Holt McCallany
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning as Secretary of Defense Bernstein
- 2025 · The Amateur as CIA Deputy Director Moore
- 2023 · The Iron Claw as Fritz Von Erich
- 2022 · The Lincoln Lawyer as Detective Neil Bishop
- 2022 · 61st Street as Lt. Brannigan
- 2021 · Nightmare Alley as Anderson
- 2021 · Foundation as Warden Jaegger Fount
- 2021 · The Ice Road as Lampard
- 2021 · Wrath of Man as Bullet
- 2020 · Greenland as Twin Otter Pilot
- 2019 · The Fool as Wayne
- 2019 · SGT. Will Gardner as Officer Callahan
- 2018 · Beyond White Space as Richard Bentley
- 2017 · Justice League as Burglar (uncredited)
- 2017 · MINDHUNTER as Bill Tench
- 2017 · Shot Caller as Jerry 'The Beast' Manning
- 2016 · Monster Trucks as Burke
- 2016 · Jack Reacher: Never Go Back as Col. Morgan
- 2016 · Sully as Mike Cleary
- 2015 · Concussion as Angry Neurologist
- 2015 · The Perfect Guy as Detective Hansen
- 2015 · Run All Night as Frank
- 2015 · Blackhat as Mark Jessup
- 2014 · The Ganzfeld Haunting as Detective Murphy
- 2013 · Crush as Mike Norris
- 2013 · Golden Boy as Detective Joe Diaco
- 2013 · Gangster Squad as Karl Lockwood
- 2012 · Bullet to the Head as Hank Greely
- 2012 · Hijacked as Rostow Pawlak
- 2011 · Lights Out as Patrick 'Lights' Leary
- 2010 · Blue Bloods as Robert McCoy
- 2010 · The Losers as Wade
- 2009 · Stolen as Swede
- 2009 · A Perfect Getaway as Police Lieutenant
- 2009 · Mental as
- 2009 · Bound By a Secret as Jimmy
- 2008 · Vote and Die: Liszt for President as Kelsey McNamara
- 2008 · Toxic as Van
- 2008 · Vantage Point as Ron Matthews
- 2007 · Burn Notice as Santora
- 2007 · The Academy as
- 2007 · Rise: Blood Hunter as Rourke
- 2006 · Underfunded as Alex Breech
- 2006 · Heroes as Ricky
- 2006 · Alpha Dog as Detective Tom Finnegan
- 2005 · Criminal Minds as Roy Woodridge
- 2005 · Medium as Nick Lewin
- 2004 · Against the Ropes as Dorsett
- 2003 · L.A. County 187 as Deputy John Gustodas
- 2002 · CSI: Miami as John Hagen
- 2002 · Below as Loomis
- 2002 · Monk as Pat van Ranken
- 2001 · Out of Line as Henri Brulé
- 2001 · Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Patrick Copa
- 2000 · Freedom as Owen Decker
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Mr. Westerman
- 2000 · Men of Honor as MM1 Dylan Rourke
- 2000 · Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye as Minnow
- 1999 · Fight Club as The Mechanic
- 1999 · Three Kings as Captain Van Meter
- 1999 · Mumford as Newcomer
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Walter Inman
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Donald O'Keefe
- 1997 · The Advocate's Devil as Joe Campbell
- 1997 · The Peacemaker as Mark Appleton
- 1997 · Rough Riders as Sgt. Hamilton Fish
- 1995 · Jade as Bill Barrett
- 1995 · Flirt as Bartender
- 1995 · Tecumseh: The Last Warrior as Blue Jacket
- 1995 · Tyson as Teddy Atlas
- 1994 · The Search for One-eye Jimmy as Les
- 1994 · Amateur as Usher
- 1993 · Zelda as
- 1993 · Flirt as Bartender
- 1992 · Alien³ as Junior
- 1990 · Law & Order as Marc Kenner
- 1990 · Law & Order as Officer Steve Felton
- 1989 · Casualties of War as Lt. Kramer
- 1988 · After School as Jay
- 1988 · Shakedown as Roadblock Officer
- 1987 · Creepshow 2 as Sam Whitemoon
- Future · The Waterfront as Harlan Buckley
- Future · Condamner a tuer as Inspecteur d'Interpol
- Future · Martyr Of Gowanus as