Up for auction an EARLY! "Beverly Hills,90210" Jason Priestley Hand Signed 10X8 Color Photo. This item is authenticated
by Todd Mueller Autographs and comes with their certificate of authenticity.
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Jason Bradford Priestley (born
August 28, 1969) is a Canadian-American actor and director. He is best
known as the virtuous Brandon Walsh on the
television series Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990–2000),
also his role starring as Richard "Fitz" Fitzpatrick in the
show Call Me Fitz (2010–2013)
and for his role starring as Matt Shade in the Canadian series Private Eyes (2016–present).
Jason Bradford Priestley was born on August 28, 1969, in North
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. His mother, Sharon Kirk, was an actress and acting
coach. He is a graduate of Argyle Secondary School in
North Vancouver. He has an older sister, actress Justine Priestley, and two step-siblings, Karin and Kristi. He
became a naturalized American
citizen in 2007. Priestley first started his television career doing
commercials for companies such as Fletcher's Meats and then guest-starring as
Bobby Conrad a.k.a. Roberto Coronado Jr., a mobster's grandson, in the early
1987 episode "A Piece of Cake" from the fourth and final season of
the television series Airwolf, and appeared in two episodes
of 21 Jump Street in
1987–88, then moved on to the 1989 short-lived sitcom Sister Kate, which
starred Stephanie Beacham. He
played Todd, one of the foster children under the care of Sister Kate, an
English nun. In 1989 he played the lead role in the 12 episode series Teen
Angel. His character is a teenager who died and is trying to gain entrance to
heaven as an angel. In
1990 Priestley was chosen as Brandon Walsh on the
hit series Beverly Hills, 90210.
The show garnered worldwide fame and popularity and made Priestley a teen idol, he was nominated for two Golden Globes for his work on the show. He also directed
15 of the show's episodes. He remained on the show until 1998, when Brandon
moved to Washington, D.C. Brandon was the last Walsh to leave the show;
however, Priestley would continue to serve as an executive producer until the
show ended in 2000. Priestley joined the cast of Tru Calling as Jack Harper during
2004 and 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 19th episode in the final 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.
Priestley made a guest appearance on NBC's My Name Is Earl in 2008. He played Blake, Earl's
better-looking and more successful cousin. That year, Priestley directed
five episodes of Secret Life. Priestley directed the episode
when Tori Spelling returned
to 90210. In 2009
Priestley directed and co-produced all 12 episodes of the Web series The
Lake on TheWB.com. In December 2009 along with Dougray Scott, Brian Cox, and Eddie Izzard, Priestley was featured in The Day of
the Triffids, written by Patrick Harbinson, whose credits
include ER and Law & Order. The drama is based on John Wyndham's best-selling post-apocalyptic novel, The
Day of the Triffids.