. ^ "NBC's Third Watch Adds Cara Buono and Josh Stewart as Series Regulars and Features Aidan Quinn as Guest Star in Four-Episode Arc Early in New Season". TheFutonCritic.com. NBC. August 24, 2004. http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20040824nbc01. Retrieved May 27, 2009. 
  8. ^ a b "Lenexa, 1 Mile Cast and Crew Bios". MovieTome.com. http://www.movietome.com/movie/356447/lenexa-1-mile/cast/cast.html?tag=mini_view;fullcredits&om_act=convert&om_clk=summary. Retrieved May 27, 2009. 
  9. ^ "Lenexa, 1 Mile". Jason Wiles.net. Archived from the original on 2007-12-23. http://web.archive.org/web/20071223102727/http://www.jasonwiles.net/lenexa.htm. Retrieved 2008-01-25. 
  10. ^ Dirt: FX Cancels Courteney Cox Arquette Series
  11. ^ a b "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)". IMDb.com. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0421715/fullcredits#cast. Retrieved May 27, 2009. 
  12. ^ a b "The Haunting of Molly Hartley (2008)". IMDb.com. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1045655/. Retrieved May 27, 2009. 
  13. ^ a b "The Collector (2009)". IMDb.com. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0844479/. Retrieved May 27, 2009. 
  14. ^ IFC Midnight Nabs Chad Feehan's Wake / Beyond the Pale Next for Director
  15. ^ SXSW '10: Trailer for 'Shining' Inspired 'Wake'
  16. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUzqEN8NdaI&feature=player_embedded
  17. ^ http://youbentmywookie.com/entertainment/first-look-at-marion-cotillad-as-talia-al-ghul-and-more-images-of-hathaway-as-selena-kyle-13474
  18. ^ "Detective William LaMontagne Jr. (Character) from Criminal Minds (2005)". IMDb.com. http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0079519/. Retrieved May 27, 2009. 
  19. ^ "Josh Stewart: Summary". TV.com. http://www.tv.com/josh-stewart/person/278797/summary.html. Retrieved May 27, 2009. 
  20. ^ "The Mentalist "The Scarlett Letter" Guest Cast". TV.com. http://www.tv.com/the-mentalist/the-scarlet-letter/episode/1279755/summary.html?tag=next_episode;title. Retrieved October 2, 2009. 
  21. ^ "Lenexa, 1 Mile summary". MovieTome.com. http://www.movietome.com/movie/356447/lenexa-1-mile/index.html. Retrieved May 27, 2009. 
  22. ^ "Lenexa, 1 Mile (2006)". IMDb.com. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0464086/. Retrieved May 27, 2009. 
  23. ^ "The Death and Life of Bobby Z (2007)". IMDb.com. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0473188/. Retrieved May 27, 2009. 
  24. ^ "Jekyll - Full Credits". MovieTome.com. http://www.movietome.com/movie/327176/jekyll/cast/cast.html?tag=mini_view;fullcredits&om_act=convert&om_clk=summary. Retrieved May 27, 2009. 
  25. ^ "Law Abiding Citizen (2010)". IMDb.com. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1197624/. Retrieved May 27, 2009. 
  26. ^ "kindling (2010)". IMDb.com. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1422800/. Retrieved May 27, 2009. 

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