Brian Van Holt

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Brian Van Holt
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Van Holt in July 2014
Born (1969-07-06) July 6, 1969 (age 54)
Alma mater UCLA
OccupationActor
Years active1996–present

Brian Van Holt (born July 6, 1969) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Bo and Vincent Sinclair in House of Wax and Bobby Cobb on the TV series Cougar Town .

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Early life

Brian Van Holt was born in Waukegan, Illinois on July 6, 1969, and was raised in Huntington Beach, California. [1] He is of Scottish and Irish descent (not Dutch as is widely believed), saying in April 2003, "My nickname is 'Dutch' but my family's part of the McGregor clan. No one really knows where 'Van Holt' came from." [2] He graduated from UCLA in 1993, with a major in sociology and a minor in psychology. [2]

Career

Van Holt was cast in several films and television series beginning with A Very Brady Sequel in 1996, followed by appearances in episodes of Beverly Hills, 90210 , Spin City , Homicide: Life on the Street , Martial Law , and Sex and the City . He then appeared in the feature films, Black Hawk Down , Windtalkers , Confidence , Basic and S.W.A.T. .

He has since appeared in Man of the House , House of Wax , and the short-lived CBS series Threshold . Van Holt revisited his surfer roots when he was cast in David Milch's HBO series John from Cincinnati as Butchie Yost, son of surfing legend Mitch Yost. He also played Kyle Hobart in the TV series Sons of Anarchy . He guest-starred in the hit show CSI: Miami .

In 2008, he had a small role as himself (an actor) playing a firefighter in two fifth-season episodes of Entourage . From 2009 to 2015, Van Holt appeared as one of the seven main characters on Cougar Town as Bobby Cobb, the ex-husband of lead character Jules Cobb and father of their son Travis. He appeared in six seasons of Cougar Town, exiting the show at the beginning of the sixth and final season. He also directed the second episode of the fifth season, "Like a Diamond", which aired on January 14, 2014. [3]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996 A Very Brady Sequel Warren Mulaney
1997L.A. JohnsChrisTelevision film
1997 Steel Chariots Franklin JonesTelevision film
1999 The Underground Comedy Movie Lifeguard
2000 Whipped Brad
2001 Black Hawk Down Jeff Struecker
2002 Windtalkers Private Andrew Harrigan
2002A Day in the Life of Nancy M. PimentalTadShort film
2003 Confidence Miles
2003 Basic Ray Dunbar
2003 S.W.A.T. Michael Boxer
2005 Man of the House Eddie Zane
2005 House of Wax Bo Sinclair and
Vincent Sinclair
Double role
2012 Bullet to the Head Ronnie Earl
2014 Wild Ranger
2018 Den of Thieves Detective Murph Connors
2020 Butter Frank [4]
2024 Boneyard Detective Ortega
TBAWay of the WarriorsBob Stephenson

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996 Flipper Episode: "Surf Gang"
1997 Beverly Hills, 90210 Eric AndersonEpisode: "Aloha Beverly Hills: Part 2"
1997 Spin City BrentEpisode: "Radio Daze"
1998 Homicide: Life on the Street Peter FieldsEpisode: "Closet Cases"
1998 Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction MichaelEpisode: "The Plane, The Gun, The Portrait, The Pass & The Caller"
1998 Sins of the City Episode: "Blind Eye for Hire"
1998 Martial Law Lance CarterEpisode: "Cop Out"
1999 LateLine Grant KendallEpisode: "The Christian Guy"
1999 Sex and the City Wylie FordEpisode: "The Caste System"
1999–2000 Love & Money Eamon McBrideMain cast; 5 episodes
2000 The $treet ChadEpisode: "Pilot"
2005–06 Threshold Sean CavennaughMain cast; 13 episodes
2007 John from Cincinnati Mitch "Butchie" Yost IIMain cast; 10 episodes
2008 Sons of Anarchy Kyle Hobart Episode: "Giving Back"
2008 The Ex List Shane GallagherEpisode: "Do You Love Me, Do You Surfer... Boy"
2008 Entourage Malone2 episodes
2009 CSI: Miami Terrance ChaseEpisode: "And They're Offed"
2009 Burn Notice HarlanEpisode: "Friends and Family"
2009 The Cleaner GregEpisode: "Split Ends"
2009–15 Cougar Town Bobby Cobb Main cast; 89 episodes
Also directed the episode "Like a Diamond"
2011 The Middle NeighborUncredited; episode: "Bad Choices"
2012 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Captain Mike RobinsonEpisode: "CSI on Fire"
2013–14 The Bridge Ray Burton10 episodes
2014 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Carver / Sebastian Derik 2 episodes
2014 Ascension William DenningerMiniseries; 6 episodes
2015 Community WillyEpisode: "Laws of Robotics and Party Rights"
2016 Grandfathered LukeEpisode: "Budget Spa"
2017 Training Day Jeff KullenEpisode: "Wages of Sin"
2018 LA to Vegas DeanEpisode: "The Affair"
2018 Life in Pieces Wayne WingerEpisode : "Parents Ancestry Coupon Chaperone"
2020 Deputy Deputy Cade WalkerMain role
2022 Green Eggs and Ham TBA (voice)Episode: TBA
2022 Joe vs. Carole John ReinkeLimited series [5]

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