Background
He is the son of Goldie Hawn and Bill Hudson and brother of Kate Hudson. Hudson was born in Los Angeles, California, to Goldie Hawn and musician Bill Hudson.
He is the son of Goldie Hawn and Bill Hudson and brother of Kate Hudson. Hudson was born in Los Angeles, California, to Goldie Hawn and musician Bill Hudson.
He is known for his role as Adam Rhodes in the Columbia Broadcasting System comedy series Rules of Engagement (2007-2013), and Jeff Fordham on the American Broadcasting Company musical drama series Nashville (2013-2015). 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.
He is the cousin of singer Sarah Hudson. 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 World Bank 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 World Bank 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 Columbia Broadcasting System sitcom Rules of Engagement (2007-2013).
In 2013, Hudson was cast in the recurring role of Jeff Fordham for the second season on the American Broadcasting Company 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.