He was working as an assistant in the gardening department at his local
B&Q store in
Chiswick when he received the news that he had landed the role that began his acting career in 1988 in
Reunion. He was then cast as 'Leonard / Jeremy Lands' in the
Harold Pinter play
Another Time. He went on to play 'Marcelus' alongside
Mel Gibson in the
Franco Zeffirelli film
Hamlet (1990). He starred opposite
Kate Beckinsale,
Sam Neill and
Judy Davis in the Hallmark production
One Against the Wind, and alongside
Stephen Dorff in
The Power of One, directed by John G. Avilsden. In 2021, Anholt played
T. S. Eliot in William Nunez's
The Laureate depicting the life of British poet and writer
Robert Graves.
Steven Spielberg selected Anholt to play
Clive Owen's brother in the TV series pilot ''Class Of '61''. He appeared in the
BBC's
Money For Nothing. He has been featured in
Seventeen opposite
Rachel Weisz, in
Hard Times opposite
Richard E. Grant and Sir
Alan Bates, and in
The Harpist. This was followed by
Preaching to the Perverted,
The Ruby Ring, and in George Milton's
Appetite. Anholt returned to the
West End in
Terence Rattigan's
In Praise of Love and was cast by Harold Pinter and director
David Jones opposite Pinter himself, in
The Hothouse. In 1999 Anholt was cast as Nigel Bailey in
Relic Hunter which ran for three seasons. After that Anholt guest starred in two episodes of
Adventure Inc, alongside
Michael Biehn, and had a cameo in
The Conclave. He appeared opposite
James Franco and
Jean Reno in the World War One drama
Flyboys, and can be seen alongside
Thora Birch in
Dark Corners. In 2007 Anholt appeared in the movie,
Ben 10 Race Against Time, in which he played an alien called 'Eon'. In more recent years he appeared in several short movies such as
Severed Garden,
Ghosted and
Meanders. In 2014 Anholt returned to the stage and since then he has appeared in numerous plays such as
Blue Bird,
Wastwater,
Dog Ends,
Montagu,
The Two Faces of Agent Lacey,
The Trial of Jane Fonda, and
Permanence. He also appeared on the small screen in
Doctors and
Holby City. He also does voice-over work such as in
The Rise and Fall of Hitler. == Other endeavours ==