- Born
- Birth nameDavid Anders Holt
- Height6′ (1.83 m)
- David Anders is a Film,TV & Stage Actor from Grants Pass, Oregon. Known for his roles as Julian Sark on Alias, Adam Monroe on Heroes, John Gilbert in The Vampire Diaries, Dr. Whale on ABC's Once Upon a Time and as Blaine *DeBeers* McDonough on iZombie. Although Anders is American much of the world thinks him to be British. Just as he designed.
- IMDb mini biography by: omermertcanbolat
- ParentsTony HoltJeri Holt
- RelativesMaili Holt(Sibling)Arik Holt(Sibling)Jason Holt(Sibling)
- Frequently plays English men with a flawless English accent, even though he is not English.
- Many of his roles (Count Roget, Bart Gregory, Adam Monroe/Takezo Kensei, Dr. Whale/Dr. Victor Frankenstein, John Gilbert, Blaine DeBeers) all deal with ways of being/becoming immortal by some means.
- Frequently plays smug villains with thick plot armour.
- Is not English, even though he frequently plays characters who have a English accent.
- Oldest brother is African-American; sister is Vietnamese.
- Took the stage name of David Anders because there is already an actor named David Holt. He made the decision to go by his middle name, Anders.
- Has two brothers, Jason (adopted) and Arik and one sister, Maili (adopted).
- To make ends meet while he pursued his dream, he worked in retail sales and taught tennis.
- I've come to terms with the fact that I'm not convincing as an American.
- TV has been very good to me, and I hope I've been good to it, but I also love film.
- I love TV, don't get me wrong. But with film, you're just banging out this one product and you're not waiting on another script. You have your script. It's great, in that way.
- I owe my career to J.J. Abrams. He fought for me.
- Japanese is a very difficult language.
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