Meet Boyd Holbrook, the Narcos star who plays brash podcaster Bro Hartman on The Morning Show
From Kentucky roots to Hollywood star, the latest addition to the Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon drama is shaking things up in season 4
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter at the premiere of season four, Holbrook described his character as an “antithesis to legacy media” with “zero editorial oversight”. The actor – who you may have seen on the small screen in Narcos or The Sandman, or on the big screen in Logan (2017) or A Complete Unknown (2024) – is quickly establishing himself as a force to be reckoned with.
So what else do we know about him? Read on to find out.
Boyd Holbrook’s family
How did he get into acting?
Holbrook was inspired to pursue acting by the 1998 drama film Slam, he told Interview magazine. The Big C star received formal training at film school, learning from teachers at New York University and Columbia University, though he did not complete his degree. His tuition fees came from working graveyard shifts for UPS before he dropped out. Holbrook then joined a theatre company at the advice of fellow actor Michael Shannon, starting out as a carpenter before he began acting. He made his screen debut in Gus Van Sant’s Milk (2008). During a conversation with Harper’s Bazaar, Holbrook shared that the director had rejected a screenplay he sent him, offering him the role of Denton Smith instead.