Josh Hopkins
{{Short description|American actor (born 1970)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{BLP sources|date=May 2009}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Josh Hopkins
| image = Josh Hopkins (cropped).jpg
| caption = Hopkins in 2010
| birth_name = William Joshua Hopkins
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|09|12}}
| birth_place = Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1995–present
| parents = Larry J. Hopkins (father)
}}
William Joshua Hopkins (born September 12, 1970) is an American actor. His best known roles include Raymond Millbury on Ally McBeal (2001–2002), Grayson Ellis on Cougar Town (2009–2015), and Liam O'Connor on Quantico (2015–2016).
Early life
He was born to Larry J. Hopkins and Carolyn Pennebaker on September 12, 1970. He has two sisters. Hopkins attended The Lexington School and was a member of the JV basketball team.
Career
Hopkins joined the fourth and last season of New York Undercover in 1998. In 1999, Hopkins appeared in Alanis Morissette's "Unsent" music video. He portrayed Paul Allen in the 1999 film Pirates of Silicon Valley and Raymond Milbury on the television series Ally McBeal from 2001 to 2002.
In 2005, Hopkins guest starred on Fox's show Bones as Temperance Brennan's former professor and lover, Michael Stires, in the episode "The Girl in the Fridge". Hopkins has also guest starred in CSI: Miami. In season 1 of the CBS series Cold Case, Hopkins played the role of Assistant District Attorney Jason Kite. The show was especially noted for the on-screen chemistry between Hopkins' character and the character of Detective Lilly Rush, played by Kathryn Morris.{{cite web|url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=ktlkBJdBTJ0|title=Cold Case|website=YouTube|date=July 15, 2012 }}
He portrayed womanizer Charlie Babcock on the television series Pepper Dennis in 2006. He later worked with his former Ally McBeal co-star Calista Flockhart when he had a recurring role on Brothers & Sisters. He also had a semi-regular role as Peter Manning on the Fox drama Vanished during 2006.
Hopkins is the writer and performer of the song "Feigning Interest", a humorous music video about dating that became popular in 2007.
Hopkins starred in the 2008 CBS summer drama Swingtown as Roger Thompson. The series was intended for the fall 2007 season, but was postponed due to the writer's strike. It has sparked some controversy for its portrayal of 1970s culture, including open marriage and key parties.{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/swingtown|title=Swingtown|website=Rotten Tomatoes}}
In 2009, Hopkins appeared as Dr. Noah Barnes in season 2 of ABC's Private Practice. He played the character Grayson Ellis on the sitcom Cougar Town, which premiered September 23, 2009, on ABC and later moved to TBS. In 2015, Hopkins joined the main cast for Quantico playing the role of Liam O'Connor, a seasoned FBI agent working in the academy.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/07/josh-hopkins-cast-quantico-series-regular-1201479279/|title=Josh Hopkins Joins ABC's 'Quantico' As Series Regular|last=Petski|first=Denise|date=July 17, 2015|work=Deadline|access-date=March 31, 2018}}
In 2018, Hopkins joined the main cast of Whiskey Cavalier in the role of FBI agent Ray Prince.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/08/whiskey-cavalier-josh-hopkins-co-star-abc-dramedy-scott-foley-1202450995/|title='Whiskey Cavalier': Josh Hopkins Named Series Regular On New ABC Dramedy|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=August 23, 2018|work=Deadline|access-date=March 19, 2019}}
Hopkins currently works on a podcast called The Rex Chapman Show, which debuted on Basketballnews.com on March 16, 2021, with friend and former NBA player Rex Chapman.{{Cite web|date=March 11, 2021|title=BasketballNews.com adds Rex Chapman to staff as podcast host|url=https://www.basketballnews.com/stories/basketball-news-adds-former-nba-guard-rex-chapman-to-staff-as-podcast-host-hired-new-addition|access-date=April 20, 2021|website=Basketball News|language=en}}
Filmography
=Film=
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"|Notes |
| 1996
| Ken Soames | Episode: "Atonement" |
| 1998
| Clay Roberts | TV movie |
| 1998–1999
| Detective Alec Stone | Main cast (season 4) |
| 1999
| Paul Allen | TV movie |
| 1999–2001
| Matt Prophet | 9 episodes |
| 2000
| Officer Bud White | TV pilot (not shown until 2003) |
| 2001
| Officer Tony Giordano | Episodes: "Kate" & "Georgia" |
| 2001–2002
| Raymond Millbury | Main cast (season 5) |
| 2003
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | DEA Special Agent Tim Donovan | Episode: "Loss" |
| 2003–2006
| Assistant District Attorney Kite | 10 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|2004
| NYPD 2069 | Alex Franco / Alex Bolander | TV movie |
| North Shore
| Morgan Holt | 4 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|2005
| Sean Flynn | Pilot |
| Bones
| Michael Stires | Episode: "The Girl in the Fridge" |
| rowspan="4"|2006
| Surrender Dorothy | Peter | TV movie |
| Vanished
| Peter Manning | Recurring cast; 8 episodes |
| Pepper Dennis
| Charlie Babcock | Main cast |
| Brothers and Sisters
| Warren Salter | 9 episodes |
| 2007
| Shane Carson | Episode: "No Safe Place" |
| 2008
| Roger Thompson | Main cast |
| rowspan="4"|2009
| Will Albrecht | TV movie |
| Pushing Daisies
| Shane Trickle | Episode: "Kerplunk" |
| CSI: Miami
| Mark Gantry | Episodes: "And They're Offed" & "Wolfe In Sheep's Clothing" |
| Private Practice
| Dr. Noah Barnes | 5 episodes |
| 2009–2015
| Grayson Ellis | Main cast |
| 2011
| Police Officer | Episode: "Demons" |
| rowspan="3"|2012
| Kenny | Episodes: "Drag Me to Hell" & "All's Well That Ends" |
| Hot in Cleveland
| Waiter | Episode: "Love is Blind"; uncredited |
| Men at Work
| Ryan | Episode: "Toilet at Work" |
| 2013
| Dylan | Episode: "I Ain't Broke But I'm Badly Bent" |
| rowspan="2"|2014
| Julius | Episode: "The Julius Effect" |
| Northpole
| Ryan | TV movie |
| 2015–2016
| Quantico | Liam O'Connor | Main cast |
| rowspan="2"|2019
| Jim Dobkins | 4 episodes |
| Whiskey Cavalier
| Ray Prince | Main cast |
| 2022
| Walker | Fenton Cole | 2 episodes |
| 2023
| Charles Baudelaire | 1 episode |
| 2024
| Mac | Episode: "Honesty Era" |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0005020|name=Josh Hopkins}}
- [http://thewb.warnerbros.com/web/show_bio.jsp?id=PE-JHopkins Josh Hopkins cast bio on The WB]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20091215143152/http://www.mylifetime.com/movies/12-men-of-christmas/cast Hopkins in "12 men of Christmas" premieres on Lifetime on December 5, 2009]
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Category:American male film actors
Category:American male television actors
Category:Male actors from Lexington, Kentucky
Category:Auburn University alumni