David Anders Biography

David Anders Holt (born March 11, 1981), known professionally as David Anders, is an American television and stage actor. He is best known for his roles as Julian Sark on Alias, as Adam Monroe on Heroes, as John Gilbert in the TV series The Vampire Diaries, Dr. Whale on ABC's Once Upon a Time, and as Blaine "DeBeers" McDonough on iZombie. Although Anders is American, a few of his roles required him to use a British Home counties accent.

Early life

Anders was born in Grants Pass, Oregon, to parents Dr. Tony and Jeri Holt. Anders is the youngest of four children. He has three older siblings: a biological brother (Arik), an adopted brother (Jason), and an adopted sister (Maili).

Anders began acting in school plays at a young age but spent most of high school playing sports such as basketball and tennis. When he was a senior in high school, at 15, he played Philip the Apostle in a regional theater production of Jesus Christ Superstar. When he was 18 Anders won the part of George in his high school's production of Our Town; following that, he went on to portray Freddy Eynsford-Hill in a production of My Fair Lady.

He graduated from Grants Pass High School.

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, Anders took a role playing a high school senior in the Olsen twins' series So Little Time. Later in 2001, Anders 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, Anders 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 doubles 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 went on to be cast in a regular role in the second season of NBC"?s hit Heroes as Adam Monroe/Takezo Kensei, a new character with the ability to regenerate. Anders, as he was playing a Brit, was once again called upon to use his British accent from Alias, despite being an American actor. 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. Anders has 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.

Stage

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.

Charity work

In 2006, Anders became a part of Alias and Heroes co-star Greg Grunberg's band, Band From TV. He sang main vocals alongside Bonnie Somerville. Other than Grunberg, Hugh Laurie (House) on keyboards and James Denton (Desperate Housewives) on guitar were a part of the project. The band's main goal was to raise money for major charities; according to Grunberg, they "charge an incredible amount of money to play corporate events, but if it's all going to charity, then it's worth every dime".

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	'	Booji
2005	Circadian Rhythm	Garrison
2006	Left in Darkness	Donovan	Straight-to-DVD
2007	ELI	ELI	Short film
2009	Into the Blue 2: The Reef	Carlton	Straight-to-DVD
2009	'	Bart Gregory
2011	'	Hammond	Short film
2011	Archetype	RL7 (voice)	Short film
2012	Neighbors	Timothy Longshanks	Short film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	So Little Time	Senior High School Student	Episode: "Rules of Engagement"
2002-06	Alias	Julian Sark	Recurring role
2004	Alias	Mr. Sark (voice)	Video game
2004	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Travis Watson	Episode: "Crow's Feet"
2005	Charmed	Count Roget	Episode: "Show Ghouls"
2005	CSI: Miami	Brian Miller	Episode: "Felony Flight"
2006	Deadwood	Infantryman	Episode: "The Catbird Seat"
2007	Grey's Anatomy	Jim	Episodes: "The Other Side of This Life: Parts 1 & 2"
2007-10	Heroes	Adam Monroe (Takezo Kensei)	Recurring role
2009	Lie to Me	Staff Sgt. Russell Scott	Episode: "Moral Waiver"
2009	Children of the Corn	Burton Stanton	TV film (SyFy)
2010	24	Josef Bazhaev	Recurring role, 6 episodes
2010	Warehouse 13	Jonah Raitt	Episode: "Where and When"
2010	Undercovers	Matthew Hunt	Episode: "Assassin"
2010-14, 2017	'	John Gilbert	Recurring role, 13 episodes
2011-16	Once Upon a Time	Victor Frankenstein / Dr. Whale	Recurring role, 15 episodes
2012	House	Bill Koppelman	Episode: "Nobody's Fault"
2013	Arrow	Cyrus Vanch	Episode: "Betrayal"
2013	Necessary Roughness	Troy Cutler	Recurring role, 8 episodes
2013	Criminal Minds	Anton Harris	Episode: "To Bear Witness"
2015	Stalker	Darren Tyler	Episode: "Love Hurts"
2015-present	iZombie	Blaine "DeBeers" McDonough	Main role
2016	Comedy Bang! Bang!	Loki	Episode: "Kaley Cuoco Wears a Black Blazer and Slip on Sneakers"