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 Rob Kolar performing in November 2018. | |
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Rob Kolar is an American singer-songwriter, producer, composer and actor. [1]
Kolar has been a founding member of such bands as Lemon Sun, He's My Brother She's My Sister (formed with his sister, Rachel, and future wife, Lauren Brown) [2] and KOLARS (with wife Lauren). [3] [4]
As a member of He's My Brother She's My Sister, [5] he toured extensively throughout the US, including such festivals as Bonnaroo, [6] Summerfest, Firefly, Secret Garden Party and Austin City Limits. He performed with the group on an April 2013 episode of The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson .
A composer for television, Kolar scores The Detour on TBS. [7] [8]
As an actor, Kolar co-starred in Monte Hellman's 2010 romantic thriller, Road to Nowhere . [9]
Kolar is the son of film producer Evzen Kolar (1950–2017) and Deborah (née Shaw), [10] and maternal grandson of British actor Robert Shaw. [11] He married bandmate Lauren Brown in September 2014. [11] [12]
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