Andy
Bobby
Ellie
Grayson
Jules
Laurie
Travis
Bobby Cobb
BRIAN VAN HOLT
FAVORITE FOODS:
Fried
ACTIVITIES:
Golfing, hanging with the ladies, stealing Jules’ coffee
DOESN’T LEAVE HOME WITHOUT:
His driving goggles
Bobby SAYS
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Travis Cobb
to Bobby:"Yes, dad, please mow the lawns at my school. That's exactly what I need!"
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Grayson Ellis
on Bobby:"Bobby doesn’t mind being used. He calls it getting sponsored."
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Jules Cobb
to Bobby:"Do you not get how divorce works?"
CHARACTER BIO
Former semi-pro golfer and current high school landscape artist, Bobby is Jules’ disarmingly charming ex-husband. He tries hard to be a good father – even though he’s not always successful. Bobby’s always up for a good time. He’s the first to the party and the last to leave. As he puts it: “life is a lot like golf, you gotta take it one stroke at a time!”
One Kegerator, one ping pong table, and a dozen red plastic cups
GUILTY PLEASURES:
Depends on her name
LOVES:
Women
HATES:
Losing
ACTOR BIO
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.
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; he starred with Nicholas Cage in Windtalkers as a U.S. Marine officer assigned to protect a Navajo code-talker in World War II; he was the enigmatic soldier Dunbar, opposite John Travolta and Sam Jackson, in Basic, directed by John McTiernan; he then segued to Swat, with Colin Farrell and Sam Jackson, for director Clark Johnson; in Confidence 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 he starred alongside Tommy Lee Jones in Man of the House, portraying an FBI agent assigned to protect a sorority house of local college cheerleaders.
Van Holt was born in the Midwest in Waukegan, Illinois and moved to California at a young age, growing up in Huntington Beach. He currently resides in Venice Beach, California.
