Josh Duhamel

Josh Duhamel announced in January 2004 on ‘The View’ produced by ABC that he was engaged to his long-time girlfriend, Kristy Pierce but the engagement didn’t last long.

He got engaged to singer Stacy Ann Ferguson, known popularly as Fergie of ‘The Black Eyed Peas’ fame in December 2007 and married her on January 10, 2009 at a very private marriage ceremony held at ‘Church Estate Vineyards’ in Malibu in California. His marriage with Fergie went through a bad patch in 2009 but survived the jolt when a stripper accused Josh of cheating on Fergie.

They have one son named Axl Jack Duhamel. The family currently resides in Los Angeles, California.

Josh Duhamel was born Joshua David Duhamel in Minot in North Dakota of the United States on November 14, 1972.

His father is Larry Duhamel, a salesman who helps people with advertisements, and his mother is Bonny L. Kemper, a retired school teacher working as an Executive Director in the ‘Downtown Business & Profession Association’ in Minot.

He has three younger sisters - Mckenzee, Ashlee and Kassidy.

His father divorced his mother when he was in the fourth grade in school. He and his sisters continued to stay with their mother though he remained attached to his father also.

He had a passion for athletics while he was in school and college and became a quarterback for the ‘Minot State University’ team but he soon realized that he was not cut out to be a professional football player.

Josh Duhamel started his career by working for a construction company when he was twenty six years old.

While working in the construction company he got introduced to the entertainment industry by chance.

In 1995 he came to Los Angeles, California on the advice of a girlfriend to start a career in modeling.

In 2005 he wanted to become an entrepreneur and opened a restaurant with his friend at the address 10 North Main in Minto, North Dakota.

Soon his modeling experience helped him to land an acting job when he appeared for an audition. He passed the test and was given the lead role in the film ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ based on the novel written by Oscar Wilde.

Josh Duhamel won the ‘International Modeling and Talent Association’ award for ‘Male Model of the Year’ on 1997

He won three ‘Daytime Emmy’ nominations consecutively for his role in the series ‘All My Children’ produced by ABC and won the ‘Outstanding Supporting Actor’ award in 2003.

He won the title of one of the ‘50 Most Beautiful People in the World’ in 2004 awarded by an American magazine.

In 2012 he was inducted into the “Scandinavian-American Hall of Fame’.