Joshua Regnall Stewart (born February 6, 1977) is an American actor
that is best known for his role as Holt McLaren in the FX TV series
Dirt and as Detective William LaMontagne, Jr., in Criminal Minds. He
was also cast as Brendan Finney in the final season of the NBC TV
series Third Watch and as Barsad in Christopher Nolan's The Dark
Knight Rises. He also has a role in Netflix's The Punisher
(2019).Stewart was born in Diana, West Virginia, the son of Margie and
Charles Regnall Stewart. His father was a high school physical
education teacher as well as a former pastor of the First Baptist
Church in Webster Springs and Holly River Baptist Church, and is now
pastor at the Redeeming Grace Baptist Church in Webster Springs. His
mother is a sixth grade teacher at Webster Springs Elementary. Stewart
first attended West Virginia Wesleyan College, then transferred to
West Virginia University, where he studied business. After graduating
from WVU, he moved to New York City to pursue acting.Stewart got his
start doing local theater at the Landmark Theatre in Sutton, West
Virginia, and eventually moved to New York City to study at the T.
Schreiber studios. He was a company member of the 13th Street
Repertory Theatre. He continued his theater in Los Angeles, performing
in Light Bulb and Beacon alongside Robert Forster and Brooke Shields.
that is best known for his role as Holt McLaren in the FX TV series
Dirt and as Detective William LaMontagne, Jr., in Criminal Minds. He
was also cast as Brendan Finney in the final season of the NBC TV
series Third Watch and as Barsad in Christopher Nolan's The Dark
Knight Rises. He also has a role in Netflix's The Punisher
(2019).Stewart was born in Diana, West Virginia, the son of Margie and
Charles Regnall Stewart. His father was a high school physical
education teacher as well as a former pastor of the First Baptist
Church in Webster Springs and Holly River Baptist Church, and is now
pastor at the Redeeming Grace Baptist Church in Webster Springs. His
mother is a sixth grade teacher at Webster Springs Elementary. Stewart
first attended West Virginia Wesleyan College, then transferred to
West Virginia University, where he studied business. After graduating
from WVU, he moved to New York City to pursue acting.Stewart got his
start doing local theater at the Landmark Theatre in Sutton, West
Virginia, and eventually moved to New York City to study at the T.
Schreiber studios. He was a company member of the 13th Street
Repertory Theatre. He continued his theater in Los Angeles, performing
in Light Bulb and Beacon alongside Robert Forster and Brooke Shields.
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