THE ‘TRANSFORMATION’ OF JOSH DUHAMEL

The former Las Vegas star, 44, plays Lt. Col. William Lennox in Transformers:

The Last Knight (June 21), making his fourth appearance in the slam-bang sci-fi film franchise. Here are five facts

about the North Dakota native. He quarterbacked during the 1993–94 season for his college football team at Minot State University.

He dropped plans to be a dentist when his grades weren’t good enough to get into dental school. Leo du Pres, on the soap All My Children, was his first role. Steven Spielberg handpicked Duhamel for Transformers after seeing him in an episode of Las Vegas.

According to his wife, singer Fergie (left), he cooks a “mean lasagna.”