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Director, Actor Born: August 28, 1969 in Vancouver, BC, Canada Biography: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 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 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"... Full Biography
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