Joshua David "Josh" Duhamel is an American actor and former fashion model.He was born in Minot,north Dakota, the son of Bonnie L. Kemper, a physical education teacher, and Larry David Duhamel, an advertising salesman. He has French-Canadian ancestry. His parents divorced during his youth, and although he remains close to both, he grew up with his mother and his three younger sisters, Ashlee, Mckenzee and Kassidy. Duhamel attended Minot State University and played as the back-up quarterback for the university's football team. He planned to attend dental school but dropped out one-and-a-half credits shy of his undergraduate degree.
Duhamel met and began dating Stacy "Fergie" Ferguson in September 2004. Ferguson, a singer for the hip hop group The Black Eyed Peas, appeared on Duhamel's show Las Vegas with her band in an episode titled "Montecito Lancers" (which aired on November 1, 2004). The couple wed on January 10, 2009, in a Roman Catholic ceremony at the Church Estates Vineyards in Malibu, California. On January 10, 2010, the couple renewed their wedding vows on a beach in Santa Barbara. Duhamel and Ferguson reside in Brentwood, California, in a house that they purchased together in 2007.
In 2005, Duhamel became the co-owner of 10 North Main, a restaurant located in the downtown section of Minot, North Dakota, which features dishes such as elk and pheasant. Duhamel is a fan of the Minnesota Twins baseball team.
