Boyd Holbrook

Robert Boyd Holbrook[2] (born c. 1980/1981)[2] is an American actor and model. He has appeared in films such as Milk, Out of the Furnace, Run All Night, A Walk Among the Tombstones and Gone Girl, and starred as DEA agent Steve Murphy in the Netflix series Narcos. In 2012, he also starred in the series Hatfields & McCoys as "Cap" Hatfield. He starred as Donald Pierce in Logan (2017) and Thomas Lockhart in In the Shadow of the Moon (2019).

Boyd Holbrook
Holbrook in 2018
Born	Robert Boyd Holbrook c. 1980/1981 (age 39–40) Prestonsburg, Kentucky, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, fashion model
Years active	2001–present
Modeling information
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[1]
Hair color	Blond[1]
Eye color	Blue[1]

Early life

Holbrook was born in Prestonsburg, Kentucky, the son of Ellen and Don Holbrook.[3]

Career

Holbrook was discovered while working part-time as a carpenter for Jenny Wiley Theatre in Kentucky.[2][4] 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 and DSquared².

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).[5][6]

He released a short series of poems through the website Model-Max.com, accompanied by illustrations by Jamie Strachan.[7]

Holbrook studied acting with the William Esper Studio's two-year Meisner Acting Program and with Shane Ann Younts' two-year voice and speech program, and he received an SCPS Certificate in 16mm film from New York University.[1] He also has worked with acting coach Terry Knickerbocker.[8]

His prior acting work includes a role in the "Allison" music video for Permanent Me alongside model Tiah Eckhardt.[9]

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", at the Rare gallery in Chelsea, New York from April 19 to May 17, 2008.[10]

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

In 2017, Holbrook played Donald Pierce, the antagonist in Logan, the sequel to The Wolverine.[11][12]

In 2019, Holbrook starred as Thomas Lockhart in the Netflix thriller film, In the Shadow of the Moon.[13]

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2008	Milk	Denton Smith
2011	Higher Ground	Teenage Ethan Miller
	The Reunion	Douglas Cleary
	Moving Takahashi	Craig	Short film
2012	The Magic of Belle Isle	Luke Ford
2013	The Host	Kyle O'Shea
	Out of the Furnace	Tattooed Guy
2014	The Skeleton Twins	Billy
	Little Accidents	Amos Jenkins
	Very Good Girls	David Avery
	A Walk Among the Tombstones	Peter Kristo
	Gone Girl	Jeff
2015	Run All Night	Danny Maguire
2016	The Free World	Mo Lundy
	Jane Got a Gun	Vic Owen
	Morgan	Skip Vronsky
	Cardboard Boxer	Pinky
2017	Song to Song		Scenes cut[14][15]
	Logan	Donald Pierce
2018	O.G.	Pinkins
	The Predator	Quinn McKenna
2019	In the Shadow of the Moon	Thomas Lockhart
TBA	Born to Be Murdered		Post-production
TBA	We Can Be Heroes		Post-production
TBA	Vengeance	Ty Shaw	Filming

Television

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2009	The Unusuals	Punk	Episode: "42"
2009	The Beautiful Life: TBL	Gabriel	Episode: "Pilot"
2010	Tough Trade	Jackson Tucker	Television film
2011	The Big C	Mykail	6 episodes
2012	Hatfields & McCoys	William "Cap" Hatfield	Miniseries; 3 episodes
2013	Behind the Candelabra	Cary James	TV film
2015–2016	Narcos	DEA agent Steve Murphy	Main role (seasons 1 & 2); 20 episodes
2020	The Fugitive	Mike Ferro	Main cast Upcoming series

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2012	Hamptons International Film Festival	Breakthrough Performer	The Host	Won
2014	Milano International Film Festival Awards	Best Actor	Little Accidents	Nominated

References

1. Boyd Holbrook Resume. Archived from the original on February 18, 2012.
2. Deaton, Jarrid (February 18, 2009). "Stage Presence". The Floyd County Times. Kentucky. Archived from the original on March 14, 2014. Retrieved March 13, 2014. ...Holbrook, 28...
3. "Boyd Holbrook Biography". TV Guide. Archived from the original on March 10, 2017. Retrieved March 10, 2017.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
4. "Boyd Holbrook". An Evening of Scenes. n.d. Archived from the original on July 6, 2009.
5. McFadden, William. "Omahyra & Boyd". Ellen Von Unwerth (retrospective site). Archived from the original on February 21, 2006.
6. "Kamel Mennour Presents Ellen Von Unwerth: Hot things". Parisiana.com. Archived from the original on August 14, 2005.
7. Medina, Jed (March 2004). "The Poetry of Boyd Holbrook". Model-Max.com. Archived from the original on May 5, 2004.
8. "Testimonials [Boyd Holbrook]". Terry Knickerbocker Studio. Archived from the original on August 3, 2016. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
9. Permanent Me - "Allison" music video feat. Boyd Holbrook Archived July 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
10. "Boyd Holbrook > Rare Plus - Iscariot". Artslant.com. April 19, 2008. Archived from the original on February 15, 2012. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
11. Patten, Dominic (April 8, 2016). "'Wolverine 3' Sets 'Narcos' Boyd Holbrook As Chief Villain". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on April 20, 2016. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
12. N'Duka, Amanda (October 10, 2016). "Boyd Holbrook's Villain Character In Wolverine Sequel Unveiled". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on February 10, 2017. Retrieved October 20, 2016.
13. Kroll, Justin (February 20, 2018). "'Narcos' Star Boyd Holbrook to Reteam With Netflix on Thriller Movie (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
14. Donnelly, Matt (March 10, 2017). "Christian Bale, Benicio del Toro, Haley Bennett All Cut From Terrence Malick's 'Song to Song' at SXSW". TheWrap.com. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
15. Kimble, Julian (March 7, 2017). "'Moonlight' Star Trevante Rhodes Recalls That Crazy Oscar Win: "Am I Being Punk'd?"". Complex.com. Retrieved March 12, 2017.

External links

• Boyd Holbrook on IMDb