Date of Birth

1 June 1980, Ottershaw, Surrey, England, UK

Birth Name

Oliver James Hudson

Nickname

Ollie

Height

5' 11" (1.80 m)

Trivia

He was the only actor to kiss Amanda Bynes in his screen test for his role in What a Girl Wants (2003).

Played drums for a band when he was in school and had only fiddled with friends' guitars before playing one for real in the movie What a Girl Wants (2003).

Went to Guildford School of Acting in Surrey to learn the trade.

Oliver has recently moved to Los Angeles from his native England.

Main reason to enroll as an acting major was so he could attend the same school as his then-girlfriend.

His own songs appear on the What a Girl Wants (2003) soundtrack.

In "What a Girl Wants" and in "Raise Your Voice" he plays the guitar a lot. Only in "Raise Your Voice" he plays the acoustic guitar.

Personal Quotes

"I've got such a broad range of musical interests. I've been influenced, from my father's music and my mum's so that goes way back to like the '50s. Of course Elvis Presley because every piece of pop music has been influenced by him but then you look at the Everly Brothers. Then you move into the '60s and look at the Beatles, The Kinks and American bands, rock bands. I've listened to Queen, The Corrs. I do follow the charts. I listen to pop music of course. But, also I like kind of alternative stuff."

"I've always had this fascination with the movie business. It's always been a passion for me. I decided that I wanted to come here because this is where most movies are made. This is the town for it..to play Americans. I feel like my accent is good enough."

"Music is something that is very personal to me and nobody can ever really take it away from me because I can still sing in the shower. I can still write songs for my friends and enjoy things that I like listening to."

~ Updated: 2008-06-12 ~