Home News Photos Video Forums Download What's New
   register  forgot
Jason Priestley


Advertisement




Jason Priestley


Birth Place: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Date of Birth: August 28, 1969
Heritage: Canadian
Famous for: His role as Brandon Walsh on TV series Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990-1998)

Contact Jason Priestley

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, Jason Priestley got back 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 Jason Priestley on Sister Kate and suggested that her father audition him for a role in the upcoming Fox series Beverly Hills 90210. Jason Priestley was cast as Brandon Walsh, twin brother of the estimable Brenda (Shannen Doherty).

Like many of his young series co-stars, Jason 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. Jason 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 Jason 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, Jason 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, Jason Priestley was undoubtedly happy that the limelight's glare had dimmed: Arrested for drunken driving after crashing his car into some trash cans, Jason Priestley was sentenced to five days in a Los Angeles jail.

Credit: netglimse.com

Updates
1,000+ NAMES LISTED! NOW WITH OVER 100,000 PHOTOS!
 
Submit Your Email
Get new photos fast! New photos are exclusively for Newsletter Subscribers only.

 
Our Partners
AllMoviePhoto.com: Jason Priestley
Jason Priestley movie stills from the mainstream movies, also feature original theme wallpaper
AbsoluteNow.com: Jason Priestley
Jason Priestley Pictures
AllMoviePortal.com: Jason Priestley
Movie Reviews and Photos!
CelebrityWonder.com: Jason Priestley
News, trivia, photos & movies
RottenTomatoes.com: Jason Priestley
Jason Priestley posters, filmography, news, and forum.
CelebrityWonder News
Absolutely Celebrity Network
Red Carpet Photos
The A-List
Moono
Entertainment News
Movie Reviews
 
Celeb Forums
Hang out with celebrity, movie & music lovers! Thousand of active members, check out, at least 200+ people online now. Visit Us
 

 
More Jason Priestley Pictures from CelebrityWonder.com
SuperiorPics.com © 2007
Home            News             Photos             Video            Forums          Download           What's New