Brian Presley
Brian Joshua Presley (born August 18, 1977) is an American actor and director.
Also recorded as Brian Joshua Presley
Brian Presley
- Name
- Brian Presley
- Birth Name
- Brian Joshua Presley
- Born
- 18 August 1977
- Birthplace
- Midland, Texas, United States
- Occupation
- Actor
- Nationality
- United States
- Education
- Jenks High School
- Languages
- English
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Brian Presley • Birth Name — Brian Joshua Presley • Born — 18 August 1977 • Birthplace — Midland, Texas, United States • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1998–present • Children — 3
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Brian Presley appears in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as an actor (born 18 August 1977). The birth of Brian Presley is recorded on 18 August 1977.
Career
Career
Presley started his career with a handful of guest appearances on television shows such as Beverly Hills, 90210, Any Day Now, and 7th Heaven. His big break came in 2000 when he landed the role of Jack Ramsey on the soap opera Port Charles. He portrayed Jack from 2000 until Port Charles was canceled in 2003. In 2004, he produced and starred in the film Guarding Eddy. In 2006, he starred in End Game and Home of the Brave. Borderland was released in 2007. In the film Touchback, released in April 2012, he plays a high school football star (as Presley was in real life) who suffers a career-ending injury and becomes a farmer, but later receives a second chance at athletic success. His directorial debut The Great Alaskan Race, which he wrote, produced and starred in along with Treat Williams, Henry Thomas and Bruce Davison which premiered at the San Diego International Film Festival on October 18, 2019.
Personal life
Personal life
Presley was born in Midland, Texas, two days after the death of Elvis Presley, who Brian is unrelated to. He graduated from Jenks High School in Jenks, Oklahoma in 1996 where he was the quarterback for the state championship-winning football team (1993). He was also active in choir and show choir at the school and had the leading role in the high school's musical his senior year. Presley was a walk-on for the University of Arkansas football team for one year. He visited Southern California, appeared in a commercial, and decided to try acting. He attended the business school at the University of Southern California. He was married to his Port Charles co-star Erin Hershey Presley until 2019 when the divorce was finalized. He and Erin have three children.
Documentary record
Brian Presley was born in Midland, according to the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. The Bibliothèque nationale de France records the fuller form Midland, Texas.
Television
Television
• Year — Show — Role — Notes • 1998 — Beverly Hills, 90210 — Biddler — Episode: "Budget Cuts" • Any Day Now — Teresa's Boyfriend — Episode: "Please Don't Tell My Mother" • Moesha — Unknown role — Episode: "A Terrible Thing Happened on My Tour of College" • 1999 — 7th Heaven — Mark Tripp — Episode: "The Tribes That Bind" • 1999 — Malibu, CA — Bill — Episode: "Jason's New Job" • 2000–03 — Port Charles — Jack Ramsey
Film
• Year — Film — Role — Notes • 2004 — Guarding Eddy — Eddy • 2006 — End Game — Billy Bergoon • Home of the Brave — Tommy Yates • 2007 — Borderland — Ed • 2009 — Streets of Blood — Barney Balentine • Once Fallen — Chance • 2012 — Touchback — Scott Murphy • 2016 — USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage — Waxman • 2019 — The Great Alaskan Race — Leonhard Seppala — Also director • 2022 — Hostile Territory — Jack Calgrove — Also director • 2024 — Outlaw Posse — Shotgun
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- 1.Lillie-Beth Brinkman, "New movie 'Touchback' stars former Oklahoman Brian Presley as a man facing storms of life", The Oklahoman, April 13, 2012.
- 2.Louis B. Parks, "Presley's 'Touchback' replays life-changer", Houston Chronicle, April 12, 2012.
- 3.Lynn Hoppes, "Actor Brian Presley talks about movie 'Touchback'", ESPN.com, April 12, 2012.
- 4.2019 San Diego Intl Film Festival. secure.sdiff.com.
- 5.Michael Smith, "Jenks alum relives days as a quarterback in new film 'Touchback'", Tulsa World, April 8, 2012 (subscription required).
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