Best Known As: Television Actor

Gist:  Jason Bradford Priestley (born August 28, 1969) is a Canadian-American actor and film director. He is best known as the virtuous Brandon Walsh on the television series Beverly Hills, 90210, a role which catapulted him to recognition in the early 1990s.

Life Facts:  Born Jason Bradford Priestley on August 28, 1969 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, Priestley became a naturalized American in 2007. He is a graduate of Argyle Secondary School in North Vancouver.

He has a twin sister, Justine Priestley, and two step siblings, Karin and Kristi. He is of English ancestry.

Priestley dated Beverly Hills, 90210 co-star Shannen Doherty between 1990-1991, later admitting on The Howard Stern Show that the two had slept together. Between 1992?1997, Priestley lived with actress Christine Elise, who had a recurring role on Beverly Hills, 90210 as Emily Valentine. In 1999, he married make-up artist Ashlee Petersen, whom he met on the set of Beverly Hills, 90210. They divorced in 2000.

In 2005, he married make-up artist Naomi Lowde. On July 2, 2007, he became a father to daughter, Ava Veronica, with his wife Naomi. She weighed 7 lbs, 4 oz at birth. On April 13, 2009, Priestley announced that he and his wife were expecting their second child a son, who was born on July 9, 2009.

On July 9, 2007, he revealed on Late Night with Conan O'Brien that he had become an American citizen several weeks prior.

Priestley has a twin sister, Justine Priestley, who is also an actress. He tried to get her to audition for the role of Brenda Walsh on Beverly Hills 90210. Although this never came to pass, she did appear in a couple of episodes on the 90210 spin-off show Melrose Place in 1996.

Career Facts:  Jason Priestley first started his television career in 1989 on the short-lived sitcom Sister Kate which starred Stephanie Beacham. He played Todd, one of the foster kids under the care of Sister Kate, an English nun. In 1990, Priestley was chosen as Brandon Walsh on the hit series Beverly Hills, 90210. He also directed nineteen of the show's episodes. He remained on the show until 1998, when Brandon moved to Washington, DC. Brandon was the last Walsh to leave the show, however, Priestley would continue to serve as an executive producer until the show's cancellation in 2000.

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 WB show What I Like About You and a February 2006 appearance on Without a Trace. Priestley has also made several films, his most notable role perhaps being in 1997's Love and Death on Long Island, in which he played a teen idol struggling to be taken seriously as an actor. He directed the nineteenth episode in the ?nal season of 7th Heaven. He also directed two episodes of The Secret Life of the American Teenager "Slice of Life"and "Just Say No". They appeared on August 26, 2008 and September 9, 2008 on ABC Family.

On July 15, 2007 he returned to series television as one of the lead males in Lifetime Television's comedy-drama Side Order of Life.

On October 15, 2008 TV Guide announced that Priestley will make a guest appearance on NBC?s My Name Is Earl. Priestley will play Blake, Earl's better-looking and more successful cousin.

On November 11, 2008, TV Guide reported that Priestley will direct five episodes of Secret Life. Priestley directed the episode when Tori Spelling returned to 90210.

On August 2009, Priestley directed and co- produced all 12 episodes of the web- series The Lake on TheWB.com