Boyd Holbrook
Biography
Boyd Holbrook is an American actor whose first film role came in Gus Van Sant's Milk (2008), and who broke through as DEA agent Steve Murphy in the Netflix series Narcos. Raised in Harlan County, Kentucky, he was discovered while doing part-time carpentry for the Jenny Wiley Theatre and later signed with Elite Models; he studied acting at the William Esper Studio. On screen he has played Jeff in Gone Girl (2014), the antagonist Donald Pierce in Logan (2017), and Thomas Lockhart in In the Shadow of the Moon (2019), and he appeared in The Predator (2018), Vengeance (2022), The Bikeriders (2023), and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023), where he played Klaber. His television work also includes Hatfields & McCoys, The Sandman, and Justified: City Primeval.
45years old
Turns 46 on September 1in 324 days
- Born Prestonsburg
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
- Also credited as Robert Boyd Holbrook
Movie Career
- Films
- 29
- Career span
- 16 years2008 to 2024
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A change of course
Holbrook was doing part-time carpentry work for the Jenny Wiley Theatre in Kentucky when he was discovered. He signed with Elite Models in 2001.
Early training
Holbrook trained in acting through the William Esper Studio's two-year Meisner Acting Program and studied voice and speech for two years with Shane Ann Younts. He also received an SCPS Certificate in 16mm film from New York University.
A change of course
Holbrook's career focus shifted toward acting after he met fellow Kentuckian and actor Michael Shannon while working for a department store.
A first
Boyd Holbrook is a sculptor as well as an actor, and his first art show, "Iscariot", ran at the Rare gallery in Chelsea, New York from April 19 to May 17, 2008.
Boyd Holbrook movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
James Mangold directed three of these films. Fourteen actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by James Mangold
Also two films together8 more actors
- Michael ChernusA Complete Unknown (2024) and Higher Ground (2011)
- Stephen MerchantLogan (2017) and Making Logan (2017)
- Norbert Leo ButzA Complete Unknown (2024) and Higher Ground (2011)
- Kathleen Rose PerkinsGone Girl (2014) and The Skeleton Twins (2014)
- Rio AlexanderVengeance (2022) and The Reunion (2011)
- Zach VillaVengeance (2022) and Cardboard Boxer (2016)
- Dafne KeenLogan (2017) and Making Logan (2017)
- River ShieldsJane Got a Gun (2015) and The Reunion (2011)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Boyd Holbrook's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$2.0 billion
18 of the 29 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 29 films: 18 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 3 never in cinemas; 6 figure not found.
- 18Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 3Never in cinemas
- 6Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 93% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$619M30.9% of the total
- 2$384M19.2% of the total
- 3$371M18.5% of the total
- 4$161M8.0% of the total
- 5$141M7.0% of the total
- 6$72M3.6% of the total
- 7$63M3.2% of the total
- 8$59M2.9% of the total
$134 millionfrom the other 10 films with a worldwide figure, 7% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.