Josh Holloway’s California surfer-dude good looks opened doors in Hollywood, but he had to shed his native Southern accent before being cast in the life-changing role as Sawyer, the apparently amoral scrounger on the hit ABC drama “Lost” (ABC, 2004 - ).

Born in Northern California on July 20, 1969, Holloway grew up in a rural northern Georgia trailer park, about 75 miles outside Atlanta. His father was a surveyor and his mom stayed at home. Always considering himself a “Blue Ridge Mountain Boy,” his early years may have hinted at his ability to play a shady character: Holloway now admits to