
Holt McCallany (born Holt Quinn McAloney; September 3, 1963) is an American actor, writer, and producer. He is known for portraying Bill Tench on the series Mindhunter (2017–present) and has had several supporting roles in various television series and films. His first job in the professional theater was as an apprentice actor at the Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival in Cleveland, Ohio, in the same apprenticeship once served by Tom Hanks, among others. Subsequently, he returned to New York City and was cast as an understudy in the Broadway production of Biloxi Blues. McCallany landed a series of supporting parts in such films as Casualties of War, Alien 3, Creepshow 2, The Search for One-eye Jimmy, and Jade, as well as the TV miniseries Rough Riders. After playing the legendary boxing trainer Teddy Atlas in the HBO telefilm Tyson, he became a supporter of the Atlas Foundation Charity, a grassroots organization dedicated to helping children and families with medical and financial hardships. He continued working in films and television throughout the nineties and 2000s with roles in films such as Fight Club, Three Kings, Men of Honor, and Below, among others. He played a detective with psychological problems in CSI: Miami and a soldier with post-traumatic stress disorder on Criminal Minds. He appeared in the 2010 Warner Bros. film, The Losers, based on the graphic novel from DC Comics. McCallany also was the star of the 2011 FX television series, Lights Out, playing an aging boxer ("Patrick 'Lights' Leary") forced out of retirement and into a comeback bid to regain the heavyweight title, despite having pugilistic dementia. He followed this with roles in films like Sully, Shot Caller, and Blackhat, among many others. Since 2017, McCallany co-stars in the Netflix series Mindhunter for director David Fincher. He plays Bill Tench, an FBI agent researching serial killers in the late-1970s. His first French language film will be released in September, 2019, an adaptation of the George Feydeau comedy Le Dindon.
Series | 61st Street | 2022-04-10 | |
Movie | The Ice Road | René Lampard | 2021-06-24 |
Movie | Nightmare Alley | Anderson | 2021-12-02 |
Movie | Wrath of Man | Bullet | 2020-05-20 |
Movie | Greenland | Twin Otter Pilot | 2020-07-29 |
Movie | SGT. Will Gardner | Officer Callahan | 2019-01-11 |
Movie | The Fool | Wayne | 2019-09-25 |
Movie | Beyond White Space | Richard Bentley | 2018-12-14 |
Movie | Justice League | Burglar (uncredited) | 2017-11-15 |
Movie | Shot Caller | Jerry 'The Beast' Manning | 2017-07-13 |
Series | Mindhunter | Bill Tench | 2017-10-13 |
Movie | Sully | Mike Cleary | 2016-09-07 |
Movie | Monster Trucks | Burke | 2016-12-21 |
Movie | Jack Reacher: Never Go Back | Col. Morgan | 2016-10-19 |
Movie | Blackhat | Mark Jessup | 2015-01-13 |
Movie | Run All Night | Frank | 2015-03-11 |
Movie | Concussion | Angry Neurologist | 2015-11-12 |
Movie | The Perfect Guy | Detective Hansen | 2015-09-11 |
Movie | The Ganzfeld Haunting | Detective Murphy | 2014-07-17 |
Movie | Gangster Squad | Karl Lockwood | 2013-01-10 |
Movie | Bullet to the Head | Hank Greely | 2013-01-31 |
Movie | Crush | Mike Norris | 2013-03-13 |
Series | Golden Boy | Detective Joe Diaco | 2013-02-26 |
Movie | Hijacked | Rostow Pawlak | 2012-07-31 |
Series | Lights Out | Patrick 'Lights' Leary | 2011-01-11 |
Movie | The Losers | Wade Travis | 2010-04-23 |
Movie | Bound By a Secret | Jimmy | 2009-03-07 |
Movie | Stolen | Swede | 2009-10-10 |
Movie | A Perfect Getaway | Police Lieutenant | 2009-06-08 |
Movie | Vantage Point | Ron Matthews | 2008-02-01 |
Movie | Vote and Die: Liszt for President | Kelsey McNamara | 2008-03-07 |
Movie | Toxic | Van | 2008-03-01 |
Movie | Rise: Blood Hunter | Rourke | 2007-04-28 |
Movie | Alpha Dog | Detective Tom Finnegan | 2006-01-27 |
Movie | Underfunded | Alex Breech | 2006-11-08 |
Movie | Against the Ropes | Doug Doherty | 2004-02-20 |
Movie | L.A. County 187 | Deputy John Gustodas | 2003-07-05 |
Movie | Below | Loomis | 2002-08-11 |
Movie | Out of Line | Henri Brulé | 2001-11-20 |
Series | Freedom | Owen Decker | 2000-10-27 |
Movie | Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye | Minnow | 2000-08-24 |
Movie | Men of Honor | MM1 Dylan Rourke | 2000-09-13 |
Movie | Three Kings | Captain Van Meter | 1999-04-21 |
Movie | Fight Club | The Mechanic | 1999-10-15 |
Movie | Mumford | Newcomer | 1999-09-24 |
Series | Rough Riders | Sgt. Hamilton Fish | 1997-01-01 |
Movie | The Advocate's Devil | Joe Campbell | 1997-10-05 |
Movie | The Peacemaker | Mark Appleton | 1997-09-26 |
Movie | Tyson | Teddy Atlas | 1995-04-29 |
Movie | Tecumseh: The Last Warrior | Blue Jacket | 1995-06-04 |
Movie | Flirt | Bartender | 1995-09-14 |
Movie | Jade | Bill Barrett | 1995-10-13 |
Movie | Amateur | Usher | 1994-08-05 |
Movie | The Search for One-eye Jimmy | Les | 1994-11-14 |
Movie | Zelda | 1993-11-06 | |
Movie | Alien³ | Ted "Junior" Gillas | 1992-05-22 |
Movie | Casualties of War | Lt. Kramer | 1989-08-18 |
Movie | After School | Jay | 1988-09-01 |
Movie | Shakedown | Roadblock Officer | 1988-05-06 |
Movie | Creepshow 2 | Sam Whitemoon (segment "Old Chief Wood'nhead") | 1987-05-01 |