Brian Van Holt (born July 6, 1969) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Bo & Vincent Sinclair in House of Wax and Bobby Cobb on the TV series Cougar Town.
Brian Van Holt was born in Waukegan, Illinois on July 6, 1969, and was raised in Huntington Beach, California. He is of Irish and Scottish descent (not Dutch as is widely believed), saying in April 2003, "My nickname is 'Dutch' but my family's part of the McGregor clan. No one really knows where 'Van Holt' came from." He graduated from UCLA in 1993, with a major in sociology and a minor in psychology.
Van Holt was cast in several films and television series beginning with A Very Brady Sequel in 1996, followed by appearances in episodes of Beverly Hills, 90210, Spin City, Homicide: Life on the Street, Martial Law, and Sex and the City. He then appeared in the feature films, Black Hawk Down, Windtalkers, Confidence, Basic and S.W.A.T..