---
name: "Boyd Holbrook"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/boyd-holbrook"
fi1m_id: "boyd-holbrook"
imdb_id: "nm2933542"
tmdb_id: 467645
wikidata_id: "Q611096"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 September 1981"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 9
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 9
updated: "2026-09-19T16:52:42.445410+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Boyd Holbrook

## Identity

Boyd Holbrook

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/boyd-holbrook
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** boyd-holbrook
- **IMDb ID:** nm2933542
- **TMDB ID:** 467645
- **Wikidata ID:** Q611096
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyd_Holbrook, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q611096, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2933542/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/467645

Actor. Born 1 September 1981 in Prestonsburg, Kentucky, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 September 1981, Prestonsburg, Kentucky, USA
- **Active:** 2008–present
- **Also known as:** Robert Boyd Holbrook
- **Frequently works with:** [James Mangold](https://film.one/person/james-mangold.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as actor, over 9 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 83 (1), 2010s 74 (5), 2020s 65 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 72 to 74 across 9 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 1 of 7 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 7, Action 3, Crime 2, Science Fiction 2, Thriller 2, Adventure 1
- **Screen time:** 18 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,781m across 8 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyd_Holbrook, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q611096, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2933542/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/467645

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Logan*](https://film.one/film/logan.md) (83), [*Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny*](https://film.one/film/indiana-jones-and-the-dial-of-destiny.md) (58)
- **Netflix:** [*Narcos*](https://film.one/tv/narcos.md) (76)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Boyd Holbrook

> Boyd Holbrook can make a threatening man seem good company, with an easy drawl and a trace of amusement. We enjoy him most when a supporting part allows that humour; the hired muscle is less rewarding.

In *A Complete Unknown* (2024), Boyd Holbrook’s Johnny Cash strolls in a couple of times to encourage trouble. James Mangold’s Dylan film is better at songs than drama, and Holbrook brings some welcome amusement to it. He needs little screen time to make Cash seem like someone worth following, if perhaps not obeying. We enjoyed his Cash because the pleasure he takes in being a bad influence is so apparent. It is a modest reason to watch a film we find decent, and a good example of what makes his supporting work worth noticing.

His film debut, as Denton Smith in Gus Van Sant’s *Milk* (2008), preceded his breakthrough lead as DEA agent Steve Murphy in *Narcos* (2015–2016). The subsequent run of supporting and villain roles can obscure the fact that he has carried a television programme. As Donald Pierce in *Logan* (2017), he uses natural delivery and physical presence to make an antagonist convincing without apparent strain. His Southern drawl and unassuming swagger make the casting understandable. But we would like more parts that give him something to do with the humour that accompanies the threat.

Mangold also directed him as Klaber in *Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny* (2023), with much less rewarding results. Holbrook does the hitting while Mads Mikkelsen’s Voller supplies the glowering. Our problem there is the film’s appetite for chases, not any failure by Holbrook to look capable of causing injury. Even so, physical assurance cannot turn the henchman into much of a character. Set beside Cash, Klaber suggests that Mangold gets more out of him when he has something to enjoy beyond the next confrontation.

He need not become the lead in everything to find better parts. Cash allows him to be funny and faintly troublesome in the space of a few appearances. That seems a more promising use of his abilities than another assignment as the man who hurts people. Start with *A Complete Unknown*, provided a few enjoyable interruptions are enough reason to watch a Dylan film whose songs do most of the work.

## Biography

Robert Boyd Holbrook (born 1 September 1981) is an American actor. He was born in Prestonsburg, Kentucky. He made his acting debut in Gus Van Sant's film *Milk* (2008) and gained recognition for portraying DEA agent Steve Murphy in the Netflix series *Narcos* (2015–2016).

His film credits include *The Host* (2013), *Gone Girl* (2014), *A Walk Among the Tombstones* (2014), *Logan* (2017), *The Predator* (2018), *Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny* (2023) as Klaber, *The Bikeriders* (2024) as Cal, and *A Complete Unknown* (2024) as Johnny Cash. He has also appeared in the series *The Sandman* (2022–2025) and *Justified: City Primeval* (2023).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (9)

- *A Complete Unknown* (2024), Fi1m 68, as Johnny Cash — [page](https://film.one/film/a-complete-unknown.md)
- *The Bikeriders* (2024), Fi1m 68, as Cal — [page](https://film.one/film/the-bikeriders.md)
- *Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny* (2023), Fi1m 58, as Klaber — [page](https://film.one/film/indiana-jones-and-the-dial-of-destiny.md)
- *The Predator* (2018), Fi1m 48, as Quinn McKenna — [page](https://film.one/film/the-predator.md)
- *Logan* (2017), Fi1m 83, as Pierce — [page](https://film.one/film/logan.md)
- *Narcos* (2015), Fi1m 76, as Steve Murphy — [page](https://film.one/tv/narcos.md)
- *Gone Girl* (2014), Fi1m 84, as Jeff — [page](https://film.one/film/gone-girl.md)
- *Behind the Candelabra* (2013), Fi1m 81, as Cary James — [page](https://film.one/film/behind-the-candelabra.md)
- *Milk* (2008), Fi1m 83, as Denton Smith — [page](https://film.one/film/milk.md)

## Complete filmography (46)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Atonement* (2026), as Lou D'Alessandro
- *A Complete Unknown* (2024), as Johnny Cash — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/a-complete-unknown.md)
- *The Bikeriders* (2024), as Cal — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/the-bikeriders.md)
- *Justified: City Primeval* (2023), series, as Clement Mansell
- *Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny* (2023), as Klaber — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/indiana-jones-and-the-dial-of-destiny.md)
- *The Sandman* (2022), series, as The Corinthian, The New Corinthian
- *Vengeance* (2022), as Ty Shaw
- *The Premise* (2021), series, as Aaron
- *Beckett* (2021), as Stephen Tynan
- *The Cursed* (2021), as John McBride
- *Devil Town* (2021), Actor
- *We Can Be Heroes* (2020), as Miracle Guy
- *The Fugitive* (2020), series, as Mike Ferro
- *Two/One* (2020), as Kaden · Executive Producer
- *The Morning Show* (2019), series, as Brodie 'Bro' Hartman
- *In the Shadow of the Moon* (2019), as Locke
- *The Predator* (2018), as Quinn McKenna — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/the-predator.md)
- *O.G.* (2018), as Pinkins · Producer
- *Boomtown* (2017), as Dustin
- *Logan* (2017), as Pierce — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/logan.md)
- *The Free World* (2016), as Mohamed Lundy
- *Cardboard Boxer* (2016), as Pinky
- *Morgan* (2016), as Skip Vronsky
- *BAD* (2016), as Man
- *Jane Got a Gun* (2015), as Vic Owen
- *Narcos* (2015), series, as Steve Murphy — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/narcos.md)
- *Run All Night* (2015), as Danny Maguire
- *Gone Girl* (2014), as Jeff — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/gone-girl.md)
- *A Walk Among the Tombstones* (2014), as Peter Kristo
- *The Skeleton Twins* (2014), as Billy
- *Little Accidents* (2014), as Amos Jenkins
- *Out of the Furnace* (2013), as Tattooed Guy
- *Behind the Candelabra* (2013), as Cary James — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/behind-the-candelabra.md)
- *The Host* (2013), as Kyle O'Shea
- *Very Good Girls* (2013), as David Avery
- *The Magic of Belle Isle* (2012), as Luke Ford
- *Hatfields & McCoys* (2012), series, as William 'Cap' Hatfield
- *Moving Takahashi* (2011), as Craig
- *The Reunion* (2011), as Douglas Cleary
- *Higher Ground* (2011), as Teenage Ethan Miller
- *The Beautiful Life: TBL* (2009), series, as Gabriel
- *Milk* (2008), as Denton Smith — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/milk.md)
- *Turpentine*, Actor
- *Cloud One*, Actor
- *Last Meals*, as Jeffrey Reed
- *Mercenary: An Extraction Series*, series, as David Ibarra

## Gallery

- ![Sundance 2014 Cinema Cafe](https://film.one/media/person/10020/gallery-5ae4b2e80367.jpg) Sundance 2014 Cinema Cafe — PunkToad from oakland, us, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Astrid_Berg%C3%A8s-Frisbey_%28I_Origins%29_and_Carla_Juri_%28Wetlands%29_and_Boyd_Holbrook_%28The_Skeleton_Twins%2C_Little_Accidents%29_%2812026186004%29.jpg/1280px-Astrid_Berg%C3%A8s-Frisbey_%28I_Origins%29_and_Carla_Juri_%28Wetlands%29_and_Boyd_Holbrook_%28The_Skeleton_Twins%2C_Little_Accidents%29_%2812026186004%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Star of Logan and The Predator. (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/10020/gallery-d944beb2cb74.jpg) Star of Logan and The Predator. (2018) — Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Boyd_Holbrook_%2840061613100%29.jpg/1280px-Boyd_Holbrook_%2840061613100%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Star of Logan and The Predator. (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/10020/gallery-aa0c8aeea505.jpg) Star of Logan and The Predator. (2018) — Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Boyd_Holbrook_%2840061613100%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Boyd_Holbrook_%2840061613100%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Actor Boyd Holbrook at the world premiere of the film "Very Good Girls" on January 22, 2013](https://film.one/media/person/10020/gallery-5fc687465e0e.jpg) Actor Boyd Holbrook at the world premiere of the film "Very Good Girls" on January 22, 2013 — Larry Richman, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Boyd_Holbrook_Very_Good_Girls_Premiere.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Boyd Holbrook](https://film.one/media/person/10020/gallery-471856c1dc83.jpg) Boyd Holbrook — Image via TMDB
- ![Boyd Holbrook](https://film.one/media/person/10020/gallery-42d12ec7f106.jpg) Boyd Holbrook — Image via TMDB
- ![Boyd Holbrook](https://film.one/media/person/10020/gallery-0d7dded195c7.jpg) Boyd Holbrook — Image via TMDB
- ![Boyd Holbrook](https://film.one/media/person/10020/gallery-9fed3f881020.jpg) Boyd Holbrook — K6ka, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Boyd_Holbrook_portrait_at_TIFF_2026.jpg/1280px-Boyd_Holbrook_portrait_at_TIFF_2026.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Boyd Holbrook](https://film.one/media/person/10020/gallery-8c31047bc631.jpg) Boyd Holbrook — Image via TMDB

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