Who is Exploring with Josh? Fake? Wiki, net worth, girlfriend

• Josh is a YouTube personality best known for his channel Exploring with Josh, which focuses on exploring abandoned and forgotten locations
• As of mid-2019, his net worth is estimated to be over $800,000
• Little is known about his past and he is of French Canadian and Ukrainian descent
• He gained popularity after documenting himself in an abandoned asylum and now travels around the world with his camera crew
• He is active on social media and has over 84,000 followers on Facebook and 244,000 followers on Instagram

Known for movies

Transformers (2007)
as Captain William Lennox

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
as Lennox

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
as Major Lennox

Las Vegas (2003-2008)
as Danny McCoy

Who is Exploring with Josh?

Josh – surname unknown – was born on 20 March 1993, in Rhode Island, USA, and is a YouTube personality, best known for his channel called Exploring with Josh in which he focuses on exploring abandoned and forgotten locations. He’s also done video blog (vlog) videos of himself travelling to many unusual locations.

The Net Worth of Exploring with Josh

How rich is Exploring with Josh? As of mid-2019, sources inform us of a net worth that is over $800,000, earned largely through a successful career on YouTube. His coverage of previously unknown, or unloved and  abandoned places has gained him a lot of attention while it has also attracted controversy.

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As he continues his career, it is expected that his wealth will also continue to increase.

Early Life and YouTube Beginnings

There is almost no information about Josh’s past before his rise to fame online on YouTube, as he prefers to keep most about that part of his life away from the public. It is known that he is of French Canadian and Ukrainian descent, was raised in Rhode Island by his parents alongside two brothers; there are no details shared about his education.

It is known that at a young age he loved to dance and enjoyed breakdancing, which led him to learn more and develop his skills in the street dance. Eventually, he saw the potential for sharing his skills as a b-boy through the website YouTube. The website is one of the most popular on the internet with it being ranked as second in terms of traffic by Alexa Internet. Users can create and upload their own videos to their own channel for others to view.

Over the years, the website has grown in terms of content with numerous types of videos now available, some of which include educational videos, vlogs, television show clips, movie trailers, live streams, and many more.

Exploring with Josh

His interests in breakdancing would recede as he grew older, and his ties with his b-boy group also started to fade, leading him to grow tired of making breakdancing videos on YouTube. One of the other interests which he developed in the meantime was vlogging, as he wanted to share some of his travel experiences online.

This led him to create his second and main channel, which would become Exploring with Josh. The channel started out with him doing vlogs of himself travelling to various locations in the US including road trips and going cross country, and indulging in adventurous activities. However, he noticed that he started gaining attention when he documented himself being inside an abandoned asylum, in which he found creepy items. With the interest in this vlog, he decided to put more focus on those types of videos, researching other abandoned locations he could visit.

Rise to Fame and Recent Endeavors

As he created more videos of himself taking footage of abandoned or taboo places, his popularity on the site grew, and soon he had over three million subscribers. His popularity and the income he gained from his videos would help fund his further travels around the world with his camera crew. Some of his most popular videos include finding an abandoned bank, an abandoned mansion used for cultivating marijuana, his abandoned middle school, and an abandoned hospital. However, his videos have gained a lot of negative criticism as well, especially since he shoots videos without doing a lot of research, nor does he prepare a script before speaking.

This leads to a lot of moments where viewers call him dense and uneducated. He’s also been criticized for not focusing on aspects of the abandoned location which could have been very interesting for collectors, or those who know the historical values of some of the items left behind. One of his biggest controversies is that he reportedly sets up his own videos, putting in items beforehand to make them interesting. He’s been accused of putting fake blood in the locations he visits, or printing out blueprints, and placing them inside the abandoned locations to make it seem that he has just found them.

Due to all of these criticisms, he decided to do things more naturally, making his channel more of a vlog channel while looking for abandoned locations around the world.

Personal Life and Social Media

For his personal life, not much is known in terms of Josh’s romantic relationships. A lot of sources believe that he is single, as his work likely doesn’t give him time to pursue any long term association. He also hasn’t been seen in public with any potential romantic partners. A lot of people question whether or not Josh is his real name, as they can’t find any more information about him except for his work.

Similar to numerous YouTube personalities, he is highly active online through accounts on social media. On Instagram he has over 244,000 followers, and uses the website to promote some of his work, taking photos of the abandoned locations he’s visited, while also giving a bit of insight into his activities outside of the work on his channel. He also has a Twitter account on which he has over 55,000 followers, and uses the platform to promote his work too, while also showcasing his collection of “Dragon Ball” toys. Another account he has is on Facebook. and he has over 84,000 fans on the site. He promotes his videos on YouTube there, while also selling merchandise.

Marks

#	Marks / Signs
1	Muscular physique
2	Towering height
3	Deep resonant voice

Quotes

#	Quote
1	[on marriage] You have to like the person that you are with, not just love them, but actually really like them. I really do like my wife a lot. She's funny. She's fun. She's very kind, very generous and thoughtful - all those things that you hope for. I think that we both grew up with similar backgrounds, believe it or not. Our parents are both former teachers, Catholic. We didn't have a lot growing up. I don't think either one of us takes our lives, our blessings, for granted.
2	When I was a kid, I dreamed about fame, you know, how cool it would be to be in a movie and to be on television. I thought about certain movie roles or certain lines from movies by myself in the shower and thought I could do that someday. But I never really believed that I ever had a chance.
3	[on developing his character for Safe Haven (2013)] I was on the beach with with a pencil and paper and a little journal. I wanted to make very clear what relationship was with my wife, the one that passed away, even though I didn't have any scenes with her in the movie. It was important that I knew our history before I ever got into anything else with any of the characters. So I did a lot of writing about how we met.
4	[on working with Julianne Hough in Safe Haven (2013)] I championed Julianne for this film because I knew she was hungry, a hard worker, sweet and down-to-earth. On a movie like this, where everything depends upon the connection between the two people, there can't be any hang-ups. And with her there are none. She is who she is. It made it easy to open up to her, and for her to open up to me.
5	(on The Romantics (2010)) I didn't like it at first. I didn't. Because when I first read the script, I said, "I don't like any of these characters." I really didn't. I just thought it was a bunch of selfish people who were making much bigger deals of their problems than they really were. But then I read it again, and I liked it much better because it felt like it was really kind of a reflection of what people are anyway - what friends are like, what groups of friends and family are like. We're all dysfunctional. We're all messed up in some way.

Facts

#	Fact
1	Became a father for the first time at age 40 when his wife Fergie gave birth to their son Axl Jack Duhamel on August 29, 2013, weighing 10 lbs and 7 oz.
2	Attended the premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) at the Oktyabr Theater in Moscow, Russia on June 16, 2009.
3	Attended the premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) at Odeon Leicester Square in London, England on June 15, 2009.
4	Attended the premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) at the Sony Center CineStar in Berlin, Germany on June 14, 2009.
5	Attended the premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) at Yongsan CGV Theaters in Seoul, South Korea on June 9, 2009.
6	Attended the world premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) at Roppongi Hills in Tokyo, Japan on June 9, 2009.
7	In 1998, he was slowly in the works to make his acting debut in the lead role for a situation comedy entitled "A Tale of Two Strippers"; which told the story of two male exotic dancers in Las Vegas who find themselves trying to evade a hit man after witnessing an arranged murder when they get an address mixed up and arrive to the wrong location to perform a private gig. The project was written and was to be directed by Alan J. Pakula but he died in an automobile accident before anything could start so the project was immediately canceled. Had this gone through, this would have also marked the debut of actor Ashton Kutcher who was to star alongside him as the second male lead.
8	Is a staunch liberal Democrat.
9	His dog, Meatloaf, died on April 1, 2012.
10	Brother-in-law of Dana Ferguson.
11	Spent his honeymoon with a week at the One & Only Reethi Rah in the Maldives, followed immediately afterwords with a week at the One & Only Ocean Club on Paradise Island, in the Bahamas. [January 2009]
12	(January 10, 2009) Married longtime fiancée Fergie in a very private ceremony. The ceremony was so private that the guests were not even told the location until the actual morning of the wedding.
13	Former bath attendant.
14	Parents are Larry Duhamel and Bonnie Kemper.
15	His last name (Duhamel) is pronounced "duh-MEL".
16	His name is a common French last name among Francophones, meaning "From the Hamlet". His great-great-grandfather was French-Canadian. His other ancestry includes English, German, Irish and Norwegian.
17	Branched into entrepreneurship, opening a restaurant, 10 North Main, in his hometown Minot, North Dakota with his friend.
18	Enjoys basketball, football, golf and skiing on his days off.
19	When he was a teenager, he worked as a lifeguard at a local pool.
20	Received his Bachelor of Science Degree in biology at Minot State University.
21	Won the IMTA (International Modeling and Talent Association) Male Model of the Year Award in 1997. Other models were Ashton Kutcher and Riley Smith.
22	Named one of People (USA) magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in the World (2004).
23	Shares the same middle name as his father
24	Announced on ABC's The View (1997) that he was engaged to longtime girlfriend Kristy Pierce. [January 2004]
25	Turned down the role of Dusty Donovan on As the World Turns (1956) in 2002, saying that he would return to daytime only on All My Children (1970).
26	Josh wanted to be a dentist from the time he was a sophomore in high school. He gave up his dream to become a dentist when his grades were not good enough to get in a dental college. As a result, he moved to California where he got discovered while posing for fashion magazines.
27	Josh's father is an advertising salesman, and his mother is a retired high school teacher.
28	Engaged to singer Stacy Ann Ferguson, better known as Fergie. [December 2007]
29	He lived in New York City until relocating to Los Angeles, California.
30	Has starred in the yet-to-be-released independent film The Picture of Dorian Gray (2005) in 1999, then ABC called him to test for the role of Leo du Pres. To Josh's shock, ABC executives wanted him so much, that they postponed the character's first airdate by more than a month to accommodate his schedule.

Pictures

All pictures

Movies

Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
Transformers: The Last Knight	2017	post-production	Lt. Colonel William Lennox
The Institute	2017	post-production	Detective
This Is Your Death	2016	completed	Adam Rogers
Spaceman	2016/I		Bill Lee
11.22.63	2016	TV Mini-Series	Frank Dunning
Misconduct	2016		Ben Cahill
Lost in the Sun	2015		John
Skylanders: SuperChargers	2015	Video Game	High Volt (voice)
Battle Creek	2015	TV Series	Milt Chamberlain
Bravetown	2015/I		Alex
Jake and the Never Land Pirates	2012-2015	TV Series	Captain Flynn
You're Not You	2014		Evan
Wings: Sky Force Heroes	2014		Ace (voice)
Don Peyote	2014
Scenic Route	2013		Mitchell
Safe Haven	2013/I		Alex
Movie 43	2013		Anson (segment "Beezel")
Fire with Fire	2012/II		Jeremy Coleman
Wings	2012		Ace (English version, voice)
New Year's Eve	2011		Sam - Ahern Party
All My Children	1999-2011	TV Series	Leo du Pres
Transformers: Dark of the Moon	2011		Lennox
Life as We Know It	2010		Eric Messer
Ramona and Beezus	2010		Hobart
When in Rome	2010		Nick
The Romantics	2010		Tom McDevon
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	2009		Major Lennox
Las Vegas	2003-2008	TV Series	Danny McCoy
Transformers	2007		Captain William Lennox
Crossing Jordan	2004-2007	TV Series	Danny McCoy
Turistas	2006		Alex
The Picture of Dorian Gray	2005		Dorian Gray
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!	2004		Tad Hamilton
Ed	2002	TV Series	Richard Reed
Donna Summer: I Will Go with You (Con te partirò)	1999	Video short	The Man

Miscellaneous

Title	Year	Status	Character
Bomb Patrol: Afghanistan	2011	TV Series documentary narrated by - 10 episodes

Producer

Title	Year	Status	Character
Scenic Route	2013	executive producer

Soundtrack

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	2015	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Las Vegas	2006	TV Series performer - 1 episode

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
Entertainment Tonight	2007-2016	TV Series	Himself
Extra	2014-2016	TV Series	Himself
Good Morning America	2016	TV Series	Himself - Guest
The Late Late Show with James Corden	2015-2016	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Today	2016	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Made in Hollywood	2010-2015	TV Series	Himself
Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show	2004-2015	TV Series	Himself - Guest
The Talk	2015	TV Series	Himself - Guest
CBS This Morning	2015	TV Series	Himself
Live with Kelly and Michael	2005-2015	TV Series	Himself - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	2015	TV Series	Himself - Guest
The 57th Annual Grammy Awards	2015	TV Special	Himself - Presenter
Fox's Cause for Paws: An All-Star Dog Spectacular	2014	TV Movie	Himself
American Music Awards 2014	2014	TV Special	Himself - Presenter
The Wendy Williams Show	2014	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Wings: Sky Force Heroes - Bringing the Characters to Life	2014	Video short	Himself
Fox and Friends	2014	TV Series	Himself
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno	2006-2013	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Up Close with Carrie Keagan	2007-2013	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Reel Junkie	2013	TV Series	Himself
Jimmy Kimmel Live!	2010-2013	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Wings: Giving the Characters a Voice - At the Recording Studio	2013	Video short	Himself
Chelsea Lately	2013	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2013	2013	TV Special	Himself - Host
Anderson Live	2013	TV Series	Himself
Watch What Happens: Live	2013	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Young Hollywood	2013	TV Series	Himself
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon	2013	TV Series	Himself - Guest
The 39th Annual People's Choice Awards	2013	TV Special	Himself
The 6th Annual CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute	2012	TV Movie	Himself - Presenter
Planet Ocean	2012	Documentary
BarFly	2012	TV Series	Himself
Above and Beyond: Exploring Dark of the Moon	2012	Video documentary	Himself
The Project	2011	TV Series	Himself
Bomb Patrol Afganistan	2011	TV Movie documentary	Narrator
I.Am First: Science Is Rock & Roll	2011	TV Movie	Himself
33-y Moskovskiy mezhdunarodnyy kinofestival	2011	TV Special	Himself
Transformers: Dark of the Moon - 35mm Special	2011	TV Short documentary	Himself
The 7PM Project	2011	TV Series	Himself
2011 MTV Movie Awards	2011	TV Special	Himself - Presenter
Nickelodeon's Kids Choice Awards 2011	2011	TV Special	Himself - Presenter
ES.TV HD	2010-2011	TV Series	Himself - Guest
17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards	2011	TV Special	Himself
The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards	2010	TV Special	Himself
Showcase Minnesota	2010	TV Series	Himself
15th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards	2010	TV Special	Himself
A Day with Bay: Tokyo	2009	Video documentary short	Himself
The Human Factor: Exacting Revenge of the Fallen	2009	Video documentary	Himself
Días de cine	2009	TV Series	Himself - Interviewee
Xposé	2009	TV Series	Himself
E! News Live	2009	TV Series	Himself
The Replacements	2008	TV Series	Himself
Movies Rock	2007	TV Movie	Himself
From Script to Sand: The Skorponok Desert Attack	2007	Video documentary short	Himself
Our World	2007	Video documentary	Himself
Their War	2007	Video documentary	Himself
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson	2007	TV Series	Himself - Guest
2007 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards	2007	TV Special	Himself
TV Land Confidential	2007	TV Series documentary	Himself - Interviewee
HBO First Look	2007	TV Series documentary	Himself
2007 Taurus World Stunt Awards	2007	TV Special	Himself - Presenter
It's Not a Movie, It's Real Life: The Making of 'Turistas'	2007	Video documentary short	Himself - Actor
Out of Breath: Underwater Productions	2007	Video documentary short	Himself - Actor
1 vs. 100	2006	TV Series	Himself - Mob Member
The View	2002-2006	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Fuse Celebrity Playlist	2006	TV Series	Himself - Guest
The Insider	2006	TV Series	Himself
The Megan Mullally Show	2006	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Scream Awards 2006	2006	TV Special	Himself
Rachael Ray	2006	TV Series	Himself - Guest
The 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards	2006	TV Movie documentary	Himself - Presenter: Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Martha	2005-2006	TV Series	Himself - Guest
The WIN Awards	2005	TV Special	Himself
Last Call with Carson Daly	2005	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Late Night with Conan O'Brien	2005	TV Series	Himself - Guest
The 31st Annual People's Choice Awards	2005	TV Special	Himself - Presenter
Intimate Portrait	2003	TV Series documentary	Himself
Biography	2003	TV Series documentary	Himself
The Rosie O'Donnell Show	2002	TV Series	Himself - Guest
The 29th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards	2002	TV Special	Himself
The 28th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards	2001	TV Special	Himself
The 27th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards	2000	TV Special	Himself

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
Entertainment Tonight	2009-2016	TV Series	Himself
Extra	2015	TV Series	Himself
Chelsea Lately	2013	TV Series	Alex in 'Safe Haven'
The Tyra Banks Show	2006	TV Series	Himself
Daytime's Greatest Weddings	2004	Video documentary	Leo duPres

Awards

Won Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
2002	Daytime Emmy	Daytime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	All My Children (1970)

Nominated Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
2013	Teen Choice Award	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie Actor: Romance	Safe Haven (2013)
2011	Teen Choice Award	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie Actor: Romantic Comedy	Life as We Know It (2010)
2010	Teen Choice Award	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie Actor: Romantic Comedy	When in Rome (2010)
2007	Teen Choice Award	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie Actor: Horror/Thriller	Turistas (2006)
2007	Teen Choice Award	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie: Rumble	Transformers (2007)
2005	WIN Award	Women's Image Network Awards	Actor in Drama Series	Las Vegas (2003)
2004	Teen Choice Award	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV Actor - Drama/Action Adventure	Las Vegas (2003)
2004	Teen Choice Award	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie Liar	Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (2004)
2004	Teen Choice Award	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Breakout Movie Star - Male	Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (2004)
2004	Teen Choice Award	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Breakout TV Star - Male	Las Vegas (2003)
2003	Daytime Emmy	Daytime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	All My Children (1970)
2003	OFTA Television Award	Online Film & Television Association	Best Actor in a Daytime Serial	All My Children (1970)
2002	Special Fan Award	Daytime Emmy Awards	America's Favorite Couple	All My Children (1970)
2002	OFTA Television Award	Online Film & Television Association	Best Supporting Actor in a Daytime Serial	All My Children (1970)
2001	Daytime Emmy	Daytime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	All My Children (1970)
2001	Soap Opera Digest Award	Soap Opera Digest Awards	Outstanding Younger Lead Actor	All My Children (1970)