David Anders
David Anders was born in Grants Pass, Oregon, United States on March 11th, 1981 and is the TV Actor. At the age of 43, David Anders biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, TV shows, and networth are available.
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David Anders Holt (born March 11, 1981), also known as David Anders, is an American television and stage actor.
He is best known for his role as Julian Sark on Alias, as Adam Monroe on Heroes, as John Gilbert in the TV series The Vampire Diaries' Victor Frankenstein / Dr. vs.
Blaine "DeBeers" McDonough on iZombie, as Whale on ABC's Once Upon a Time, and as Blaine "DeBeers" McDonough on iZombie.
Although Anders is an American, a few of his roles have called for him to use a British Home counties accent.
Early life
Anders was born in Grants Pass, Oregon, to Dr. Tony and Jeri Holt. Anders has three older siblings: a biological brother (Arik), a brother (Jason), and a sister (Maili).
Anders began playing in school plays at a young age, but the bulk of high school was spent playing sports such as basketball and tennis. He appeared Philip the Apostle in a regional theater performance of Jesus Christ Superstar as a senior in high school, at the age of 15. When he was 18 years old, Anders became George in his high school's production of Our Town, then went on to portray Freddy Eynsford-Hill in a My Fair Lady performance.
Career
After moving to Los Angeles, he took the stage name of David Anders due to another actor using the name David Holt. In 2001, he played a high school senior in the Olsen twins' series So Little Time. Later in 2001, he landed the role of Julian Sark in Alias; originally a guest star, Anders was made a regular and lasted until 2006. Before his acting debut in Alias, Anders worked at The Gap and taught tennis. Between 2001 and 2006, while working on Alias, Anders made guest appearances on television shows such as Charmed, CSI and Grey's Anatomy. Anders also worked in independent film, and was involved in several plays. In 2002, he played in the independent film, The Surge. In December 2001, he appeared in The Source magazine in an ad for the rapper Canibus, in which Anders doubled as Eminem. In 2005, Anders joined the cast of Beautiful, an Off-Broadway rock musical, as the lead. Beautiful was shown during the New York International Fringe Festival. In the same year, he participated in the film Circadian Rhythm. In 2006, Anders worked on the horror film Left in Darkness alongside actress Monica Keena. In 2007, Anders played the role of ELI in the film of the same name, ELI.
He was then cast in a regular role in the second season of NBC's hit Heroes as Adam Monroe/Takezo Kensei, a character with the ability to regenerate. Anders, playing a British character, was once again called upon to use his British accent from Alias.
He also worked on two other movies: Into the Blue 2: The Reef and The Revenant. He also guest-starred in the eighth season of 24. He guest starred as John Gilbert in the TV series The Vampire Diaries in 2010 and 2011.
As of late 2011, Anders had a recurring role as Victor Frankenstein (as well as his Storybrook version Dr. Whale) on ABC's Once Upon a Time. Anders starred as Troy Cutler in USA's Necessary Roughness and continued his role in Once Upon a Time in Season 3. Since 2015, he has portrayed Blaine DeBeers in the US series IZombie. He also returned to Once Upon a Time for a quick walk-on scene in 2015, and again in 2016. In 2017 he returned for a nonspeaking cameo in the series finale of The Vampire Diaries.
In June 2017, Anders revealed that "for kicks" he was in the process of recording his first album. The album, as revealed by Anders on Twitter, is being produced by musician/producer David Poe.
On stage Anders has played the lead role in the world premiere of Rockne: The Musical. He also appeared in The Diary of Anne Frank, in 2001, which received an award for Best Ensemble performance at the Back Stage West Garland Awards. In June 2018 Anders performed in along with Ruth Connell, Rob Benedict, and Jason Watkins. The play was presented as part of the 26th Annual Young Playwrights Festival.