Boyd Holbrook Biography

Robert Boyd Holbrook (September 1, 1981) is an American actor and fashion model.

Early life

Boyd Holbrook was born in Prestonsburg, Kentucky, the son of Ellen and Don Holbrook.

Career

Holbrook was discovered while working part-time as a carpenter for a theatre in Kentucky. He signed with Elite Models in 2001. He has worked for other agencies such as Wilhelmina Models. Holbrook has been a model for such designers and labels as Gucci, Jean Paul Gaultier, Versus, Hugo Boss, Bill Blass, Calvin Klein, Moschino, Marc Jacobs, DSquared.

Holbrook and model Omahyra Mota were the subjects of photographer Ellen Von Unwerth Paris gallery exhibition "Omahyra & Boyd" and the 2005 book of that title from Exhibitions International (ISBN 2-914171-20-X).

He released a short series of poems through the website Model-Max.com, accompanied by illustrations by Jamie Strachan.

From modeling and traveling throughout Europe and Asia, he raised enough money and studied film in NYU where he received a SCPS Certificate in 16mm Film (photography, lighting and editing writing). Holbrook also audited classes at Columbia University on screen writing and film history. He has since produced five short films.

Holbrook studied acting in William Esper Studio, and completed the prestigious two year Meisner Program as well as Shane Ann Younts - Voice and Speech 2 Year Program. It was in 2007 when he sent a screenplay to director Gus Van Sant, who was impressed enough to give him the role of Denton Smith for the movie Milk. His prior acting work includes a role in the "Allison" music video for Permanent Me alongside model Tiah Eckhardt.

Holbrook is also a photographer who has done work for David Armstrong. He is also a sculptor, and exhibited his work in his first art show, "Iscariot", in RARE gallery in Chelsea, New York from April 19 to May 17, 2008.

Holbrook portrays DEA agent Steve Murphy in the Netflix series Narcos.

In April 2016, it was announced that Holbrook had been cast as the antagonist in the sequel to The Wolverine.

Personal life

Holbrook started dating fellow actor Elizabeth Olsen in September 2012 after meeting her while working on the film Very Good Girls. In March 2014, the couple became engaged but they split and called off their engagement in January 2015.

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2008	Milk	Denton Smith	Credited as Robert Boyd Holbrook
2011	Higher Ground	Teenage Ethan Miller
2011	The Oranges	Circle	Uncredited
2011	The Reunion	Douglas Cleary
2011	Moving Takahashi	Craig	Short film
2012	The Magic of Belle Isle	Luke Ford
2013	The Host	Kyle O'Shea
2013	Behind the Candelabra	Cary James
2013	Out of the Furnace	Tattooed Guy
2014	The Skeleton Twins	Billy
2014	Little Accidents	Amos Jenkins
2014	Very Good Girls	David Avery
2014	A Walk Among the Tombstones	Peter Kristo
2014	Gone Girl	Jeff
2015	Run All Night	Danny Maguire
2015	Jane Got a Gun	Vic	Post-production
2016	Cardboard Boxer		Post-production
2016	Weightless		Post-production
2016	Morgan		Filming
2016	The Free World	Mo Lundy
2017	Untitled Wolverine sequel	TBA	Filming

Television

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2009	The Unusuals	Punk	1 episode: "42"
2009	The Beautiful Life: TBL	Gabriel	1 episode: "Pilot"
2010	Tough Trade	Jackson Tucker	TV Movie
2011	The Big C	Mykailo	6 episodes
2012	Hatfields & McCoys	William "Cap" Hatfield	TV Miniseries 3 episodes
2013	Behind the Candelabra	Cary James	HBO Film
2015	Narcos	Steve Murphy	Main cast

Awards and nominations

Year	Awards	Category	Recipient	Outcome	Ref.
2012	Hamptons International Film Festival	Breakthrough Performer	The Host
2014	Milano International Film Festival Awards	Best Actor	Little Accidents