Brian Austin Green Biography

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Brian Austin Green (born Brian Green; July 15, 1973) is an American actor best known for his portrayal of David Silver on the television series, Beverly Hills, 90210, a role he played from 1990 to 2000. Green has also had series regular roles in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (as Derek Reese), Freddie, Wedding Band, and Anger Management, as well as guest starring roles on Smallville (as Metallo) and Desperate Housewives, playing the love interest of Bree Van de Kamp. In 2010, Green married actress Megan Fox, with whom he is raising two sons, one from a previous marriage and another with Megan.

Early life

Green was born in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, the son of Joyce and George Green, who was a country and western musician. He is of Scottish, Irish, and Hungarian descent. His middle name, "Austin" was added to differentiate himself from another actor when he joined the Screen Actor's Guild as a child. Green grew up in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, and attended North Hollywood High School, after attending the Hamilton High School Academy of Music.

Career

Prior to his role on Beverly Hills, 90210, Green had a recurring role for three seasons (1986"1989) on the hit CBS prime time soap opera Knots Landing, playing the role of Brian Cunningham, the son of Abby Cunningham Ewing (Donna Mills). He reprised his role in the 1997 television miniseries, Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac.

Producer Aaron Spelling has stated that Green was cast in the role of David Silver much because he felt that Green's own personality resembled the personality they wanted that character to have. The character was often scripted to reflect Green's own interests. As the series progressed the character began to experiment with hip hop music and DJing, as did Green himself. In 1996, Green dropped "Austin" from his professional name and attempted a career as a rapper, releasing one album, titled One Stop Carnival, produced by The Pharcyde member Slimkid3. In 90's he had a guest star on Growing Pains, Parker Lewis Can't Lose, Melrose Place, Saved by the Bell: The College Years, Fantastic Four, MADtv, Biker Mice from Mars, Malibu Shores, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch and Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac.

Green appeared briefly in the multiple award-winning Showtime drama series Resurrection Blvd. as Luke Bonner, a police officer attending law school in 2001–2004. He had a cameo on Hope & Faith where he met Megan Fox and they started dating in 2004. He appeared on the 2005 ABC sitcom Freddie, starring Freddie Prinze, Jr. before the program's cancellation in May 2006. He was a guest star on The Twilight Zone, Las Vegas (TV series) and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. He also appeared alongside former 90210 cast member Ian Ziering in the Tony Scott film, Domino as parodies of themselves. Green appeared in a horror short called Grace, which was set around a miscarriage gone bad, and features Gilmore Girls actress Liza Weil as his love interest. The short premiered at the Fangoria Weekend of Horrors convention on June 2, 2006 and was reworked as a full-length feature film in 2009. He was a guest star on George Lopez as Chris in 2006.

In 2008, Green was cast as Derek Reese in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, a Resistance fighter sent to the past by the future John Connor. He is the older brother of Kyle Reese (John Connor's father) and paternal uncle of John. Green was recurring in the first season but became a series regular at the start of the second, following a positive response from critics and fans. His character is killed by a Terminator in the penultimate episode but another Derek from an alternate timeline is introduced in the series finale and would have remained on the show if it had been renewed for a third season.

Green guest-starred on the season 7 finale of CSI: Miami as Anthony Green. Green has also been cast in The CW's new drama pilot Body Politic, along with Minka Kelly, Gabrielle Union, and Jason Dohring. The series was not been picked up for fall 2009. Green said in an interview that he was co-producing a big screen adaptation of Fathom, starring Megan Fox. On September 27, 2009, Green made a guest appearance on the television series Saturday Night Live in a skit involving girlfriend (now wife) Megan Fox. In the skit Green played a version of the Transformer Bumblebee in which Bumblebee is merely a man wearing a Bumblebee mask. Green was cast as Clay in One Tree Hill's seventh season. Green then left the cast due to scheduling conflicts and the role was then given to Robert Buckley and he starred as superhero Callan in the Patrick Durham-directed movie Cross, which was released to DVD and download in May 2011.

In 2009, Green was cast as John Corben/Metallo in Smallvile. He appeared in three episodes in the ninth season between 2009–2010, the first being the ninth season premiere episode "Savior". The character is a war-time reporter, similar to the Silver Age John Corben. As a back-story for this version, he had been recently stationed in Afghanistan. When he meets Lois Lane, he expresses his distaste for vigilantes, particularly "the Blur" (Clark Kent). Corben is "reactivated" in the episode "Upgrade" after Tess' scientists are able to correct the initial design flaw in the Kryptonite heart that causes an adrenal overload and resulting psychosis. He reappears in the finale season episode "Prophecy" as a member of Marionette Ventures, with Supergirl assigned as his target. In 2010, Green appeared in a multi-episode story arc on the ABC series Desperate Housewives. He plays Keith Watson, Bree's contractor and lover for the first part of the season,

In 2012, Green had a guest appearance in the sitcom Anger Management playing Sean, the boyfriend of Charlie's ex-wife, Jen in the first episode of the show. This episode broke a ratings record with 5.74 million viewers on its series debut night and ranks as the most-watched sitcom premiere in cable history. He returned to the show in the episode "Charlie Breaks Up With Kate" when Jen gets back with Sean. In June 2013, Green was promoted to series regular.

Green was a guest-star in the episode finale of second season Happy Endings. He played Chris, who meets dateless Penny via Skype. He returned in the first episode of the third season "Cazsh Dummy Spillionaires". In the same year, Green starred in the a new television series, Wedding Band, about a group of friends who perform at weddings. In the TBS comedy, Green plays Tommy, the frontman for Mother of the Bride, a group of four buddies who aren't ready to give up the dream of being rock stars. On January 22, 2013, TBS officially cancelled the series after one season due to low ratings.

Personal life

Green won the celebrity portion of the Grand Prix of Long Beach in early 2010.

Relationships and family

Green dated his Beverly Hills, 90210 co-star Tiffani Thiessen in the early and mid-1990s. After their breakup, he met actress Vanessa Marcil, also on the set of Beverly Hills, 90210, and they began dating. Their son, Kassius Lijah, was born on March 30, 2002.

Green subsequently began dating actress Megan Fox in 2004, having first met on the set of Hope & Faith when he was 30 years old and she was 18. In 2006, they became engaged, and then broke off their engagement in February 2009. Some time later in 2009, Fox was targeted by a group of fashion-motivated criminals known as "The Bling Ring", who robbed Green's home because she was living with him. Green and Fox announced they were engaged again in mid-June 2010, and several days later, on June 24, 2010, the two wed in a private ceremony at the Four Seasons Resort on Maui. Fox and Green have a son, Noah Shannon Green, born on September 27, 2012. In August 2013, Fox announced that she and Green are expecting their second child together.

Legal issues

Brian Austin Green has criticized the paparazzi for the invasion of his private life with then-girlfriend Megan Fox (now wife) in 2010. Green said, "Megan and I so despise the paparazzi. We value our private life and our time at home. The last thing I want is to be ducking in and out of places because I'm worried about my picture being taken, especially when I'm with my son. When they follow me in cars when I pick him up from school, that's really crossing the line. I understand that they want shots of me with Megan, but we're pretty boring. They won't catch us out at clubs, getting drunk or being hauled in for DUIs. All they usually get is pictures of us leaving Staples or Target, or walking into a restaurant."

On September 17, 2010, Green stated, "It wasn't so much of a problem before Megan, but once Transformers hit, that was it. I had never experienced paparazzi on that level, because during 90210, they were still developing pictures and selling them by hand. It was a whole different experience. I hated being famous during 90210. I'm not an extrovert. I'm 37. I have a beautiful wife. I have an amazing 8-year-old son. I love acting, but this is just my job."

In March 2012, TMZ.com reported that celebrity photographer, Delbert Shaw, filed a lawsuit against Green and wife, Megan Fox, in Los Angeles County Superior Court for allegedly assaulting him after taking photographs of the couple while on vacation in Hawaii in 2010. In June 2012, Green claimed that he was simply defending himself against Shaw and that his wife should not be included in the lawsuit.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	Baby M	Ryan Whitehead	First film
1990	Kid	Metal Louie
1991	An American Summer	Charles 'Fin' Findley
	Kickboxer 2: The Road Back	Tommy
1995	She Fought Alone	Ethan
1996	A Friend's Betrayal	Paul
	Her Costly Affair	Jeff
1997	Laws of Deception	Cal Miller
	Unwed Father	Jason Kempler
2002	Ronnie	Stanley
	Purgatory Flats	Randy Mecklin
	Bleach	Zach
2003	Southside	Jack O'Malley
	This Time Around	Drew Hesler
	Fish Without a Bicycle	Ben	Won Palm Beach International Film Festival Special Jury Prize for a feature film directorial debut Won Best Feature Philadelphia FirstGlance Film Festival Won Prize Best Dramatic Feature Los Angeles DIY Film Festival
2005	Domino	Himself
2006	Grace	Jimmy
	Hollywood Familia	Himself
2008	How to Lose Friends & Alienate People	Cameo	With Megan Fox
	Impact Point	Holden
2009	Stay Cool	Narrator
	Turning Japanese	Sam
2010	Urgency	Tony West
	Cross	Callan	co-producer
	The Wild Girl	Ned Giles
	Monster Heroes	James
	Stage 4	Himself
2011	ChromeSkull: Laid to Rest 2	Preston	co-producer
2013	Last Stop	Jack

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987"1989	Knots Landing	Brian Cunningham	1989-Nomination Best Young Actor category in Young Artist Award a Nighttime Drama Series 1988-Nomination for category Best Young Actor starring in a Television Drama Series Young Artist Award
1987	Highway to Heaven	Matthew Evans
	Good Morning, Miss Bliss	Matthew EvansAdam Montcrief
1989	Baywatch	Brian
	Adventures in Babysitting (TV Pilot)	Daryl	Won Young Artist Award-category Best Young Actor Starring in a TV Movie, Pilot or Special
1990"2000	Beverly Hills, 90210	David Silver	292 episodes 1992- Won Young Artist Award category Best Young Actor Co-starring in a Television Series 1991- Nomination for Young Artist Award-category Best Young Actor Supporting or Re-Occurring Role 40 episodes co-producer
1991	Growing Pains	Rapper in Fresh Kid's Music Group
1992	Parker Lewis Can't Lose	Himself
	Melrose Place	David Silver	3 episodes
1993	Saved by the Bell: The College Years	Himself
1994	Fantastic Four	The Human Torch	(Voice)
1996	MADtv	White Chocolate Ronnie
	Biker Mice from Mars	Rimfire	(Voice)
	Malibu Shores	Sandy Gage
	Sabrina, the Teenage Witch	Chad Corey Dylan
1997	Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac	Brian Cunningham
	Unwed Father
2001"2002	Resurrection Blvd.	Luke Bonner
2002	The Twilight Zone	Sean Moore
2003	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Gregory Curtwell
2004	Las Vegas	Connor Mills
	Hope & Faith	Himself	Guest appearance
2005"2006	Freddie	Chris
2006	George Lopez	Chris
2007	Untitled David Kohan/Max Mutchnick TV Project	Noah	unaired pilot
2008"2009	Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles	Derek Reese
2009	CSI: Miami	Anthony Green	Guest appearence "Seeing Red" (Part 1)"
	Body Politic	Lucky Evans	Unaired pilot
	Saturday Night Live	Bumblebee
2009"2010	Smallville	John Corben/Metallo	"Savior" (season 9, episode 1) "Metallo" (season 9, episode 2) "Upgrade" (season 9, episode 17)
2010"2011	Desperate Housewives	Keith Watson	15 episodes
2012	Happy Endings	Chris	"Four Weddings and a Funeral" (Season 2, episode 21) "Cazsh Dummy Spillionaires" (Season 3, episode 1)
2012" 2013	Wedding Band	Tommy	Lead role
2012- present	Anger Management	Sean	Recurring 4 episodes (Seasons 1"2)

Web series

Year	Title	Role
2010	Suite 7	Cole
2011	Adults Only	Dick

Discography

• One Stop Carnival (1996) as Brian Green
• Esthero: Wikked Lil' Grrrls (2005) (drums)