Joshua David "Josh" Duhamel ( {(({respell|də-
}; born November 14, 1972) is an
American actor and former
fashion model. He first achieved acting success in 1999 as
Leo du Pres on
ABC's
All My Children and later as the chief of security,
Danny McCoy, on
NBC's
Las Vegas. He is also well known for his role as one of the protagonists, Captain William Lennox, in the box office hit
Transformers as well as its sequel,
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and he is the official
pace car driver for the
2009 Indianapolis 500 driving the 2010
Chevrolet Camaro Pace Car.
Early life
Duhamel was born in
Minot,
North Dakota, the son of Bonnie L., a physical education teacher, and Larry David Duhamel, an advertising salesman.
[freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/celeb/duhamel.htm] His parents divorced during his youth, and although he remains close to both, he grew up with his mother
and his younger sisters Ashlee, Mckenzee and Kassidy. Duhamel attended
Minot State University and played quarterback for the
university's football team.
[ He planned to attend dental school]
