Early life

Hudson was born in Los Angeles, California, to Goldie Hawn and musician Bill Hudson. After his parents divorced in 1980, he and his sister, actress Kate Hudson, were raised in Colorado by their mother and her partner, actor Kurt Russell. He has four half-siblings: Emily and Zachary, from his biological father's marriage to actress, Cindy Williams; Lalania, from another of his father's relationships in 2006; and Wyatt, from his mother's relationship with Kurt Russell.

Hudson is of Italian (from his paternal grandmother), Hungarian Jewish (from his maternal grandmother), English, German, as well as very distant Dutch, descent. He is the cousin of singer Sarah Hudson.

Career

Hudson appeared opposite his mother in 1999 comedy film The Out-of-Towners and later starred in several teen movies, like The Smokers, and Going Greek. In 2002 he played the lead role of The WB comedy series My Guide to Becoming a Rock Star. Hudson also appeared in recurring role opposite Katie Holmes as her love interest, Eddie Doling, in sixteen episodes of Dawson's Creek from 2002 to 2003.

Hudson starred in The WB series The Mountain from 2004 to 2005; the show was canceled after 13 episodes. In 2006 he starred in horror films The Breed and Black Christmas. He also starred with Claire Forlani in Lifetime movie Carolina Moon in 2007. From 2007 to 2013 Hudson starred as Adam Rhodes in the CBS sitcom Rules of Engagement (2007-13).

In 2013 Hudson was cast in the recurring role of Jeff Fordham for the second season on the ABC drama series Nashville. Hudson later was promoted to series regular for third season.

In 2015 Hudson was cast as a series regular on the horror comedy anthology series Scream Queens playing Wes, the father of a college sorority pledge member. Oliver juggled both his role as Jeff on Nashville and his role as Wes on Scream Queens, since he had a one-year series regular deal with Nashville before it was renewed for a fourth season.

Also in 2015 Hudson and his sister, Kate Hudson, launched FL2, a men's activewear line and subsidiary of Fabletics.

Personal life

Hudson married Erinn Bartlett on June 9, 2006, in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. The ceremony was officiated by a Buddhist monk. The couple has two sons: Wilder (born 2007) and Bodhi (born 2010), and a daughter, Rio (born 2013).

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1999	Kill the Man	Revolutionary #1
1999	The Out-of-Towners	Alan Clark
2000	Rocket's Red Glare	Hank Baker
2000	The Smokers	David
2001	Going Greek	Ziegler
2002	New Best Friend	Josh
2003	As Virgins Fall	Corky Stevens
2005	Mr. Dramatic	Mr. Dramatic	Short film
2006	The Breed	John
2006	Black Christmas	Kyle Autry
2008	Strange Wilderness	TJ / Animal Handler
2013	Grown Ups 2	Kyle
2014	Walk of Shame	Kyle

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	My Guide to Becoming a Rock Star	Jace Darnell	Series regular (11 episodes)
2002-03	Dawson's Creek	Eddie Doling	16 episodes
2004-05	The Mountain	David Carver Jr.	Series regular (13 episodes)
2006	10.5: Apocalypse	Will Malloy	Movie
2007	The Weekend	Julian	Pilot
2007	Carolina Moon	Cade Lavelle	Movie
2007-13	Rules of Engagement	Adam Rhodes	Series regular (100 episodes)
2013-15	Nashville	Jeff Fordham	Recurring: seasons 2, 4; regular: season 3
2015	Scream Queens	Weston "Wes" Gardner	Main role (13 episodes)

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Work	Result
2001	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie Actor: Comedy	Going Greek	Won

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