Brian Van Holt

Brian Van Holt is one of those actors who you instantly recognize the moment he shows up on screen, even if you can't always place the name right away. He absolutely nailed the dual role of Bo and Vincent Sinclair in the 2005 House of Wax remake — playing twin killers is a tall order, and he pulled it off with a creepy physicality that made the film genuinely unsettling. Then he completely pivoted to likable slacker comedy as Bobby Cobb on Cougar Town, and honestly? That's the move of a guy with real range. Bobby was the kind of lovable mess you root for despite everything, and Van Holt made him charming without ever tipping into annoying. UCLA-trained, Waukegan-raised, quietly building a career that doesn't always get the credit it deserves.

Name (English)

Brian Van Holt

Name (Japanese)

ブライアン・ヴァン・ホルト

Reading

ぶらいあん・ゔぁん・ほると

Born

July 6, 1969 (age 57)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Rooster

Origin

Waukegan, Illinois, United States

Occupation

television actor / film actor / actor / model / television director

University

University of California, Los Angeles

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9B%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88

Tags

• Illinois
• television actor
• film actor
• actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

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