Brian Van Holt is an American actor. He was born in Waukegan, Illinois on July 6, 1969.http://movies.nytimes.com/person/274858/Brian-van-Holt/biography In 2009, Van Holt joined the cast of Cougar Town as Bobby Cobb.http://abc.go.com/shows/cougar-town/bio/bobby-cobb/274001
Some of Van Holt’s television credits are John from Cincinnati as Butchie, Spin City as Brent, Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction as Michael in a segment called The Plane, Martial Law as Lance Carter, Beverly Hills, 90210 as Eric Anderson, and Love & Money as Eamon McBride. Some of Van Holt’s film credits are Confidence as Miles and Man of the House as Agent Eddie Zane. He starred in military themed films Black Hawk Down as Task Force Ranger Jeff Struecker, Windtalkers as U.S. Marine officer Private Harrigan, Swat as Michael Boxer, and Basic as Dunbar.http://abc.go.com/shows/cougar-town/bio/bobby-cobb/274001 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0887144/
Career
Originally from the Midwest, Van Holt moved to California at an early age. He grew up in Huntington Beach.http://abc.go.com/shows/cougar-town/bio/bobby-cobb/274001 The first role Van Holt won was in 1996 in the television show Flipper. In the same year, his first feature film was A Very Brady Sequel as Warren Mulaney.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0887144/ A Very Brady Sequel is based on the television show The Brady Bunch, and is the sequel to The Brady Bunch Movie.http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B04EFD71130F930A1575BC0A960958260 The character of Warren Mulaney is based on an episode of the series titled My Sister Benedict Arnold. Mulaney is the rival of Greg, whom Marcia starts to date.http://www.tvland.com/shows/brady-bunch/episode-guide/season-3
Van Holt received a Teen Choice Award nomination for Choice Movie Rumble for a scene in the House of Wax. The nomination was shared with Elisha Cuthbert and Chad Michael Murray.http://www.aceshowbiz.com/celebrity/brian_van_holt/awards.html
Career Timeline
Television
- 2009-2010: Cougar Townhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0887144/
- 2009: The Cleaner
- 2009: Burn Notice
- 2009: CSI: Miami
- 2008: Entourage
- 2008: The Ex List
- 2008: Sons of Anarchy
- 2007: John from Cincinnati
- 2006: Secrets of a Small Town
- 2005-2006: Threshold
- 2004: Kat Plus One
- 2000: The $treet
- 1999-2000: Love & Money
- 1999: Sex and the City
- 1999: LateLine
- 1998: Martial Law
- 1998: Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
- 1998: Homicide: Life on the Street
- 1998: Texarkana
- 1997: Spin City
- 1997: Steel Chariots
- 1997: Beverly Hills, 90210
- 1997: L.A. Johns
- 1996: Flipper
Film
- 2005: House of Waxhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0887144/
- 2005: Man of the House
- 2003: S.W.A.T.
- 2003: Basic
- 2003: Confidence
- 2002: Windtalkers
- 2001: Black Hawk Down
- 2000: Whipped
- 1999: The Underground Comedy Movie
- 1996: A Very Brady Sequel
Video Short
2002: A Day in the Life of Nancy M. Pimentalhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0887144/
Quotes
"I did this silly horror movie House of Wax so I could buy my Venice loft." - Blackbook Magazine interviewhttp://www.blackbookmag.com/article/the-good-life-of-brian-van-holt/2115
Brian Van Holt
The following video is an interview with Brian Van Holt on the Wendy Williams Show. Van Holt works with Courtney Cox-Arquette on Cougar Town. He describes her as fantastic to work with and a friend. Cox-Arquette has a barbecue every Sunday with an open invitation. Van Holt performed karaoke for the first time at one of the barbecue parties.
