Dana Ashbrook
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Dana V. Ashbrook is an American
actor
, perhaps best known for playing Bobby Briggs on the cult TV series Twin Peaks
(1990–1991) and its 1992 prequel film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me.
; his mother is a teacher and his father a director of a college drama department. He is the brother of writer Taylor Ashbrook and actress Daphne Ashbrook
.
went off the air, Ashbrook portrayed Clyde Barrow in the 1992 TV film, Bonnie & Clyde: The True Story alongside Tracey Needham
. He starred in the 1995 science fiction TV pilot W.E.I.R.D. World, written and produced by the makers of the Tales from the Crypt
TV show. In 1997, he won the starring role of Gary McDermott on the short-lived TV series Crisis Center.
He also starred in the films She's Out of Control
(1989), Comfortably Numb (1995), The Last Place On Earth (2002) and Python II
(2002). He played the recurring role of Rich Rinaldi on the TV series Dawson's Creek
(2002–2003).
Ashbrook has appeared on The WB's Charmed
in the 2001 episode "Just Harried", on NBC
's The Pretender
in the 2000 episode "Rules of Engagement", on The Outer Limits
in the 1996 episode "Resurrection
", and on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
in the 2007 episode "Haystack".
In 2009, Ashbrook joined the cast of the series Crash
for the regular part of Jimmy.
In 2010, he reunited with some of the cast of Twin Peaks on the show Psych
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, perhaps best known for playing Bobby Briggs on the cult TV series Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks is an American television serial drama created by David Lynch and Mark Frost. The series follows the investigation headed by FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper , of the murder of a popular teenager and homecoming queen, Laura Palmer...
(1990–1991) and its 1992 prequel film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me.
Personal life
Ashbrook was born in San Diego, CaliforniaSan Diego, California
San Diego is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest city in California. The city is located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, immediately adjacent to the Mexican border. The birthplace of California, San Diego is known for its mild year-round...
; his mother is a teacher and his father a director of a college drama department. He is the brother of writer Taylor Ashbrook and actress Daphne Ashbrook
Daphne Ashbrook
Daphne Lee Ashbrook is an American actress.-Personal life:Daphne Ashbrook was raised in the San Diego, CA area. Her parents are San Diego theatre actress D'Ann Paton and late actor/Director Buddy Ashbrook...
.
Career
After Twin PeaksTwin Peaks
Twin Peaks is an American television serial drama created by David Lynch and Mark Frost. The series follows the investigation headed by FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper , of the murder of a popular teenager and homecoming queen, Laura Palmer...
went off the air, Ashbrook portrayed Clyde Barrow in the 1992 TV film, Bonnie & Clyde: The True Story alongside Tracey Needham
Tracey Needham
Tracey Needham is a Texas-born American actress best known as Paige Thatcher on Life Goes On during the series' second to fourth seasons , and then on the first season of JAG as Lt. Meg Austin .-Biography:...
. He starred in the 1995 science fiction TV pilot W.E.I.R.D. World, written and produced by the makers of the Tales from the Crypt
Tales from the Crypt (TV series)
Tales from the Crypt, sometimes titled HBO's Tales from the Crypt, is an American horror anthology television series that ran from 1989 to 1996 on the premium cable channel HBO...
TV show. In 1997, he won the starring role of Gary McDermott on the short-lived TV series Crisis Center.
He also starred in the films She's Out of Control
She's Out of Control
She's Out of Control is an independent American 1989 coming of age comedy film starring Tony Danza, Ami Dolenz and Catherine Hicks. The original music score was composed by Alan Silvestri...
(1989), Comfortably Numb (1995), The Last Place On Earth (2002) and Python II
Python II
Python II is a 2002 sequel to the 2000 film Python. The film stars Billy Zabka reprising his role as Greg Larson from the first film, along with Dana Ashbrook and Simmone Mackinnon....
(2002). He played the recurring role of Rich Rinaldi on the TV series Dawson's Creek
Dawson's Creek
Dawson's Creek is an American teen drama television series which debuted on January 20, 1998, on The WB Television Network and was produced by Sony Pictures Television. The show is set in the fictional seaside town of Capeside, Massachusetts, and in Boston, Massachusetts, during the later seasons...
(2002–2003).
Ashbrook has appeared on The WB's Charmed
Charmed
Charmed is an American television series that originally aired from October 7, 1998, until May 21, 2006, on the now defunct The WB Television Network. The series was created in 1998 by writer Constance M...
in the 2001 episode "Just Harried", on NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
's The Pretender
The Pretender (TV series)
The Pretender is an American television series that aired on NBC from 1996 to 2000. The series starred Michael T. Weiss as Jarod, a genius and former child prodigy with "the ability to become anyone he wants to be," i.e., to flawlessly impersonate anyone in virtually any line of work...
in the 2000 episode "Rules of Engagement", on The Outer Limits
The Outer Limits (1995 TV series)
The Outer Limits is an American television series that originally aired on Showtime,the Sci Fi Channel and in syndication between 1995 and 2002...
in the 1996 episode "Resurrection
Resurrection (episode)
"Resurrection" is an episode of The Outer Limits television show. It first aired on 14 January 1996. This episode is the conclusion of the Innobotics story arc, which began with "Valerie 23" and continued with "Mary 25" and "In Our Own Image"; however, the episodes were not broadcast in the order...
", and on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it is also primarily produced...
in the 2007 episode "Haystack".
In 2009, Ashbrook joined the cast of the series Crash
Crash (2008 TV series)
Crash is an American television drama series set in Los Angeles, California. It is the first original series produced by the Starz network. The network ordered a 13 episode season which premiered on October 17, 2008. The series is based on the 2004 film of the same name. It was developed for...
for the regular part of Jimmy.
In 2010, he reunited with some of the cast of Twin Peaks on the show Psych
Psych
Psych is an American detective comedy-drama television series created by Steve Franks and broadcast on USA Network. It stars James Roday as Shawn Spencer, a young crime consultant for the Santa Barbara Police Department whose "heightened observational skills" and impressive detective instincts...
.
Filmography
- Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! (1978)
- Return of the Living Dead Part IIReturn of the Living Dead Part IIReturn of the Living Dead Part II is an American zombie horror comedy film that was released in 1988. It was written and directed by Ken Wiederhorn. The film was released by Lorimar Motion Pictures on January 8, 1988, and was a minor box office success, making over $9 million at the box office in...
(1988) - WaxworkWaxwork (1988 film)Waxwork is a 1988 horror comedy film starring Zach Galligan and Deborah Foreman.-Plot:In a small suburban town a wax museum appears, seemingly overnight. The owner invites two college students, Sarah and China, to attend that night with four more guests of their choice...
(1988) - She's Out of ControlShe's Out of ControlShe's Out of Control is an independent American 1989 coming of age comedy film starring Tony Danza, Ami Dolenz and Catherine Hicks. The original music score was composed by Alan Silvestri...
(1989) - Sundown: The Vampire in RetreatSundown: The Vampire in RetreatSundown: The Vampire in Retreat is a Western horror/comedy directed by Anthony Hickox, and written by John Burgess and Anthony Hickox. Filmed in and around Moab, Utah, in 1988, Sundown was Vestron Pictures' last film and it was never released to theaters. Its only public screenings were at film...
(1990) - Ghost DadGhost DadAs part of the publicity for the movie, a Ghost Dad novelization written by Mel Cebulash was released the year of the film's debut.-Critical reaction:...
(1990) - Girlfriend from HellGirlfriend From HellGirlfriend From Hell is a 1989 comedy/horror B-movie starring actor Dana Ashbrook of Twin Peaks fame, and Liane Curtis of "Sixteen Candles", as well as several B-movies of the 80s. Directed by Dan Peterson...
(1990) - The Willies (1991)
- Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
- Cityscrapes: Los AngelesCityscrapes: Los AngelesCityscrapes: Los Angeles is a 1994 film by director Michael Becker and co-written by him and Carlos Aragon and Robert Montalbano. In 10 intertwined stories, the film is a journey through lives of youths in a post modern Los Angeles.-Cast:...
(1994) - The Coriolis Effect (1994)
- Comfortably Numb (1995)
- Interstate 5 (1998)
- Blink of an Eye aka Urban Jungle (1999)
- Puzzled (2001)
- Angels Don't Sleep Here (2001)
- The Last Place on Earth (2002)
- New AlcatrazNew Alcatraz (film)New Alcatraz , is a 2001 Sci-fi channel original B-Horror Movie. It was directed by natural horror king, Phillip J...
(2002)
Television
- Cagney & LaceyCagney & LaceyCagney & Lacey is an American television series that originally aired on the CBS television network for seven seasons from October 8, 1981 to May 16, 1988...
(1 episode, 1986) - Knots LandingKnots LandingKnots Landing is an American primetime television soap opera that aired from December 27, 1979 to May 13, 1993 on CBS. Set in a fictitious coastal suburb of Los Angeles in California, the show centered on the lives of four married couples living in a cul-de-sac, Seaview Circle...
(2 episodes, 1987) - ABC Afterschool SpecialABC Afterschool SpecialThe ABC Afterschool Special is an American television anthology series that aired on ABC from 1972 to 1996, usually in the late afternoon on week days. Most of the episodes were dramatic presentations of situations, often controversial, of interest to children and teenagers. Several episodes were...
(1 episode, 1987) - 21 Jump Street21 Jump Street21 Jump Street is an American police procedural crime drama television series that aired on the Fox Network from April 12, 1987, to April 27, 1991, with a total of 103 episodes. The series focused on a squad of youthful-looking undercover police officers investigating crimes in high schools,...
(1 episode, 1988) - Twin PeaksTwin PeaksTwin Peaks is an American television serial drama created by David Lynch and Mark Frost. The series follows the investigation headed by FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper , of the murder of a popular teenager and homecoming queen, Laura Palmer...
(27 episodes, 1990–1991) - The Hidden Room (1 episode, 1991)
- Bonnie & Clyde: The True Story (1992)
- Desperate Journey: The Allison Wilcox Story (1993)
- Golden Gate (1994)
- W.E.I.R.D. World (1995)
- The Outer LimitsThe Outer Limits (1995 TV series)The Outer Limits is an American television series that originally aired on Showtime,the Sci Fi Channel and in syndication between 1995 and 2002...
(1 episode, 1996) - Crisis Center (5 episodes, 1997)
- Welcome to Paradox (1 episode, 1998)
- The PretenderThe Pretender (TV series)The Pretender is an American television series that aired on NBC from 1996 to 2000. The series starred Michael T. Weiss as Jarod, a genius and former child prodigy with "the ability to become anyone he wants to be," i.e., to flawlessly impersonate anyone in virtually any line of work...
(1 episode, 2000) - Jack & JillJack & Jill (TV series)Jack & Jill is an American television series comedy-drama starring Ivan Sergei, Amanda Peet, Jaime Pressly, Justin Kirk, Simon Rex and Sarah Paulson which ran from September 1999 to April 2001 on the WB Network. It was created and executive produced by Randi Mayem Singer.The show's theme song was...
(1 episode, 2001) - CharmedCharmedCharmed is an American television series that originally aired from October 7, 1998, until May 21, 2006, on the now defunct The WB Television Network. The series was created in 1998 by writer Constance M...
(1 episode, 2001) - Python IIPython IIPython II is a 2002 sequel to the 2000 film Python. The film stars Billy Zabka reprising his role as Greg Larson from the first film, along with Dana Ashbrook and Simmone Mackinnon....
(2002) - Dawson's CreekDawson's CreekDawson's Creek is an American teen drama television series which debuted on January 20, 1998, on The WB Television Network and was produced by Sony Pictures Television. The show is set in the fictional seaside town of Capeside, Massachusetts, and in Boston, Massachusetts, during the later seasons...
(9 episodes, 2002–2003) - The DivisionThe DivisionThe Division is an American Lifetime Television original series about a team of women police officers in the San Francisco Police Department. The series premiered on January 7, 2001 and ended on June 28, 2004 after 88 episodes.-Synopsis:...
(1 episode, 2004) - DeadwoodDeadwood (TV series)Deadwood is an American Western drama television series created, produced and largely written by David Milch. The series aired on the premium cable network HBO from March 21, 2004, to August 27, 2006, spanning three 12-episode seasons. The show is set in the 1870s in Deadwood, South Dakota, before...
(1 episode, 2006) - Law & Order: Special Victims UnitLaw & Order: Special Victims UnitLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it is also primarily produced...
(1 episode, 2007) - The Kill PointThe Kill PointThe Kill Point is a television series that follows a group of U.S. Marines recently returned from serving in Iraq as they come together to pull off a major bank heist of a Three Rivers Bank branch in Pittsburgh. The series, produced by Mandeville Films and Lionsgate Television, is the first drama...
(6 episodes, 2007) - CrashCrash (2008 TV series)Crash is an American television drama series set in Los Angeles, California. It is the first original series produced by the Starz network. The network ordered a 13 episode season which premiered on October 17, 2008. The series is based on the 2004 film of the same name. It was developed for...
(2009) - PsychPsychPsych is an American detective comedy-drama television series created by Steve Franks and broadcast on USA Network. It stars James Roday as Shawn Spencer, a young crime consultant for the Santa Barbara Police Department whose "heightened observational skills" and impressive detective instincts...
(Twin Peaks homage: Dual SpiresDual Spires"Dual Spires" is the 12th episode of the fifth season of the American comedy-drama television series Psych, and the 75th episode overall. The episode was directed by Matt Shakman and written by Bill Callahan and series star James Roday...
, 2010) - White CollarWhite Collar (TV series)White Collar is a USA Network television series created by Jeff Eastin, starring Matt Bomer as con-man Neal Caffrey and Tim DeKay as Special Agent Peter Burke. It premiered on October 23, 2009. In December 2009, White Collar was renewed for a second season that began on July 13, 2010...
(1 episode, 2011)