Time is the thing. A show like this pulls all your time away from you. Usually I'll get home from work on a Saturday about 10am (after doing night shooting) and I'll sleep until Saturday afternoon. Saturday night and Sunday I'm usually feeling wiped out and I've not seen Holly all week. It's a pretty full-on life, but what do you do? I love my work and there are sacrifices.

Hawaii Five-0 won "Favorite New TV Drama" at the 2010–11 People's Choice Awards. There was speculation that the series would be dropped but fan pressure prevailed and the show was given four additional episodes to try to regain its audience share. After graduating from NIDA he began his career in Australian television and film productions and some of his TV credits include roles in BlackJack: Sweet Science Love Bytes and White Collar Blue.

He is also the current ambassador for Donate Life America. Alex O'Loughlin (born Alexander O'Lachlan; is an Australian actor currently starring in CBS's Hawaii Five-0 as Lieutenant Commander Steve McGarrett.