Josh Dallas is a television and film actor. He became popular for his role in the Marvel comic strip Thor. Indeed, Joshua's worldwide fame was brought by the series Once Upon a Time, in which he played one of the main roles.
The hometown of Joshua (Josh) Paul Dallas is Louisville in the US state of Kentucky. There the future film and theater actor was born on December 18, 1978. In addition to Joshua himself, his parents, Robert Michael and Diana, have another son.
Josh Dallas biography facts
At a very young age, Joshua moved with his family to Indiana. There he grew up in the town of New Albany.
Parents considered acting talent in their son early enough. Thanks to this, Joshua entered a school in which students received a certain theatrical education, and could also attend auditions and apply for various acting courses, programs and trainings. While studying in junior and middle school, Josh Dallas was engaged in a drama club.
At the age of 15 - in 1993 - Joshua graduated from the school. During his education, he managed to take an acting course under the guidance of one of the leading artists, David Longest. At the age of sixteen, confidently moving towards an acting career, Joshua was able to receive a Sarah Exley scholarship. This allowed the young man to become a student of the Conservatory of Arts, which was located in London. Over the next three years, the aspiring artist studied theatrical skills.
After completing his specialized education, Joshua got a job in a theater troupe. For quite a long time, the young man appeared on the stage of the Royal Shakespeare Theater in England. All the time that Joshua spent in the UK, and this is more than ten years, the actor developed his theatrical career. He managed to work at the National Theater and at the English Opera.
The debut on television for a young talented actor took place in 2006. He played a minor role in the television series Ultimate Force. Joshua began his career in big cinema in 2008, when he was approved for one of the roles in the German film 80 Minutes.
Acting career in film and television
To date, the artist's filmography includes more than 10 different projects. Among them there are television films, serials, roles in feature films.
In 2008, the young talented actor was cast in the television series Doctor Who. The role he got is controversial and secondary, but Joshua received the necessary filming experience.
The next year was marked for the artist by the release of three projects at once with his participation. At the box office went two films - "Boxer" and "Descent 2", and the premiere of the television movie "The Last Days of the Lehman Brothers" took place on television.
Then the filmography of Joshua Dallas was replenished with six more works, released in the period 2010-2011. Among them were: the film "The Phantom Machine", the series "Hawaii 5.0" and the television project "Five". Joshua was able to feel in demand and famous when Marvel's Thor was released in 2011. It is worth noting that the actor got into this sensational project literally at the last moment: he replaced the artist who was originally supposed to play the role of Fandral, but a few days before the start of the filming process, he broke the contract with the studio.
2011 marked another success for Joshua: the artist was enrolled in the permanent cast of the TV show Once Upon a Time. In this series, Joshua played the role of Prince Charming - the beloved of Snow White. Perhaps it was this project that really made the actor famous all over the world. The last season of the series was released in 2018.
It is also worth noting that in 2016, the talented artist first tried himself as a voice actor. He worked on the grossing feature film Zootopia.
The final work for Joshua Dallas at the moment is the role in the television series "Manifesto", which started at the box office in 2018.
Family, relationships and personal life
Joshua got his first marriage in 2007. He became the husband of actress Lara Pulver. However, the couple divorced in 2011.
In 2011, as soon as Joshua got on the set of Once Upon a Time, the actor began an affair with Ginnifer Goodwin, who, by a miraculous coincidence, played Snow White. A romantic relationship led to Joshua and Ginnifer becoming husband and wife in April 2014. In the same 2014, the couple had their first child - a boy named Oliver. And in 2016, Joshua Dallas had a second son, Hugo.
