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Rob Kolar
Rob Kolar performing in November 2018.
Background information
Occupation(s)
  • Singer-songwriter
  • Producer
  • Composer
  • Actor

Rob Kolar is an American singer-songwriter, producer, composer and actor.[1]

Career

Kolar has been a founding member of such bands as Lemon Sun, He's My Brother She's My Sister (formed with his sister, Rachel, and future wife, Lauren Brown)[2] and KOLARS (with wife Lauren).[3][4]

As a member of He's My Brother She's My Sister,[5] he toured extensively throughout the US, including such festivals as Bonnaroo,[6] Summerfest, Firefly, Secret Garden Party and Austin City Limits. He performed with the group on an April 2013 episode of The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.

A composer for television, Kolar scores The Detour on TBS.[7][8]

As an actor, Kolar co-starred in Monte Hellman's 2010 romantic thriller, Road to Nowhere.[9]

Family

Kolar is the son of film producer Evzen Kolar (1950–2017) and Deborah (née Shaw),[10] and maternal grandson of British actor Robert Shaw.[11] He married bandmate Lauren Brown in September 2014.[11][12]

References

  1. ^ "Discovery: He's My Brother, She's My Sister". Interview. April 16, 2012. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  2. ^ "He's My Brother, She's My Sister Is a Family Affair". myspiltmilk.com. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  3. ^ "Video: Kolars, "Beyond The World Of Man"". buzzbands.la. March 15, 2016. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  4. ^ "Bjorn and the Sun, Kolars, LP at the Echoplex, Monday March 21st 2016". rocknycliveandrecorded.com. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  5. ^ Levy, Piet. "He's My Brother She's My Sister frontman Rob Kolar tells Tap what he's listening to". jsonline.com. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  6. ^ "He's My Brother She's My Sister " Jam in the Van". jaminthevan.com. August 16, 2013. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  7. ^ Lowry, Brian (April 6, 2016). "TV Review: 'The Detour'". Variety. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  8. ^ The Detour, April 11, 2016, retrieved April 10, 2016
  9. ^ "Rob Kolar". IMDb. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  10. ^ "Evzen Kolar Dies: Film Producer of 'Surf Ninjas' & 'City of Industry' Was 67". July 17, 2017.
  11. ^ a b Ciafardini, Marc (June 6, 2016). "Interview…Composer Rob Kolar Takes the Sonic Wheel for 'The Detour' on TBS". goseetalk.com. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
  12. ^ "Brother, sister act is film fest friendly". July 17, 2010.

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