Joshua Cox
Joshua Cox ( born August 9, 1965 in Rancho San Diego, California) is an American actor.
Life
Cox grew up in New York City. First acting experience from Cox for theater performances during his time in high school. He studied acting at the Actor's Institute in New York and graduated from the Actor's Conservatory Training Program at Purchase College of the State University of New York.
Shortly after graduation, he received his first permanent series role as Dr. Dan Wolek on the television series Love, lies, passion ( 1986-1987). In order to keep themselves in the early years financially afloat, Cox worked as a carpenter for a construction company and as props manufacturer. He was episode roles and guest roles in various American television series. In the series Providence he was in 2000 to see an attractive carpenter Patrick, who is sought by two women. He had in 2000 in the sitcom Friends, a guest role. In 2009 he played the role of private detective Dante Zaretti in the series Melrose Place.
A recurring series role Cox had 5 as Second Lieutenant David Corwin in the sci-fi series Babylon He also acted in the television movies Babylon 5: The gateway to the 3rd dimension and Babylon 5: The River of Souls with in the framework of the television series emerged. From 2000 to 2006 he took a series lead role in the American television series Strong Medicine: like fire and ice. He played the role of the head-nurse, obstetrician and heartthrob Peter Riggs.
Cox was also seen in other TV movies, feature films and independent films. In 1991 he had a small role as a young cop in the horror film The People Under the Stairs. In the independent film Backgammon ( 2001) the director Ziri Rideaux, which was shown in 2000 also at the International Film Festival in Cannes, he played as Karsten one of the lead roles. Cox also competed, but without success, for the role of Faramir in the movie The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; the role eventually went to David Wenham.
In addition to his film roles Cox also worked as a theater actor. He participated in Prairie Avenue at the Rip Torn Stage in New York. At the Hudson Theatre in Los Angeles, he starred in the one-act play Us and Them by British playwright David Campton. Among his stage roles included, among other things, Laertes in Hamlet, he also played in Brecht's play The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui.
Cox is a qualified rescue diver with a license from PADI; In his spare time he operates Thai boxing. It also occurs as a musician. He is the bass player in the band Skin. With the band Skin, he has performed in Los Angeles, among others at The Gig, at the El Rey Theatre and the legendary Roxy Theatre.
Cox is since July 2007, married to actress Wendy Brown, who was his partner in backgammon. Cox lives (as of November 2010) in Los Angeles.