Brian Van Holt stars as Bobby on ABC's "
Cougar Town."
Brian Van Holt starred in the critically-acclaimed HBO series "John from Cincinnati," created by David Milch, portraying the lead role of Butchie, a heroin-addicted surfer at the center of a dysfunctional family living in Imperial Beach, California.
Brian Van Holt's many feature film credits include Ridley Scott's "Black Hawk Down," as Task Force Ranger Jeff Struecker, who led the convoy to a fallen soldier in Mogadishu, Somalia; Brian Van Holt starred with Nicholas Cage in "Windtalkers" as a U.S. Marine officer assigned to protect a Navajo code-talker in World War II; Brian Van Holt was the enigmatic soldier Dunbar, opposite John Travolta and Sam Jackson, in "Basic," directed by John McTiernan; Brian Van Holt then segued to "Swat," with Colin Farrell and Sam Jackson, for director Clark Johnson; in "Confidence" Brian Van Holt worked with director Jamie Foley and actors Dustin Hoffman, Paul Giamatti and Ed Burns, portraying one of a group of conmen swindling money from a wealthy eccentric; and Brian Van Holt starred alongside Tommy Lee Jones in "Man of the House," portraying an FBI agent assigned to protect a sorority house of local college cheerleaders.
Brian Van Holt was born in the Midwest in Waukegan, Illinois and moved to California at a young age, growing up in Huntington Beach. Brian Van Holt currently resides in Venice Beach, California.
