"I can't even believe I get to do this for a living."

In his new action-comedy London Calling (September 19), Josh Duhamel relates to his character Tommy, a hit man forced to babysit the son of a crime boss. "He's a guy who has lost a step over the last couple of years and has a hard time sort of coming to terms with that." Duhamel says. And Tommy's role as a parent was especially poignant to him: "I love the fact that he realizes that he hasn't really measured up as a father as much as he should have, and he sees that in this kid." London Calling caps off an especially big year for Duhamel, who also had successes with Netflix's new hit series Ransom Canyon and the film Off the Grid. He says the former is "a testament to April Blair [creator] and Netflix and that whole writing team and that cast" and that Off the Grid was "very close to me because it's like a nightmare that I have.... What happens if you have to completely live off of the grid, could you do it?" But there isn't a grand design to projects Duhamel chooses. "I never know it until I read it, to be honest.... I just try to stay open to material that I feel connects with me."