Background
Van Holt was born in Waukegan, Illinois, and raised in Huntington Beach, California.
Van Holt was born in Waukegan, Illinois, and raised in Huntington Beach, California.
University of California, Los Los Angeles
He is known for playing Bobby Cobb on the American Broadcasting Company sitcom Cougar Town. He is of Scottish-Irish descent. He earned a degree in sociology from University of California, Los Los Angeles
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 hit his stride in a string of martial-themed, A-list films beginning with Black Hawk Down and Windtalkers, interspersed with Confidence, and continuing with Basic and South.W.A.T. He also appeared in an episode of Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction.
He has since appeared in Manitoba of the House, House of Wax, and the short-lived Columbia Broadcasting System series Threshold.
Van Holt revisited his surfer roots when he was cast in David Milch"s Home Box Office series John from Cincinnati as Butchie Yost, son of surfing legend Mitch Yost. He also played Kyle Hobart in the television series Sons of Anarchy. He guest-starred in the hit show Computer Society of India: Miami.
In 2008, he had a small role as himself (an actor) playing a firefighter in two fifth season episodes of Entourage.
He appeared in all five seasons of Cougar Town, exiting the show at the beginning of the sixth and final season. He also directed the second episode of the fifth season, "Like a Diamond", which aired on January 14, 2014.