Josh Swickard

Josh Swickard

Born: July 4, 1992
in Quincy, Illinois, USA
Joshua Swickard was born in central Illinois to a pastor and vocal coach, Bob and Gina Swickard. He is the second oldest of four, with three sisters. After graduating from high school, Josh moved to Chicago to study accounting at College of DuPage. After two years, he left to start a career as a model, modeling for companies such as Men's Health, Sports Illustrated, Guess, Jockey, Finish Line, Kohl's, Nordstrom, and others.

He made his television debut as a recurring guest star on the Disney Channel shows "Liv and Maddie" and "K.C Undercover" and just finished filming his first feature coming out next year starring as a rodeo cowboy. Josh appears on ABC's General Hospital as Detective Harrison Chase.

He enjoys singing, dancing, and playing the drums when he's not working. His hobbies include snow skiing, hiking, reading, and volunteering for non-profit organizations in Central America

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Text: Josh Swickard is an American actor, producer and model.

He is best known for playing Harrison Chase in the series Central Hospital (since 2018) and Joseph Van Aston in the Netflix films, A California Christmas (2020) and A California Christmas: City Lights (2021).

Josh Swickard was born in Quincy, Illinois, to parents Bob, senior pastor of St. Matthew United Methodist Church in Belleville, and Gina, a vocal coach. He has three sisters Elyssa, Kalia and Elayna Swickard. He studied at Glenwood High School and attended the College of DuPage where he studied accounting for 2 years, then he modeled for about 6 years in Chicago.

He made his acting debut in 2015, appearing on the Disney Channel shows Liv and Maddie and Agent K.C. before joining the series Central Hospital in 2018.

In 2017, he landed his first film role in the film Roped directed by Shaun Paul Piccinino alongside Casper Van Dien, Lorynn York, Christina Moore and John Schneider. The film was released in 2020.

In 2020, along with his wife Lauren Swickard, they headlined the Netflix romantic film, A California Christmas. Shortly after the release of the first film, Netflix announced the development of a second installment, A California Christmas: City Lights releasing in December 2021. The films are directed by Shaun Paul Piccinino, Josh is one producers with his wife who is also the screenwriter.

On December 25, 2018, Josh announced his engagement to his girlfriend, actress Lorynn York whom he met on a previous shoot, their very first together, on the film Roped in 2017. The couple married on July 6, 2019 In April 2021, the couple welcomed their first child together, a daughter, named Savannah Kaye Swickard.

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Movies for Josh Swickard...

Holiday in the Vineyards
Title: Holiday in the Vineyards
Character: Carter Baldwyn
Released: December 13, 2023
Type: Movie
A widow struggling to keep the local vineyard and raising her two young boys may be in store for a Christmas miracle when she falls for a big city playboy sent to get intel on a prospective vineyard for sale.
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A Hollywood Christmas
Title: A Hollywood Christmas
Character: Christopher
Released: December 1, 2022
Type: Movie
Jessica, a young, up-and-coming filmmaker in Hollywood has made a name for herself directing Christmas movies. But when handsome network executive Christopher shows up threatening to halt production on her latest movie, Jessica’s assistant, Reena, points out the irony: Jessica isn’t just trying to save her Christmas movie, she’s actually living in one. Jessica must now juggle all the classic tropes—her actors falling in and out of love, a wayward elf dog, and her own stirring romantic feelings for her perceived nemesis—in order to get her movie and her life to their happy endings.
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A California Christmas: City Lights
Title: A California Christmas: City Lights
Character: Joseph
Released: December 16, 2021
Type: Movie
Follows Callie and Joseph one year after they fell in love, now running a dairy farm and winery, but their romance is threatened when business and family obligations call Joseph back to the city.
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A California Christmas
Title: A California Christmas
Character: Joseph
Released: December 14, 2020
Type: Movie
With his carefree lifestyle on the line, a wealthy charmer poses as a ranch hand to get a hardworking farmer to sell her family’s land before Christmas.
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Roped
Title: Roped
Character: Colton Burtenshaw
Released: May 2, 2020
Type: Movie
A star cowboy in a traveling rodeo gets thrown off course when he falls in love with the daughter of a tough-minded town councilman.
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Title: Liv and Maddie
Character: Todd Stetson
Released: July 19, 2013
Type: TV
The exploits of identical twins Liv, a former television star back home in Wisconsin and in the process of adding movie star to her credits, as well as beginning to focus on her music career, and Maddie, an outstanding student and basketball phenomenon recovering from an injured knee. The series centers on the unbreakable bond the twins share though they have wildly different personalities. To complicate their teenage lives, both parents work at their high school and their younger brothers are always stirring up trouble.