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Brian Presley

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Brian Presley
Born
Brian Joshua Presley

(1977-08-18) August 18, 1977 (age 47)
OccupationActor
Years active1998–present
Spouse
(m. 2002)
Children3

Brian Joshua Presley (born August 18, 1977) is an American actor and director.

Career

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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.[1][2][3]

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.[4]

Personal life

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Presley was born in Midland, Texas, 2 days after the death of Elvis Presley, whom 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 Jenks High 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.[5] He attended the business school at the University of Southern California.[1]

He is married to his Port Charles co-star Erin Hershey Presley. They have three children.[5]

Filmography

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Film

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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

Television

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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

References

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  1. ^ a b 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. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
  5. ^ a b Michael Smith, "Jenks alum relives days as a quarterback in new film 'Touchback'", Tulsa World, April 8, 2012 (subscription required).
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