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 David Anders Holt, known professionally as David Anders, is an American television and stage actor. He is best known for his roles as Julian Sark on Alias, as Adam Monroe on Heroes, as John Gilbert in the TV series The Vampire Diaries, Dr. Whale on ABC's Once Upon a Time, and as Blaine "DeBeers" McDonough on iZombie. Although Anders is American, a few of his roles required him to use a British Home counties accent.
Bio:
David Anders Holt, known professionally as David Anders, is an American television and stage actor. He is best known for his roles as Julian Sark on Alias, as Adam Monroe on Heroes, as John Gilbert in the TV series The Vampire Diaries, Dr. Whale on ABC's Once Upon a Time, and as Blaine "DeBeers" McDonough on iZombie. Although Anders is American, a few of his roles required him to use a British Home counties accent.
Tivia:
Is not English, even though he frequently plays characters who have a English accent.Oldest brother is African-American; sister is Vietnamese.Took the stage name of David Anders because there is already an actor named David Holt. He made the decision to go by his middle name, Anders.Has two brothers, Jason (adopted) and Arik and one sister, Maili (adopted).To make ends meet while he pursued his dream, he worked in retail sales and taught tennis.Played Philip the Apostle in a regional theater production of Jesus Christ Superstar when he was 17.Was accepted at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Pasadena, California, but decided to head to Los Angeles instead.Appeared in The Source magazine in December 2001, in an ad for the rapper Canibus, in which David doubles as the Real Slim Shady himself, Eminem.Named 79th sexiest man in 100 Sexiest Men In The World [Sneak magazine, UK, 2005]Just before he landed Alias he played the part of a young Knute Rockne in Rockne: The Musical. The play written by Laurence O'Keefe, of Bat Boy fame, fittingly had its world premiere in South Bend, Indiana.Named 83rd sexiest man in 100 Sexiest Men In The World [Sneak magazine, UK, 2004]Son of Dr. Tony and Jeri Holt. |
| Name: |
David Anders |
Type: |
Actor,Soundtrack (IMDB) |
| Area: |
All World |
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IMDB |
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Business scope: |
Actor,Soundtrack |
| Products for sale: |
Actor,Soundtrack |
| Last update: |
2024-07-01 05:18:02 |
| Height: |
6' (1.83 m) |
| Biography: |
David Anders Holt, known professionally as David Anders, is an American television and stage actor. He is best known for his roles as Julian Sark on Alias, as Adam Monroe on Heroes, as John Gilbert in the TV series The Vampire Diaries, Dr. Whale on A |
| Trivia: |
Is not English, even though he frequently plays characters who have a English accent.Oldest brother is African-American; sister is Vietnamese.Took the stage name of David Anders because there is already an actor named David Holt. He made the decision to go by his middle name, Anders.Has two brothers, Jason (adopted) and Arik and one sister, Maili (adopted).To make ends meet while he pursued his dream, he worked in retail sales and taught tennis.Played Philip the Apostle in a regional theater production of Jesus Christ Superstar when he was 17.Was accepted at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Pasadena, California, but decided to head to Los Angeles instead.Appeared in The Source magazine in December 2001, in an ad for the rapper Canibus, in which David doubles as the Real Slim Shady himself, Eminem.Named 79th sexiest man in 100 Sexiest Men In The World [Sneak magazine, UK, 2005]Just before he landed Alias he played the part of a young Knute Rockne in Rockne: The Musical. The play written by Laurence O'Keefe, of Bat Boy fame, fittingly had its world premiere in South Bend, Indiana.Named 83rd sexiest man in 100 Sexiest Men In The World [Sneak magazine, UK, 2004]Son of Dr. Tony and Jeri Holt. |
| Trademarks: |
Frequently plays English men with a flawless English accent, even though he is not English.
Many of his roles (Count Roget, Bart Gregory, Adam Monroe/Takezo Kensei, Dr. Whale/Dr. Victor Frankenstein, John Gilbert, Blaine DeBeers) all deal with ways of being/becoming immortal by some means. |
| Quotes: |
I've come to terms with the fact that I'm not convincing as an American.
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TV has been very good to me, and I hope I've been good to it, but I also love film.
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I love TV, don't get me wrong. But with film, you're just banging out this one product and you're not waiting on another script. You have your script. It's great, in that way.
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I owe my career to J.J. Abrams. He fought for me.
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Japanese is a very difficult language. |
| Job title: |
Actor,Soundtrack |
| Parents: |
Tony Holt
Jeri Holt |
| Relatives: |
Maili Holt (Sibling)
Arik Holt (Sibling)
Jason Holt (Sibling) |
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