Jason Priestley

About

Jason Bradford Priestley (born August 28, 1969) is a Canadian actor and television director. Priestley starred as virtuous Brandon Walsh on the television series Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990–1998, 2000). His other television roles include Richard “Fitz” Fitzpatrick in the show Call Me Fitz (2010–2013) and Matt Shade in the Canadian series Private Eyes (2016–2021).

Jason Bradford Priestley was born on August 28, 1969, in Vancouver, British Columbia. His mother, Sharon Kirk, was an actress and acting coach. He became a naturalized American citizen in 2007.

Priestley first started his television career doing commercials for companies such as Fletcher’s Meats and then 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 fourth and final season of the television series Airwolf, and appeared in two episodes of 21 Jump Street in 1987–88, as ‘Pencil’ on Quantum Leap (E1S8 May 1989), then moved on to the 1989 short-lived sitcom Sister Kate, which starred Stephanie Beacham. He played Todd, one of the foster children under the care of Sister Kate, an English nun.

In 1990, Priestley was…