Acting 101: What soap opera is Transformer's Josh Duhamel known for?

June 11, 9:41 PMActing ExaminerDeborah Smith Ford

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Josh Duhamel, tallest in back row                              (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

The whole experience of working on this movie was so fun, and I had more fun working on that than I've had on anything else. I had more fun working than on my days off."
Josh Duhamel

Joshua David "Josh" Duhamel 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 and he is the official pace car driver for the 2009 Indianapolis 500 driving the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro Pace Car.

Duhamel began his acting career as an extra in the music videos for Donna Summer's song, "I Will Go With You in 1998 and Christina Aguilera's song, "Genie in a Bottle" in 1999.

Later that year, he won the role of Leo du Pres on the ABC soap opera All My Children. His work on the show, especially his character's pairing with Greenlee Smythe garnered critical acclaim.

In 2003, Duhamel landed a prime time role on the NBC show Las Vegas, playing Montecito Casino security agent, Danny McCoy. He succeeded James Caan as president of the Montecito after Caan departed at the end of the fourth season. The series was cancelled in 2008.  Married soon after, though, to Fergie.

(AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

Duhamel made his big-screen acting debut in 2004's Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! and continued on to star in the thriller Turistas (2006). After watching an episode of Las Vegas in which Duhamel's character had just returned from the war in Iraq, director/producer Steven Spielberg handpicked him for the role of Captain William Lennox in 2007's summer blockbuster film Transformers (a film for which Spielberg was the executive producer).

Duhamel will reprise the role for the sequel, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, director Michael Bay, scheduled for release in June 2009.