Joshua Lauren Alba was born July 8th, 1982 in Biloxi, Mississippi. His father's name is Mark Alba and his mother's is Cathy Alba. Joshua has one sibling, actress Jessica Alba. His father is of Spanish and Mexican decent and his mother is of Danish and French Canadian decent. Joshua started acting when he was 18 years old, which is when he booked his first job, 'Dark Angel', starring his sister Jessica. After 'Dark Angel' he pursued acting with a passion and took classes for a year and a half. Before that, Joshua had been modeling for about two and a half years with Next Modeling Agency. During that time he modeled for Sketchers, Tommy Hilfiger Fashion Shows, and Teen Magazine, just to name a few. Along with being an actor, Joshua has been a Realtor for the past four years, he works for ERA Alba Realty.

He just finished filming "The Dead Undead" which is currently in post production. His movie "Unrest" will be released in 500 theaters nationwide through the weekend of November 17th, 2006.