
Beau Holden
Actor · Born January 15, 1960 (66) · Bogalusa, Louisiana, USA
Gregory "Beau" Holden began his film career in 1986 when he was hired as personal bodyguard for Richard Gere during the filming of Tri-Star's, "No Mercy." He went on to work with Gere on his next film, "Miles from Home" in 1987. In 1987 he was hired as personal bodyguard and driver for Dennis Quaid in "Everybody's All-American." After wrapping the film he relocated to Los Angeles and began working full time with Dennis as his personal assistant and driver. The two worked together on 31 film and television projects from 1987 to 2008, in many states as well as several foreign countries. Beau worked with Quaid again in 2018 on "I Can Only Imagine." In 1991 Beau joined the Screen Actor's Guild (SAG-AFTRA) after being cast in a utility stunt scene in the feature film, "Wilder Napalm." Holden's first speaking role came in 1995's, "Something to Talk About" as "Frank" in a party scene with Julia Roberts and Quaid. In 2000 Beau was cast by Steven Soderbergh in "Traffic" as "Cal Trans - D.E.A. Agent." (7th Annual Screen Actor's Guild Awards - Best Ensemble Cast 2001). His biggest role to date was as "Ted Gassner" the low-level fence tortured in the garage scene by Johnny Tran with more than a mouth-full of Motor Oil in, "The Fast and the Furious." He continued with supporting roles in various feature films and television projects, most notably HBO's, "Dinner With Friend's" directed by Norman Jewison. He has also appeared as a utility stunt performer in several films and was the stunt driver in the Jaguar X Type for the award winning, "Jaguar vs Snow Plow," Super Bowl commercial in 2002. In 2008 Holden began working with various Actors, Directors and Producers as personal security, driver and personal assistant, most notably, Nicolas Cage on eight of his films. In 2017 he began working as personal driver for Mahershala Ali on "Green Book" and in 2018 on HBO's "True Detective Season 3." He has also worked on various films as personal driver/security for Michael Keaton. Mick Jagger, James Gandolfini, Meg Ryan, Sharon Stone, Aaron Eckhart and Robert Pattinson on the final two Twilight films, "The Twilight Saga; Breaking Dawn - Part 1 & 2".
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Biography from IMDb.
- January 15, 1960 (66)
- Bogalusa, Louisiana, USA
- Actor
- 12 on MovieCove
Known for
Where can I watch Beau Holden's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Beau Holden's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
12 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page.

Now You See Me(2013)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films
American Dreamz(2006)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
Yours, Mine & Ours(2005)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
The Rookie(2002)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Dinner with Friends(2001)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
The Fast and the Furious(2001)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Traffic(2000)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Big Eden(2000)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
The Parent Trap(1998)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Something to Talk About(1995)
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films
No Mercy(1986)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Career shape
Film career
Peak 2001 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
Billing
Counts over their MovieCove titles; a title counts in every role they held on it. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.



