Brian Krause

Brian Krause Biography

Brian Jeffrey Krause (born February 1, 1969) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Leo Wyatt on The WB television series Charmed (1998-2006) and for portraying the lead role of Charles Brady in the 1992 horror film Sleepwalkers.

Early life

Krause (who is not related to Peter Krause) was born in El Toro, California to Alice and Jeff Krause. He is the younger of their two children; his older brother is named Patrick. Brian grew up in Southern California and took his first acting class with R. J. Adams at The Actors Workshop while in junior high, as a way to avoid a bully in physical education class. In his teens, he studied karate and attended El Toro High School, where he graduated in 1987. He continued his education at Orange Coast College, where he played and lettered in soccer, and scored four goals as a midfielder and forward. He later had a child.

Career

Krause landed his first role in 1989 as a student in the TV series TV 101. He then starred in the made-for-TV-movie Match Point, the CBS Schoolbreak Special "American Eyes", and An American Summer, before landing his first major role as Richard Lestrange in the film Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991). He was a co-star in the Bandit series prior to his most notable role of Leo Wyatt, in The WB Network series Charmed (1998-2006). Krause originally auditioned for the role of Andy Trudeau but was cast as Piper's handyman/whitelighter love interest. Due to budget restrictions in the eighth season (2005-06), he only appeared in the first 10 episodes and last two episodes. After Charmed, he has appeared in made-for-TV-movies and TV shows such as Mad Men and The Closer. He also lent his voice and image to portray a minor character (Clem Feeney) in the videogame L.A. Noire, and he appeared in the YouTube video series Chad Vader, in Season 4, Episode 4: "The Return of Brian" (uploaded Juy 10, 2012), as himself, a former employee of Empire Market.

Filmography

Film roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	An American Summer	Joey
	Return to the Blue Lagoon	Paddy Lestrange / Richard Lestrange, Jr.
	December	Tim Mitchell
1992	Sleepwalkers	Charles Brady
1993	The Liars' Club	Pat
1994	Family Album	Greg Thayer	TV movie
1995	Naked Souls	Edward
	Extreme Blue	Bart
	Breaking Free	Clay Nelson
1996	Mind Games	Matt Jarvis
1998	Get a Job	Mike
1999	Dreamers	Pete
1999	Trash	Will Fowler
2000	The Party	The Husband
2001	Return to Cabin by the Lake	Mike Helton
2005	In the Blink of an Eye	Jay
2006	To Kill a Mockumentary	Danson
2007	Protecting the King	Jeff
2008	Jack Rio	Billy Rafferty
	Warbirds	Jack Toller
	Triloquist	Detective
	Beyond Loch Ness	James Murphy
	The Thacker Case	Jason Michaels
	A Seductress in My Blouse	Michael Taylor
2009	Desertion	Brandon
	Nowhere to Hide	Edward Crane
	Growth	Marco
	2012: Supernova	Kelvin
	The Gods of Circumstance	Jim Jeff Jones
	Hospital Daughter	Dr. Tyler Stevenson
2010	The Secrets of Valleyoaks Cave	Jason Patterson
	TBK: The Toolbox Murders	Detective Shane Cole
	You're So Cupid	Daniel Valentine
	Breaking into Hell	Dale Wilkinson
	Cyrus	Cyrus Dancer
2011	Camel Spiders	Captain Mike Sturges
2011	Haunted Maze	Benedict Killer	Said to be unreleased on IMDB
2012	The Unknown	Paul Baker
2012	Gemini Rising	Plummer
2013	Red Sky	Michael Banks
	Coffin Baby	Detective Cole
	The Studio Club	Matt Forester	Also credited as director
	Ben and Becca	Ben	Short film
	Don't Shoot! I'm the Guitar Man	Jagger
	Christmas for a Dollar	William Kamp
2014	Haunted Illusions	Benedict Killer	Sequel to unreleased movie 'Haunted Maze

Television roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	Ann Jillian	Tom	Episodes: "Love: 15", "The Crush"
1993	Tales from the Crypt	Tex Crandall	Episode: "House of Horror"
1995	Walker, Texas Ranger	Billy Kramer	Episode: "Collision Course"
1996	High Tide	Scott Wilson	Episode: "Killshot"
1997-1998	Another World	Matt Cory	Series regular
1998-2006	Charmed	Leo Wyatt	Series regular, 144 episodes
2007	CSI: Miami	Robert Whitten	Episode: "Cyber-lebrity"
2008	The Closer	Tom Merrick	Episode: "Controlled Burn"
2008	Mad Men	Kess	Episode: "The Mountain King"
2010	Castle	Father Aaron Lowe	Episode: "Under The Gun"
2010	Next Stop Murder	Jeff

Television movies and miniseries

Year	Title	Role
1989	Match Point	Bart
1990	CBS Schoolbreak Special: "American Eyes"	Matt Henderson
1994	Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel	Lynn
	Bandit: Beauty and the Bandit	Lynn
	Bandit: Bandit Bandit	Lynn
	Bandit: Bandit Goes Country	Lynn
2006	Ties That Bind	David
2007	Devil's Diary	Father Mark Mulligan
2010	Next Stop Murder	Jeff
2012	Stalked at 17	Mark
2014	Expecting Amish	Hannah's Father

Other

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Chad Vader	Himself

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