David Anders
Johnathan “Uncle John” Gilbert
David Anders Holt was born on March 11, 1981, and as we know, is an American television and stage actor, best known for his roles as Julian Sark on “Alias” (2002), as Adam Monroe on “Heroes” (2007) and recently for his role as Johnathan Gilbert on “The Vampire Diaries” (2010).
Johnathan “Uncle John” Gilbert
John
Gilbert is Grayson Gilbert’s brother, uncle of Elena & Jeremy or at
least that’s what everyone thought until episode 21 where Isobel
dropped the bomb at the end of the episode when she asked to John to
keep the Salvatore brothers away from Elena because yes, surprise,
surprise, he is Elena’s biological father.
But
that was not the whole story about this mysterious character; the fact
is that as a member of The Founder’s Council, John returns to Mystic
Falls, to be greeted by Mayor Lockwood for his services to town, very
nice of him huh? Well don’t be so sure about it, because that’s not
exactly why he’s only in Mystic, the truth is that he came back to
execute his plan, yes, eliminate all the vampires released from the tomb
including of course the Salvatore brothers, how? Using his ancestor’s
invention, an invention created to emit a noise tone harmless for humans
but renders vampires and werewolves helpless by a deafening sound.
When
he gets this device at the season finale, he actually captures the
vampires who escaped from the tomb & burned them, but not everything
could work perfectly for this guy right? Of course not, believing his
quest to be finished, he returns to the Gilbert’s house were he talked
to Elena about why he had done it & why he kept the truth about
their bond for so long. However, she then cut off his fingers to dispose
the ring that kept him from dying before stabbing him, at that point,
John realizes that he wasn’t talking to Elena but no other else than to,
yes, surprise for him and for all of us, to Katherine.
What’s
going to happen with John? Well that’s an uncertain picture, but what
we can assure you is that at least we’re going to see him on the first
episode of season 2, where Miss Katherine Pierce will make her dangerous
appearance to complete the love square.
David Anders’ Filmography
His first role was in 2001 in Olsen twins’ series “So Little Time” and then he got a role in “Alias” the same year as Julian Sark until 2006, but between those 5 years he also appeared on TV shows such as “Charmed”, “CSI” & “Grey’s Anatomy”.
Also in 2005 he participated on a rock musical called “Beautiful” and appeared in the film “Circadian Rhythm”. Later in 2007 played a regular role in 2nd season of “Heroes” as Adam Monroe and then in 2010, he got the role as Johnathan Gilbert in the TV series “The Vampire Diaries”, so far he is working in 2 movies; “Into the Blue 2: The Reef” and “The Revenant”
Written by: MaryJo @Maryjo1203
Edited by: Carisa @MNTwilightMom/@MNMysticVamp
