Holmes Osborne

Holmes Osborne

Born: November 7, 1947
in Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Holmes Osborne (born November 7, 1947) is an American character actor who has worked in film and television, including notable roles in That Thing You Do! (1996), Donnie Darko (2001) and Southland Tales (2007).

Movies for Holmes Osborne...

Title: The Guest Book
Character: Jeff
Released: August 3, 2017
Type: TV
Guests bring their baggage and own special brand of crazy to a vacation cottage and record their confessions, alibis and farewells in the cottage’s guest book. Each season features a new town, and along with it a new cottage and town locals, though characters from previous season often come along for the ride.
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Rules Don't Apply
Title: Rules Don't Apply
Character: Cappy
Released: November 23, 2016
Type: Movie
It's Hollywood, 1958. Small town beauty queen and devout Baptist virgin Marla Mabrey, under contract to the infamous Howard Hughes, arrives in Los Angeles. At the airport, she meets her driver Frank Forbes, who is engaged to be married to his seventh grade sweetheart and is a deeply religious Methodist. Their instant attraction not only puts their religious convictions to the test, but also defies Hughes' number one rule: No employee is allowed to have any relationship whatsoever with a contract actress. Hughes' behavior intersects with Marla and Frank in very separate and unexpected ways, and as they are drawn deeper into his bizarre world, their values are challenged and their lives are changed.
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Fun Size
Title: Fun Size
Character: Mr. Brueder
Released: October 24, 2012
Type: Movie
Wren is invited to a Halloween party by her crush, Aaron Riley, but she is also forced by her mother to take her oddball little brother Albert with her when she goes out trick-or-treating on Halloween. When she goes to the party instead, she loses him and must find him before her mother finds out.
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Larry Crowne
Title: Larry Crowne
Character: David Busik
Released: June 30, 2011
Type: Movie
When he suddenly finds himself without his long-standing blue-collar job, Larry Crowne enrolls at his local college to start over. There, he becomes part of an eclectic community of students and develops a crush on his teacher.
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Disconnect
Title: Disconnect
Character: Russell Simmons
Released: August 6, 2010
Type: Movie
A distraught college student finds a phone that enables her to talk to her deceased mother in the past. Instead of a heart attack, she learns that her mother was murdered. She tries to use the phone to stop the murder from occurring before the killer finds and kills her too.
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Unthinkable
Title: Unthinkable
Character: General Paulson
Released: June 14, 2010
Type: Movie
The government gets wind of a plot to destroy America involving a trio of nuclear weapons for which the whereabouts are unknown. It's up to a seasoned interrogator and an FBI agent to find out exactly where the nukes are.
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The Box
Title: The Box
Character: Dick Burns
Released: October 29, 2009
Type: Movie
Norma and Arthur Lewis, a suburban couple with a young child, receive a simple wooden box as a gift, which bears fatal and irrevocable consequences. A mysterious stranger delivers the message that the box promises to bestow upon its owner $1 million with the press of a button. However pressing this button will simultaneously cause the death of another human being somewhere in the world; someone they don't know. With just 24 hours to have the box in their possession, Norma and Arthur find themselves in the cross-hairs of a startling moral dilemma and must face the true nature of their humanity.
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All About Steve
Title: All About Steve
Character: Soloman
Released: August 6, 2009
Type: Movie
After one short blind date, Mary Horowitz, a brilliant and eccentric crossword constructor, is convinced that Steve, a CCN cameraman, is her soul mate. Because his job takes him hither and yon, she crisscrosses the country following Steve, with the encouragement of a reporter, turning up at media events he's at to convince him they are perfect for each other. Along the way, she befriends an assortment of misfits who accept her for who she is, leading her to reassess her reasons for this strange journey.
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Southland Tales
Title: Southland Tales
Character: Senator Bobby Frost
Released: November 14, 2007
Type: Movie
Set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles on July 4, 2008, as it stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster. Boxer Santaros is an action star who's stricken with amnesia. His life intertwines with Krysta Now, an adult film star developing her own reality television project, and Ronald Taverner, a Hermosa Beach police officer who holds the key to a vast conspiracy.
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The Comebacks
Title: The Comebacks
Character: Man in Suit
Released: October 19, 2007
Type: Movie
Out-of-luck coach Lambeau Fields takes a rag-tag bunch of college misfits and drives them towards the football championships. In the process, this life-long loser discovers that he is a winner after all by redeeming himself, saving his relationship with his family and friends, and finding that there is indeed, no "I" in "team"!
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Meet Bill
Title: Meet Bill
Character: Mr. Jacoby
Released: September 7, 2007
Type: Movie
A mild-mannered bank executive mentors a teenage con artist and tries to make a career change as a doughnut merchant.
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Dragon Wars: D-War
Title: Dragon Wars: D-War
Character: Hypnotherapist
Released: August 1, 2007
Type: Movie
Based on the Korean legend, unknown creatures will return and devastate the planet. Reporter Ethan Kendrick is called in to investigate the matter.
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Title: Rules of Engagement
Character: Larry
Released: February 5, 2007
Type: TV
Rules of Engagement is a comedy about the different phases of male/female relationships, as seen through the eyes of a newly engaged couple, Adam and Jennifer, a long-time married pair, Jeff and Audrey, and a single guy on the prowl, Russell. As they find out, the often confusing stages of a relationship can seem like being on a roller coaster. People can describe the ride to you, but to really know what it's like you have to experience it for yourself.
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Air Buddies
Title: Air Buddies
Character: Selkirk Tander
Released: December 12, 2006
Type: Movie
Five puppies are shocked to find out that their parents, Buddy and Molly, have been abducted and face obstacles while trying to rescue them.
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Walkout
Title: Walkout
Character: Principal Ingles
Released: March 18, 2006
Type: Movie
Walkout is the true story of a young Mexican American high school teacher, Sal Castro. He mentors a group of students in East Los Angeles, when the students decide to stage a peaceful walkout to protest the injustices of the public school system. Set against the background of the civil rights movement of 1968, it is a story of courage and the fight for justice and empowerment.
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Title: Invasion
Released: September 21, 2005
Type: TV
In the aftermath of a hurricane the Florida Park Ranger and his family deal with strange occurrences, including luminescent creatures in the water. People in the town start to act different, who can you trust?
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Title: Invasion
Character: Mayor Littles
Released: September 21, 2005
Type: TV
In the aftermath of a hurricane the Florida Park Ranger and his family deal with strange occurrences, including luminescent creatures in the water. People in the town start to act different, who can you trust?
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Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story
Title: Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story
Character: Doc Fleming
Released: September 10, 2005
Type: Movie
Ben Crane believes that a severely injured racehorse deserves another chance. He and his daughter Cale adopt the mare and save it from being sacrificed by the owner.
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Title: The Closer
Character: Hoke's Attorney
Released: June 13, 2005
Type: TV
Deputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson transfers from Atlanta to LA to head up a special unit of the LAPD that handles sensitive, high-profile murder cases. Johnson's quirky personality and hard-nosed approach often rubs her colleagues the wrong way, but her reputation as one of the world's best interrogator eventually wins over even her toughest critics.
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A Lot Like Love
Title: A Lot Like Love
Character: Stephen Martin
Released: April 21, 2005
Type: Movie
On a flight from Los Angeles to New York, Oliver and Emily make a connection, only to decide that they are poorly suited to be together. Over the next seven years, however, they are reunited time and time again, they go from being acquaintances to close friends to ... lovers?
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Title: Grey's Anatomy
Character: Dr. Kenzie
Released: March 27, 2005
Type: TV
Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle’s Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.
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Confessions of an Action Star
Title: Confessions of an Action Star
Character: Richard Orchid
Released: January 23, 2005
Type: Movie
A 'mocumentary' on the rise and fall of Chip and Dales dancer turned martial arts action star, Francis Allen Sledgewick, AKA Frank Sledge. When fame and fortune caused Frank to lose his sense of what's truely important, he realised he's going to have to get in touch with his roots if there's ever going to be a comeback.
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Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
Title: Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
Character: Director
Released: December 28, 2004
Type: Movie
While Ron Burgundy's rivalry with Veronica Corningstone escalates quickly, a group of unprofessional thieves better known as 'The Alarm Clock' try to make the truth known, whatever that may mean...
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Title: House
Character: Dr. Curtis
Released: November 16, 2004
Type: TV
Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey.
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Title: Center of the Universe
Released: October 27, 2004
Type: TV
Center of the Universe is a television series on CBS, which ran from October 27, 2004, until January 19, 2005. The sitcom was canceled after just 10 episodes aired. It was set in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma. John Goodman starred as John Barnett, a good-natured and successful operator of a security company. The series involved the dependency of his entire family on John for everything -- money, jobs, housing, and personal guidance in every decision. Tagline: "The world doesn't revolve around John...but his family does." A total of 15 episodes were produced.
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Title: Boston Legal
Character: Mayor George Bostwick
Released: October 3, 2004
Type: TV
Alan Shore and Denny Crane lead a brigade of high-priced civil litigators in an upscale Boston law firm in a series focusing on the professional and personal lives of brilliant but often emotionally challenged attorneys. A spin-off of long-running series The Practice.
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Title: Complete Savages
Character: Principal
Released: September 24, 2004
Type: TV
As a single father of five teenage boys, Nick Savage faces the daunting challenge of trying to control the mayhem. A career firefighter, he finds running into a burning building a relaxing break from his parental duties.
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Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Title: Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Character: Director
Released: June 28, 2004
Type: Movie
It's the 1970s and San Diego anchorman Ron Burgundy is the top dog in local TV, but that's all about to change when ambitious reporter Veronica Corningstone arrives as a new employee at his station.
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Cheaper by the Dozen
Title: Cheaper by the Dozen
Character: Nick Gerhard
Released: December 24, 2003
Type: Movie
The Baker brood moves to Chicago after patriarch Tom gets a job coaching football at Northwestern University, forcing his writer wife, Mary, and the couple's 12 children to make a major adjustment. The transition works well until work demands pull the parents away from home, leaving the kids bored -- and increasingly mischievous.
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A Carol Christmas
Title: A Carol Christmas
Character: Hal
Released: December 7, 2003
Type: Movie
Carol Cartman, a tempestuous talk show host, is a high-heeled, high-maintenance Scrooge. This insensitive, self-centered and stingy woman is about to experience a holiday she'll never forget.
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Title: Cold Case
Character: Vincent Hopper
Released: September 28, 2003
Type: TV
The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned cases that have never been solved. Detective Lilly Rush combines her natural instincts with the updated technology available today to bring about justice for all the victims she can.
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Title: NCIS
Character: Fred Hanlan
Released: September 23, 2003
Type: TV
From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents investigates any crime that has a shred of evidence connected to Navy and Marine Corps personnel, regardless of rank or position.
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The Big Wide World of Carl Laemke
Title: The Big Wide World of Carl Laemke
Character: Dick Tyson
Released: June 18, 2003
Type: Movie
The story of a suburban family in which the father refuses to become an adult.
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Identity
Title: Identity
Character: Richter Taylor
Released: April 25, 2003
Type: Movie
Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers thin out, the travelers begin to turn on each other, as each tries to figure out who the killer is.
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Title: The Pitts
Character: Wendell
Released: March 30, 2003
Type: TV
The Pitts is a short-lived FOX sitcom that aired 7 half-hour episodes between March and April 2003. It is about a family and their bad luck. It was a satire on typical American sitcoms with over-the-top sight gags.
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Waking Up in Reno
Title: Waking Up in Reno
Character: Doc Tuley
Released: December 13, 2002
Type: Movie
Candy and Lonnie Earl are just crazy about each other. The problem: she's married to Roy and he's married to Darlene. So far it's been a secret affair. But that's about to change, because this foursome is driving cross-country and headed for some big surprises.
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The Quiet American
Title: The Quiet American
Character: Bill Granger
Released: November 22, 2002
Type: Movie
In early 1950s Vietnam, a young American becomes entangled in a dangerous love triangle when he falls for the beautiful mistress of a British journalist. As war is waged around them, the trio sinks deeper into a world of drugs, passion, and betrayal where nothing is as it seems.
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Title: CSI: Miami
Character: Isaac Greenhill
Released: September 23, 2002
Type: TV
CSI: Miami follows Crime Scene Investigators working for the Miami-Dade Police Department as they use physical evidence, similar to their Las Vegas counterparts, to solve grisly murders. The series mixes deduction, gritty subject matter, and character-driven drama in the same vein as the original series in the CSI franchise, except that the Miami CSIs are cops first, scientists second.
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Windtalkers
Title: Windtalkers
Character: Colonel Hollings
Released: June 14, 2002
Type: Movie
Joe Enders is a gung-ho Marine assigned to protect a "windtalker" - one of several Navajo Indians who were used to relay messages during World War II because their spoken language was indecipherable to Japanese code breakers.
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Title: The Court
Released: March 26, 2002
Type: TV
The Court is an American legal drama television series that aired from March 26 until April 9, 2002.
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Domestic Disturbance
Title: Domestic Disturbance
Character: Shady Tree Motel Clerk
Released: October 28, 2001
Type: Movie
Frank Morrison is a divorced father with a 12-year-old son, Danny. His ex-wife Susan and son Danny now live with Rick Barnes, Susan's new husband. Danny, who has a reputation for telling lies, accuses his stepfather of committing a murder. Initially, no one believes his accusations, but then Frank becomes convinced and is the only one who believes him. Now, the father Danny trusts must protect him from the stepfather he fears.
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Living in Missouri
Title: Living in Missouri
Character: Uncle Roy
Released: October 11, 2001
Type: Movie
Childhood pals grow up and fall apart at the seams in this dark comedy set in the Midwest. Ryan and Todd have been friends forever, but adulthood proves unfulfilling. Ryan's marriage to Amy is in jeopardy, while Todd lives with his parents and envies Ryan's marriage. When Amy begins confiding in Todd, he's convinced he's having an affair with his best friend's wife, resulting in a series of misunderstandings.
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Title: Star Trek: Enterprise
Character: Enolian Official
Released: September 26, 2001
Type: TV
During the mid-22nd century, a century before Captain Kirk's five-year mission, Jonathan Archer captains the United Earth ship Enterprise during the early years of Starfleet, leading up to the Earth-Romulan War and the formation of the Federation.
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The Deep End
Title: The Deep End
Character: Loan Officer
Released: January 21, 2001
Type: Movie
With her husband Jack perpetually away at work, Margaret Hall raises her children virtually alone. Her teenage son is testing the waters of the adult world, and early one morning she wakes to find the dead body of his gay lover on the beach of their rural lakeside home. What would you do? What is rational and what do you do to protect your child? How far do you go and when do you stop?
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Donnie Darko
Title: Donnie Darko
Character: Eddie Darko
Released: January 19, 2001
Type: Movie
After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.
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Title: The Division
Released: January 7, 2001
Type: TV
The Division is an American crime drama television series created by Deborah Joy LeVine and starring Bonnie Bedelia. The series focused on a team of women police officers in the San Francisco Police Department. The series premiered on Lifetime on January 7, 2001 and ended on June 28, 2004 after 88 episodes.
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Bring It On
Title: Bring It On
Character: Bruce Shipman
Released: August 25, 2000
Type: Movie
The Toro cheerleading squad from Rancho Carne High School in San Diego has got spirit, spunk, sass and a killer routine that's sure to land them the national championship trophy for the sixth year in a row. But for newly-elected team captain Torrance, the Toros' road to total cheer glory takes a shady turn when she discovers that their perfectly-choreographed routines were in fact stolen.
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Miracle in Lane 2
Title: Miracle in Lane 2
Character: Randall
Released: May 13, 2000
Type: Movie
Young tween Justin Yoder, who's known for his outgoing demeanor and wit despite being confined to a wheelchair, dreams to be like his athletic older brother and propels himself into the world of soapbox derby racing. It's a field he's sure he has a chance in. Unfortunately, he finds that because of his condition, not everyone is eager to see him compete.
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Title: Malcolm in the Middle
Character: Mr. Young
Released: January 9, 2000
Type: TV
A gifted young teen tries to survive life with his dimwitted, dysfunctional family.
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Title: Roswell
Character: Walt Crawford
Released: October 6, 1999
Type: TV
Bizarre things start happening in the little New Mexico town where UFOs were spotted in 1947. Cut to 1999, when a cute high-school student saves the life of a teenage waitress. Surrounded by cliques of clever, angst-filled classmates, the two form a bond that threatens the survival of a secret universe involving superhuman powers, a yen for hot sauce and an alien gene pool.
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Title: The West Wing
Character: Congressman Peter Lillienfield
Released: September 22, 1999
Type: TV
The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells the stories of the members of a fictional presidential administration. These interesting characters have humor and dedication that touches the heart while the politics that they discuss touch on everyday life.
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Title: Judging Amy
Character: Judge Brooks
Released: September 19, 1999
Type: TV
Judging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS-TV. This TV series starred Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly. Its main character is a judge who serves in a family court, and in addition to the family-related cases that she adjudicates, many episodes of the show focus on her own experiences as a divorced mother, and on the experiences of her mother, a social worker who works in the field of child welfare. This series was based on the life experiences of Brenneman's mother.
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Election
Title: Election
Character: Dick Metzler
Released: April 23, 1999
Type: Movie
Tracy Flick is running unopposed for this year’s high school student election. But Jim McAllister has a different plan. Partly to establish a more democratic election, and partly to satisfy some deep personal anger toward Tracy, Jim talks football player Paul Metzler to run for president as well.
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The Mod Squad
Title: The Mod Squad
Character: Pete's Father
Released: March 26, 1999
Type: Movie
Three youthful delinquents escape conviction for their crimes by teaming with the LAPD.
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Title: Providence
Character: Marcus Weber
Released: January 8, 1999
Type: TV
Providence is an American television drama series.
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The White River Kid
Title: The White River Kid
Character: Fergus Kenrod
Released: January 1, 1999
Type: Movie
Two con men are traveling through the American South when they are held hostage by a serial killer who is running from the authorities.
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Title: Seven Days
Released: October 7, 1998
Type: TV
"Ever wish you could live your last week all over again? Well, my name's Frank B. Parker, and I do it all the time. I work for a secret government project experimenting in time travel. When things really get screwed up, I'm the guinea pig they send back to take care of it. The catch is, I can only go back 7 days."
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Title: Brother's Keeper
Character: Mr. Bardolph
Released: September 24, 1998
Type: TV
Widower and professor Porter Waide has his life turned upside down with the arrival of his football player brother, Bobby, who's gotten into so much trouble that he's been contracted to live with a responsible relative. This move also disrupts the lives of Porter's impressionable son, Oscar, and Bobby's perpetually annoyed agent, Dena.
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Title: From the Earth to the Moon
Character: George Low
Released: April 5, 1998
Type: TV
The story of the United States' space program, from its beginnings in 1961 to the final moon mission in 1972.
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Affliction
Title: Affliction
Character: Gordon LaRiviere
Released: February 12, 1998
Type: Movie
A small town policeman must investigate a suspicious hunting accident. The investigation and other events result in him slowly disintegrating mentally.
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How to Make the Cruelest Month
Title: How to Make the Cruelest Month
Character: Dean Rice
Released: January 16, 1998
Type: Movie
Bright and neurotic girl Bell sets two goals for New Year - to quit smoking and to fall in love. As the first task turns out to be too difficult, she puts all her energy into the second.
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Title: Dharma & Greg
Character: Reverend Blanchard
Released: September 24, 1997
Type: TV
Dharma & Greg is an American television sitcom that aired from September 24, 1997, to April 30, 2002. It stars Jenna Elfman and Thomas Gibson as Dharma and Greg Montgomery, a couple who got married on their first date despite being complete opposites. The series is co-produced by Chuck Lorre Productions, More-Medavoy Productions and 4 to 6 Foot Productions in association with 20th Century Fox Television for ABC. The show's theme song was written and performed by composer Dennis C. Brown. Created by executive producers Dottie Dartland and Chuck Lorre, the comedy took much of its inspiration from so-called culture-clash "fish out of water" situations. The show earned eight Golden Globe nominations, six Emmy Award nominations, and six Satellite Awards nominations. Elfman earned a Golden Globe in 1999 for Best Actress.
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Title: Ally McBeal
Released: September 8, 1997
Type: TV
Ally McBeal is a young lawyer working at the Boston law firm Cage and Fish. Ally's lives and loves are eccentric, humorous, dramatic with an incredibly overactive imagination that's working overtime!
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Title: Ally McBeal
Character: Principal Figgins
Released: September 8, 1997
Type: TV
Ally McBeal is a young lawyer working at the Boston law firm Cage and Fish. Ally's lives and loves are eccentric, humorous, dramatic with an incredibly overactive imagination that's working overtime!
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That Thing You Do!
Title: That Thing You Do!
Character: Mr. Patterson
Released: October 4, 1996
Type: Movie
A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with lots of help from its manager.
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Title: Everybody Loves Raymond
Character: Scott
Released: September 13, 1996
Type: TV
Ray Barone is a successful sportswriter living on Long Island with his wife Debra, daughter Ally, and twin sons, Geoffrey and Michael. That's the good news. The bad news? Ray's meddling parents, Frank and Marie, live directly across the street and embrace the motto "Su casa es mi casa," infiltrating their son's home to an extent unparalleled in television history.
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Title: Touched by an Angel
Character: Sgt. Richardson
Released: September 21, 1994
Type: TV
Monica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who are at a crossroads in their lives.
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Title: ER
Character: Dr. Sayers
Released: September 19, 1994
Type: TV
ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.
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Title: Frasier
Character: Principal
Released: September 16, 1993
Type: TV
After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a radio psychiatrist after his policeman father gets shot in the hip on duty.
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Title: The X-Files
Character: Mark Johnson
Released: September 10, 1993
Type: TV
The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries that debunk Mulder's work and thus return him to mainstream cases.
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Title: Family Matters
Released: September 22, 1989
Type: TV
A long-running dramedy centering on the Winslow family, a middle-class African American family living in Chicago, and their pesky next-door neighbor, ultra-nerd Steve Urkel. A spin-off of Perfect Strangers.
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Nice Girls Don't Explode
Title: Nice Girls Don't Explode
Character: Dick
Released: February 1, 1987
Type: Movie
April has a problem. Whenever she gets anything like passionate with a guy all sorts of things seem to spontaneously combust. The only men she meets more then once are firefighters. Actually, it's Mom's way of trying to keep her little girl to herself, but new boyfriend Andy is having none of such nonsense. So the heat's on. Unfortunately it's Fluffy the cat who keeps getting caught in the middle.
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The Student Body
Title: The Student Body
Character: Joe
Released: May 18, 1976
Type: Movie
Carrie, Mitzie, and Chicago get in trouble a lot in the women's prison, but are offered early parolement if they agree to become subjects of a study on human aggression and antisocial behavior at a Kansas City college. Dr. Blalock, the professor in charge of the study, is accepting money under the table from a shady government contact to use an experimental drug on the women. The drug induces the same hostile behavior the doctor is supposedly trying to cure, and after a while the women have a hard time conducting themselves in a civil manner.