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Dana Ashbrook


Dana Ashbrook Biography

Dana V. Ashbrook (born May 24, 1967) 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.

Biography

Personal life

Ashbrook was born in San Diego, California; 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.

Career

After Twin Peaks 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. He starred 2012 with Ray Wise and Derek Mears in Steven C. Miller psycho-thriller The Aggression Scale.

Filmography

  • Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! (1978)
  • Return of the Living Dead Part II (1988)
  • Waxwork (1988)
  • She's Out of Control (1989)
  • Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1990)
  • Ghost Dad (1990)
  • Girlfriend from Hell (1990)
  • The Willies (1991)
  • Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
  • Cityscrapes: Los Angeles (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 Alcatraz (2002)
  • The Aggression Scale (2012)

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