Jason Priestley

Jason Priestley first started his television career guest-starring as Bobby Conrad a.k.a. Roberto Coronado Jr., a mobster's grandson, in the early 1987 episode "A Piece of Cake" from the final fourth season of the television series "Airwolf," and he appeared in two episodes of "21 Jump Street" in 1987–1988, then moved on to the 1989 short-lived sitcom "Sister Kate," which starred Stephanie Beacham. He played Todd, one of the fosterchildren under the care of Sister Kate, an English nun. In 1990, Priestley was chosen as Brandon Walsh on the hit series "Beverly Hills, 90210." He also directed 19 of the show's episodes. He remained on the show until 1998, when Brandon moved to Washington, DC. Brandon was the last Walsh to leave the show; however, Priestley would continue to serve as an executive producer until the show's cancellation in 2000.

Priestley joined the cast of "Tru Calling" as Jack Harper from 2004–2005. He was also a regular on the 2006 program "Love Monkey." His television work also includes the WB show "What I Like About You" and a February 2006 appearance on "Without a Trace." Priestley has also made several films, his most notable role perhaps being in 1997's "Love and Death on Long Island," in which he played a teen idol struggling to be taken seriously as an actor. He directed the 19th episode in the final season of "7th Heaven." He also directed two episodes of "The Secret Life of the American Teenager": "Slice of Life" and "Just Say No." They appeared on August 26, 2008 and September 9, 2008 on ABC Family.

On July 15, 2007 he returned to series television as one of the lead males in Lifetime Television's comedy-drama "Side Order of Life." Priestley made a guest appearance on NBC's "My Name Is Earl" in 2008. He played Blake, Earl's better-looking and more successful cousin. That year, Priestley directed five episodes of "Secret Life." Priestley directed the episode when Tori Spelling returned to "90210." In 2009, Priestley directed and co-produced all 12 episodes of the web-series "The Lake" on TheWB.com. In December 2009 along with Dougray Scott, Brian Cox and Eddie Izzard, Priestley was featured in "The Day of the Triffids," written by Patrick Harbinson, whose credits include "ER" and "Law & Order." The drama is based on John Wyndham's best-selling post-apocalyptic novel, "The Day of the Triffids."

Priestley directed his former co-star Luke Perry in the Hallmark Channel movie "Goodnight for Justice," which aired in January 2011. He guest starred as one half of a con artist couple alongside Jennifer Finnigan in a sixth season episode of USA's "Psych" and also appeared in the music video "Boys" by Britney Spears. Priestley has been the title role and main character of the HBO Canada TV show "Call Me Fitz" since 2010, which completed its second season in December 2011. In August 2011, Priestly joined the cast of sci-fi television show "Haven," in a recurring role during its second season. He also directed one episode.

Priestley's feature film directorial debut was the independent road trip comedy "Cas & Dylan," starring Richard Dreyfuss and Tatiana Maslany.

In April 2013 Priestly appeared in Canadian Stage's production of "Race," a David Mamet play, in Toronto at the Bluma Appel Theater.[11]