Dana Ashbrook

Actor

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Also Known As

Dana V Ashbrook

Birth Place

San Diego, California, USA

Born

May 24, 1967

Biography

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The son of an actress and a college theatre director, Dana Ashbrook had no problem finding inspiration to get into acting. His early career included parts in the television series "Cagney & Lacey" and "Knots Landing," which led to his being cast in such cult horror films as "Return of the Living Dead Part II" and "Waxwork." Ashbrook's breakout role came in 1990, when he portrayed Laura P...

Filmography

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The Aggression Scale (2012)

Angels Don't Sleep Here (2001)

Blink of an Eye (1999)

CITYSCRAPES los angeles (1996)

Comfortably Numb (1995)

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Ben (1972) -- (Movie Clip) We're Talking

Ben (1972) -- (Movie Clip) I Never Saw People Look Like That

Family & Companions

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Marissa Tomei

Companion

Actor. Dated in 1997.

Biography

The son of an actress and a college theatre director, Dana Ashbrook had no problem finding inspiration to get into acting. His early career included parts in the television series "Cagney & Lacey" and "Knots Landing," which led to his being cast in such cult horror films as "Return of the Living Dead Part II" and "Waxwork." Ashbrook's breakout role came in 1990, when he portrayed Laura Palmer's boyfriend, Bobby Briggs, in the show "Twin Peaks," a role he reprised in David Lynch's film prequel "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me" in 1992. While he continued to be drawn to genre offerings--in 1995, he starred in "W.E.I.R.D. World," a television pilot written and produced by the team responsible for the "Tales from the Crypt" HBO series--he eventually took on a more conventional co-starring role in the television drama "Crisis Center." After appearing in such series as "Dawson's Creek" and "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," Ashbrook co-starred in the television series "Crash."

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

The Aggression Scale (2012)

Angels Don't Sleep Here (2001)

Blink of an Eye (1999)

CITYSCRAPES los angeles (1996)

Comfortably Numb (1995)

W.E.I.R.D. World (1995)

The Coriolis Effect (1994)

Desperate Journey: The Allison Wilcox Story (1993)

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992)

Bonnie & Clyde: The True Story (1992)

Ghost Dad (1990)

The Willies (1990)

She's Out of Control (1989)

The Girlfriend From Hell (1989)

Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1989)

Return of the Living Dead Part II (1988)

Cast (Special)

Golden Gate (1995)

The Wyatts (1994)

Just a Regular Kid: An AIDS Story (1987)

Life Events

1978

Made his screen-acting debut in an uncredited role in "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!"

1986

Made his small-screen debut on "Cagney & Lacey"

1987

TV-movie debut, "Just a Regular Kid"

1988

Made his credited feature debut in "Return of the Living Dead, Part II"

1990

Had his breakout role as bad boy Bobby Briggs on the cult ABC series "Twin Peaks"

1992

Had the title role of Clyde Barrow in the TV-movie "Bonnie and Clyde: The True Story"

1992

Reprised his breakout role in David Lynch's "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me"

1997

Returned to series TV in "Crisis Center"

2000

Portrayed Charles Van Doren in an L.A. production of Richard Greenberg's "Night and Her Stars"

2002

Had a recurring role on "Dawson's Creek"

2007

Played Tony on "The Kill Point"

2009

Was cast on the series adaptation of Paul Haggis's Academy Award-winning "Crash"

2014

Appeared in David Lynch's feature-length assembly of deleted scenes from "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me," called "Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces"

2017

Returned to "Twin Peaks," this time as a Twin Peaks sheriff's deputy

Videos

Ben (1972) -- (Movie Clip) We're Talking Young Danny (Lee Harcourt Montgomery), who has a heart condition, and spends lots of time alone in his “work room,” doesn’t know that his new rat friend (title character!) orchestrated the murder of his previous human host, in Ben, 1972, sequel to Willard, 1971.

Ben (1972) -- (Movie Clip) I Never Saw People Look Like That A stand-alone incident, as the title (rat!) character leads his band to attack a grocery truck driver (Bern Hoffman), who is rightly panicked, then the crusty local newsman (Arthur O’Connell), spectators, and cops (Kaz Garas, Joseph Campanella) try to process things, in Ben, 1972, sequel to Willard, 1971.

Ben (1972) -- (Movie Clip) Every Inch Of It Looking to determine how the pack of killer rats are getting around, LA cop Kirtland (Joseph Campanella) finds veteran character actor Kenneth Tobey as the engineer in charge of the sewers, while the gang finds its way into a spa, in Ben, 1972, sequel to Willard, 1971.

Willard (1971) -- (Movie Clip) You Were Born In Pain And Suffering The first dramatic scenes, Daniel Mann directs Ernest Borgnine as boss Al Martin, who dominates Bruce Davison (title character) at work, as does his mother (Elsa Lanchester) at home, in the hit rat-thriller Willard, 1971.

Willard (1971) -- (Movie Clip) Something To Nibble On willard71_somethingtonibbleon_FC

Willard (1971) -- (Movie Clip) Cats Are Really Very Good Company Bruce Davison (title character) getting friendlier with Joan (Sondra Locke), the temp brought in to help with his excessive workload, then visiting with the two rat friends he’s brought to the office, which leads to a problem when she reappears, in Willard, 1971.

Willard (1971) -- (Movie Clip) Happy Anniversary With his rats increasingly intelligent and useful, and his boss (Ernest Borgnine) unusually belligerent, and celebrating a wedding anniversary, Bruce Davison (title character) executes his first directed attack on fellow humans, in Willard, 1971.

Family

Daphne Ashbrook

Sister

Actor. Born on January 30, 1963.

Companions

Marissa Tomei

Companion

Actor. Dated in 1997.

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