Biography
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).
Known For
Complete Filmography
Rules Don't Apply
2016
as Cappy
It's Hollywood, 1958. Small town beauty queen and devout Baptist virgin Marla Mabrey, under contract to the infamous Howard Hughes, arrives in Los Ang...
Fun Size
2012
as Mr. Brueder
Wren's Halloween plans go awry when she's made to babysit her brother, who disappears into a sea of trick-or-treaters. Accompanied by her best friend ...
Larry Crowne
2011
as David Busik
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 p...
Disconnect
2010
as Russell Simmons
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...
Unthinkable
2010
as General Paulson
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...
The Box
2009
as Dick Burns
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...
All About Steve
2009
as Soloman
After one short blind date, Mary Horowitz, a brilliant and eccentric crossword constructor, is convinced that Steve, a CCN cameraman, is her soul mate...
Southland Tales
2007
as Senator Bobby Frost
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 Santar...
The Comebacks
2007
as Man in Suit
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 lif...
Meet Bill
2007
as Mr. Jacoby
A mild-mannered bank executive mentors a teenage con artist and tries to make a career change as a doughnut merchant.
Dragon Wars: D-War
2007
as Hypnotherapist
Ethan learns he carries the spirit of a warrior who battled dragons in 16th-century Korea -- and one day he'll find a tattooed girl carrying the spiri...
Air Buddies
2006
as Selkirk Tander
The offspring of sportsman canine Air Bud: B-Dawg, Mudbud, Budderball, Buddha, and Rosebud, uncover a kidnapping plot motivated by a little rich boy's...
Walkout
2006
as Principal Ingles
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 st...
Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story
2005
as Doc Fleming
Ben Crane believes that a severely injured racehorse deserves another chance. He and his daughter Cale adopt the mare and save it from being sacrifice...
A Lot Like Love
2005
as Stephen Martin
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...
Confessions of an Action Star
2005
as Richard Orchid
A 'mockumentary' on the rise and fall of Chip and Dales dancer turned martial arts action star, Francis Allen Sledgewick, AKA Frank Sledge. When fame ...
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
2004
as Director
While Ron Burgundy's rivalry with Veronica Corningstone escalates quickly, a group of unprofessional thieves better known as 'The Alarm Clock' try to ...
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
2004
as Director
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 Cornin...
Cheaper by the Dozen
2003
as Nick Gerhard
The Baker brood moves to Chicago after patriarch Tom gets a job coaching football at Northwestern University, forcing his writer wife, Mary, and the c...
A Carol Christmas
2003
as Hal
Carol Cartman, a tempestuous talk show host, is a high-heeled, high-maintenance Scrooge. This insensitive, self-centered and stingy woman is about to ...
The Big Wide World of Carl Laemke
2003
as Dick Tyson
The story of a suburban family in which the father refuses to become an adult.
Identity
2003
as Judge
Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers th...
Waking Up in Reno
2002
as Doc Tuley
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...
The Quiet American
2002
as Bill Granger
Cynical British journalist Fowler falls in love with a young Vietnamese woman but is dismayed when a naïve U.S. official also begins vying for her att...
Windtalkers
2002
as Colonel Hollings
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 ...
Domestic Disturbance
2001
as Shady Tree Motel Clerk
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. Dan...
Living in Missouri
2001
as Uncle Roy
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 prov...
The Deep End
2001
as Loan Officer
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 ...
Donnie Darko
2001
as Eddie Darko
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 ...
Bring It On
2000
as Bruce Shipman
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 n...
Miracle in Lane 2
2000
as Randall
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 b...
Election
1999
as Dick Metzler
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 dem...
The Mod Squad
1999
as Pete's Father
Three youthful delinquents escape conviction for their crimes by teaming with the LAPD.
The White River Kid
1999
as Fergus Kenrod
Two con men are traveling through the American South when they are held hostage by a serial killer who is running from the authorities.
How to Make the Cruelest Month
1998
as Dean Rice
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 ...
Affliction
1997
as Gordon LaRiviere
A small town policeman must investigate a suspicious hunting accident. The investigation and other events result in him slowly disintegrating mentally...
That Thing You Do!
1996
as Mr. Patterson
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.
Murder Ordained
1987
as TV Evangelist
This is the story of a minister who's feeling unhappy in his marriage who then has an affair with a church employee, who is also married, and who also...
Nice Girls Don't Explode
1987
as Dick
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 m...
The Student Body
1976
as Joe
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 o...