Holt McCallany

Actor, Producer, Director

Birthdate: September 3

Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA

In a career spanning over 30 years, Holt McCallany has worked with some of the world's best directors including David Fincher, Guillermo Del Toro, David O'Russell, Guy Ritchie, William Friedkin, Lawrence Kasdan, Walter Hill, Clint Eastwood, David Twohy, Brian De Palma, and Michael Mann among others.

Holt starred in the Netflix series Mindhunter as Bill Tench, an FBI agent researching serial killers in the late 1970s, and has appeared in memorable roles in Fight Club, Three Kings, Alien III, and Men of Honor to name but a few. In 2011, Holt was the star of the raw and gritty FX series Light's Out where he played a boxer with pugilistic dementia.

Born into a theatrical family, Holt's father, Michael, was a Tony Award winning Broadway producer and his mother was the legendary cabaret singer Julie Wilson. At 14, Holt ran away from home and took a Greyhound bus to Hollywood with dreams of becoming an actor, but his parents tracked him down and sent him to a boarding school in Ireland.

At 18, Holt traveled to France where he studied French at the Sorbonne, art at The Paris American Academy and, later, theater at L'École Marcel Marceau and L'École Jacques Lecoq. He went on to study Shakespeare at Oxford and later worked extensively in theater in the United States and abroad.

He is unmarried and lives in New York City.

Known For

Mindhunter
Mindhunter

(2017)

Shot Caller
Shot Caller

(2017)

Holt McCallany Movies

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  • 2026 |

    Guru

    asPeter Conrad
  • 2025 |

    Safe House

    asHalton
  • 2025 |

    Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

    asSerling
  • 2025 |

    The Amateur

    asDirector Moore
  • 2023 |

    The Iron Claw

    asFritz Von Erich
  • 2022 |
    Wolvesas Westview Country Supply Manager
  • 2021 |

    Nightmare Alley

    asAnderson
  • 2021 |

    The Ice Road

    asLampard
  • 2021 |

    Wrath of Man

    asBullet
  • 2019 |
    Le dindonas Wayne
  • 2019 |
    Niall Tóibín - Everyman
  • 2019 |

    SGT. Will Gardner

    asOfficer Callahan
  • 2018 |
    Beyond White Spaceas Richard Bentley
  • 2018 |

    The Peacemaker

    asAppleton
  • 2017 |

    Monster Trucks

    asBurke
  • 2016 |

    Jack Reacher: Never Go Back

    asCol. Morgan
  • 2016 |

    Sully

    asMike Cleary
  • 2015 |

    The Perfect Guy

    asDetective Hansen
  • 2015 |

    Run All Night

    asFrank
  • 2015 |

    Blackhat

    asMark Jessup
  • 2014 |
    The Ganzfeld Hauntingas Detective Murphy
  • 2013 |

    Bullet to the Head

    asHank Greely
  • 2013 |

    Gangster Squad

    asKarl Lockwood
  • 2010 |
    The Losersas Wade
  • 2008 |
    Vote and Die: Liszt for Presidentas Kelsey McNamara
  • 2002 |
    Belowas Loomis
  • 2001 |
    Out of Lineas Henri Brulé aka Henry Burns
  • 2000 |
    Men of Honoras MM1 Dylan Rourke
  • 1999 |
    Three Kingsas Captain Van Meter
  • 1995 |
    Flirtas Bartender
  • 1994 |
    The Search for One-eye Jimmyas Les
  • 1995 |
    Jadeas Bill Barrett
  • 1992 |

    Alien³

    asJunior
  • 1988 |
    After Schoolas Jay
  • 1987 |
    Creepshow 2as Sam Whitemoon (segment "Old Chief Wood'nhead")

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