Australian Actor Alex O’Loughlin, best known Down Under for his lead roles in romantic dramas such as “Oyster Farmer” or even disturbing genre films such as “Feed,” made a splash in the U.S. as the new cast member on the sixth season of the Emmy-winning police drama, “The Shield” (FX, 2002- ). While not quite the big screen debut that 007 would have afforded him, having auditioned unsuccessfully that same year for the latest “Bond” vehicle, for O’Loughlin, the role of Detective Kevin Hiatt promised to not exactly go unnoticed, with the gritty cop show’s popularity at an all-time high.

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