Grant Show

About

Grant Show (born February 27, 1962) is an American actor. Show is widely known for his role on Melrose Place as Jake Hanson, which he played from 1992 to 1997. From 2017 to 2022, he portrayed Blake Carrington in the soap opera reboot Dynasty.

Born in Detroit, Michigan, Show is the son of Ed and Kathleen Show (née McMillion), and has a sister, Kelly, with whom he was raised in the Milpitas, California, area. He is a graduate of UCLA, where he was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity.

He broke into show business during college. His first major role was on the daytime soap opera Ryan’s Hope, in which he played Rick Hyde from 1984–1987. During his last year on the show, he received a Daytime Emmy nomination for “Outstanding Young Actor in a Daytime Drama Series”. Also, during his time on the soap, Show dated fellow Ryan’s Hope actor Yasmine Bleeth. Hyped as the series’ leading heartthrob, he even had a pin-up poster issued during the series’ run but later became dissatisfied with acting in soaps and went to London in order to improve his craft. Returning to the United States in the late 1980s, he landed occasional primetime television acting jobs.
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