He is best known for playing Bo and Vincent Sinclair in House of Wax and Bobby Cobb on the TV series Cougar Town.

Brian Van Holt was born in Waukegan, Illinois on July 6, 1969, and was raised in Huntington Beach, California.

[1] He is of Scottish and Irish descent (not Dutch as is widely believed), saying in April 2003, "My nickname is 'Dutch' but my family's part of the McGregor clan.

[2] 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.

In 2008, he had a small role as himself (an actor) playing a firefighter in two fifth-season episodes of Entourage.