• Name: Jason Priestley
  • Date of Birth: August 28, 1969
  • Place of Birth: North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Mini-bio: The son of a Canadian actress, Jason Priestley began his own career as a child actor in TV commercials. After dropping out of acting in his teens to concentrate on high-school sports, Priestley got ba... read moreck in the professional swim following graduation, accepting one-shot roles on such Canada-based TV series as 21 Jump Street. The young actor's first American TV assignment was the regular role of teen orphan Todd Mahaffey on the 1989 sitcom Sister Kate. Producer Aaron Spelling's daughter Tori spotted Priestley on Sister Kate and suggested that her father audition him for a role in the upcoming Fox series Beverly Hills 90210. Priestley was cast as Brandon Walsh, twin brother of the estimable Brenda (Shannen Doherty).Like many of his young series co-stars, Priestley was intent on laying the groundwork for life after 90210. Though his first major film role in Penny Marshall's Calendar Girl (1993) came and went without fanfare, he enjoyed some success as a 90210 director. Priestley encountered further success and even critical vindication with his turn as Ronnie Bostock, the B-movie hunk who steals John Hurt's heart in Love and Death on Long Island (1997). Critics warmed to Priestley's performance, noting that his days of idolatry had given him overly adequate preparation for his portrayal. Unlike other teen idols who rue the day when the fan mail will cease, Priestley once claimed he was happy that his idoldom seems to be on a downward slide: "It's like having a big cancerous lesion on your shoulder. Because people are fickle, man." On March 28, 2000, Priestley was undoubtedly happy that the limelight's glare had dimmed: Arrested for drunken driving after crashing his car into some trash cans, he was sentenced to five days in a Los Angeles jail. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Replace this image with an actor photoJason Priestley mini-bio: Jason Bradford Priestley is best known for his role on the television series Beverly Hills, 90210 as the virtuous Brandon Walsh. He also appeared on the short-lived television series Sister Kate (1989). He received positive reviews for his work in Love and Death on Long Island (1997), in which he played a teen idol. From 2004-2005, he played Jack Harper, a series regular on Tru Calling, and in 2006, joined the series Love Monkey. His hobbies include race car driving. He has provided commentary and interviews of racers for ABC's television coverage of IndyCar racing. In 1999 he participated in the first Gumball 3000 rally, driving a Lotus Esprit V-8. In August 2002, he was seriously injured during a practice run at the Kentucky Speedway when his Indy Pro Series car crashed into a wall at nearly 180 miles per hour during practice. He was fortunate to make a quick and full recovery. He was nursed back to health by his then-girlfriend Naomi Lowde, whom he married in May 2005. In February 2006, the couple announced that they are expecting their first child, due in summer.

He was a big fan of the band Barenaked Ladies, and directed the music video for "The Old Apartment", and used his fame to persuade American stations to air it. He did just that, and also invited the band to play at the "Peach Pit After Dark" on an episode of "90210."

In 2000, Priestley made his West End theatre debut in Side Man. He appeared in an episode of Without a Trace in February 2006.

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