JASON PRIESTLEY

'Jason Priestley' (born August 281969) is a naturalized American actor and film director.
Born Jason Bradford Priestley in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, he is known primarily as the virtuous Brandon Walsh on the television series ''Beverly Hills, 90210''. The role catapulted him to fame in the early 1990s.
Jason's twin sister is actress, Justine Priestley, who he tried to get to audition for the role of Brenda Walsh on ''Beverly Hills 90210''. Ironically she ended up guest starring in a couple of episodes on the spin-off show ''Melrose Place''.
Priestley joined the cast of ''Tru Calling'' as Jack Harper from 2004-2005. He was also a regular on the 2006 program ''Love Monkey''. His television work also includes the 1989 series ''Sister Kate'', the WB show ''What I Like About You'', 1997's ''Love and Death on Long Island'', in which he played a teen idol, and a February 2006 appearance on ''Without a Trace''.
July 2007 was a month of landmarks for Priestley. On July 2nd, he became a father to daughter, Ava, with his wife Naomi. She weighed 7 lbs, 4 oz.^[1]
On July 9th, he revealed on ''The David Letterman Show'' that he had become an American citizen a couple of weeks prior. On July 15th, he returned to series television as one of the lead males in Lifetime Television's new comedy-drama ''Side Order of Life'', and he made his directorial debut with a Lifetime television movie entitled ''Don't Cry Now'', which was broadcast on July 22nd.

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Race car driving

Filmography

References

External links

Race car driving

His hobbies include race car driving. He rallied a Toyota Celica All-trac ST185 in the SCCA Pro Rally Series. 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 222002, 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, on Paradise Island, in the Bahamas.
==Promotional activity for Barenaked Ladies==
Priestley is a big fan of the band Barenaked Ladies and went to many of their California concerts in the early to mid-1990s. He eventually met the band and in his desire to help them succeed, suggested that he direct the music video for "The Old Apartment", and use 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''. Ed Robertson of the band cites him as instrumental in their American success. His final notable contribution to the band came when he directed a feature-length documentary about the band's 1999 whirlwind of success entitled ''Barenaked in America'', intending to capture on film the fun he had while riding around on the tour bus with the band.

Filmography

★ ''The Boy Who Could Fly'' (1986)

★ ''Watchers'' (1988)

★ ''Nowhere to Run'' (1989)

★ ''Tombstone'' (1993)

★ ''Calendar Girl'' (1993)

★ ''Coldblooded'' (1995)

★ ''Hacks'' (1997)

★ ''Love and Death on Long Island'' (1997)

★ ''Conversations in Limbo'' (1998)

★ ''The Thin Pink Line'' (1998)

★ ''Choose Life'' (1999)

★ ''The Highwayman'' (1999)

★ ''Standing on Fishes'' (1999)

★ ''Eye of the Beholder'' (1999)

★ ''Dill Scallion'' (1999)

★ ''Zigs'' (2000)

★ ''The Fourth Angel'' (2001)

★ ''Darkness Falling'' (2002)

★ ''Fancy Dancing'' (2002)

★ ''Time of the Wolf'' (2002)

★ ''Cover Story'' (2002)

★ ''Cherish'' (2002)

★ ''Warning: Parental Advisory'' (2002)

★ ''The True Meaning of Christmas Specials'' (2002)

★ ''Die, Mommie, Die!'' (2003)

★ ''Sleep Murder'' (2003)

★ ''Going The Distance'' (2004)

★ ''Hockey Mom'' (2004)

★ ''I Want To Marry Ryan Banks'' (2004)

★ ''Hot Tamale'' (2005)

★ ''Above and Beyond'' (2005)

★ ''The Lady in Question is Charles Busch'' (2006)

★ ''Everest '82'' (2007)

★ ''The Screwfly Solution'' (2007)

★ ''Don't Cry Now'' (2007)

References

1. Jason Priestley: First Look at My Daughter "Took My Breath Away"

External links

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★ http://www.officialjasonpriestley.com/