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'' (1996), ''

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'' (2001) and ''

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'' (2007).

Career

Prior to pursuing an acting career, Osborne had jobs as a car salesman and as an English teacher. In 1966 when still a student at the

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, he began making training videos and short motivational clips that would typically be shown as business events and seminars. By 1996, he had created over 500 of these videos. He did act in live theater but gave it up around 1983 as the wages were insufficient to support his family, with one of his last theater roles being in the musical ''Blanco!'' in summer 1983. In 1996, Osborne played the protagonist's father in the

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-directed musical comedy-drama movie ''

'' and had a recurring role in the

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''From the Earth to the Moon'', broadcast in 1998. Shortly afterwards the following year, he played the role of Gordon LaRiviere in ''Affliction'', filmed during early 1997. Osborne secured the role after submitting an audition tape and did not meet the director until he arrived on set. In 1999, he guest starred, along with

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(reprising his role as Frank Black), in an episode of ''

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'' as a necromancer for the Millennium Group. In 2000, he starred as

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's father in the teen comedy ''

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''. Osborne then starred as Eddie Darko, the main character's father, in the science fiction drama movie ''

.'' He lauded director Richard Kelly's "spontaneity" on set. He also appeared in the family comedy ''

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'' (2003). The following year, he co-starred in the comedy movie '' Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy''. In 2006, Osborne he appeared as the main villain in the Disney movie ''

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''. In 2007, he reunited with Donnie Darko director Richard Kelly on the political satire ''

'', and again in 2009 on the psychological thriller '' The Box''. Also in 2009, he co-starred in the comedy movie ''

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''. In 2011, he has a supporting role in the Tom Hanks movie ''

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''. He has made appearances on television series such as '' House M. D.'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and had a recurring role on the ABC science fiction series ''

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''.

Personal

Osborne is married to Candace and in 1996, reportedly lived in the same house where he grew up. He is an avid fisherman.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Osborne, Holmes 1947 births American male film actors American male television actors Living people Male actors from Kansas City, Missouri 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors