Brian Van Holt (born July 6 1969) is an American actor. He played Sean Cavennaugh in the short lived CBS TV series Threshold. He has been in House of Wax, Man of the House, S.W.A.T., Basic, Confidence, Windtalkers, Black Hawk Down, and has appeared in episodes of Love & Money, Sex and the City, Martial Law, Homicide: Life on the Street, Spin City, and Beverly Hills 90210. In David Milch's HBO series John from Cincinnati Van Holt co-stars as Butchie Yost, the son of surfing legend Mitch Yost.
Van Holt was born in Waukegan, Illinois and lives in Huntington Beach, California. He has a degree in Sociology from UCLA.
Brian Van Holt at 18 years old struck a perfect image of the Huntington Beach, California surfer. Discovered first by producer Stephen Douglas ("Redhead Encyclopedia", "Matt Sorum") in front of a GAP store in a strip mall, Douglas invited him to participate in a sportswear modeling contest he was promoting. Van Holt won the contest, beating over 200 other participants and Douglas signed him to the Jack Rose Agency in Hollywood.
Van Holt did a few print ads as a model over the next seven years, and a few commercials, but then broke out in several A-Grade movies, first in "A Very Brady Sequel" and many TV series episodes, then as a US Army Ranger in "Black Hawk Down," and another soldier part in "Basic", starring John Travolta.
This square-jawed actor often plays hard-headed military men and police officers.
Has done modeling.
