David Anders

David Anders Holt (born March 11, 1981) is an American television and stage actor who played John Gilbert on The Vampire Diaries TV series. He is best known for his roles on TV series, Alias as Julian Sark and Heroes, as Adam Monroe. Although Anders is American, both of these noted roles required him to use a British Home counties accent.
==Biography==
Anders was born on March 11, 1981 in Grants Pass, Oregon. He is the son of Dr. Tony and Jeri Holt. He has three siblings; his biological brother Arik, his adopted brother Jason and 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 17, 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. David played Philip the Apostle in a regional theater production of Jesus Christ Superstar when he was 17. He was accepted at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Pasadena, California, but decided to head to Los Angeles instead. 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, worked on an 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 was once again asked to use his British accent from Alias, despite being an American actor. He is also working in two other movies; Into the Blue 2: The Reef and The Revenant. He recently joined the eighth season of 24. Anders has guest starred in the TV series The Vampire Diaries in 2010 as John Gilbert. As of late 2011, Anders has a recurring role on ABC's Once Upon A Time. 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, David became a part of Alias (and in 2007 Heroes) co-star Greg Grunberg's band, Band From TV. He sings main vocals alongside Bonnie Somerville. Other than Grunberg, Hugh Laurie (House) on keyboards and James Denton (Desperate Housewives) on guitar will be a part of the project. The band's main goal is 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==
Year 	Title 	Type 	Role
2010-2017	The Vampire Diaries 	TV Series 	John Gilbert
2016 	Comedy Bang! Bang! 	TV Series 	Loki
2011-2016	Once Upon a Time 	TV Series 	Dr. Whale / Dr. Victor Frankenstein
2015-2016	iZombie 	TV Series 	Blaine DeBeers
2015 	Stalker 	TV Series 	Darren Tyler
2013 	Criminal Minds 	TV Series 	Anton Harris
2013 	Necessary Roughness 	TV Series 	Troy Cutler
2013 	Arrow 	TV Series 	Cyrus Vanch
2012 	Neighbors 	Short 	Timothy Longshanks
2012 	House 	TV Series 	Bill Koppelman
2011 	Archetype 	Short 	RL7 (voice)
2011 	The Maiden and the Princess 	Short 	Hammond
2010 	Undercovers 	TV Series 	Matthew Hunt
2010 	Warehouse 13 	TV Series 	Jonah Raitt
2010 	24 	TV Series 	Josef Bazhaev
2007-2010	Heroes 	TV Series 	Adam Monroe / Takezo Kensei
2009 	Children of the Corn 	TV Movie 	Burton Stanton
2009 	The Revenant 	 	Bart Gregory
2009 	Into the Blue 2: The Reef 	Video 	Carlton
2009 	Lie to Me 	TV Series 	Staff Sgt. Russell Scott
2007 	Grey's Anatomy 	TV Series 	Jim
2007 	ELI 	Short 	ELI
2006 	Left in Darkness 	Video 	Donovan
2006 	Deadwood 	TV Series 	Infantryman
2002-2006	Alias 	TV Series 	Julian Sark
2005 	CSI: Miami 	TV Series 	Brian Miller
2005 	Circadian Rhythm 	 	Garrison
2005 	Charmed 	TV Series 	Count Roget
2004 	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	TV Series 	Travis Watson
2004 	Alias 	Video Game	Mr. Sark (voice)
2003 	Player$ 	TV Series 	Mr. Sark
2002 	The Source 	 	Booji (as David Holt)
2001 	So Little Time 	TV Series 	Senior High School Student
==Appearances==
;Season One
*Under Control
*Miss Mystic Falls
*Blood Brothers
*Isobel
*Founder's Day
;Season Two
*The Return
*The Descent
*Daddy Issues
*Crying Wolf
*The Dinner Party
*Know Thy Enemy
*The Sun Also Rises
;Season Five
*500 Years of Solitude
;Season Eight
*I Was Feeling Epic
==Trivia==
*David Anders (John Gilbert), Jack Coleman (Bill Forbes) and Dawn Olivieri (Andie Star) Madeline Zima(Charlotte) and Rick Worthy (Rudy Hopkins) appeared in NBC's "Heroes".
*Special appeared in 500 Years of Solitude (100th episode of The Vampire Diaries), along with Sara Canning, Matt Davis, Kayla Ewell, Daniel Gillies, Claire Holt, Bianca Lawson and Joseph Morgan.
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==References==
==External links==
*IMDb
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