Jason Priestley Bio (Biography)
Real name:
Jason Bradford Priestley
Date of birth:
August 28. 1969
Place of birth:
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Astrology Sign:
Virgo
Height:
5' 6½''
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Biography
Jason Bradford Priestly born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on 28th August 1969. He was graduated from High School in Canada and than shifted to Romana Beauchamp Talent School, where he learned Jazz dance and also acting in the school workshop. Began his career as a child artist for TV advertisements. He has done one-shot role for the local TV series in 21 Jump Street. Well his first highlighted small screen performance was in sitcom Sister Kate in 1989, in which he used to play a character Todd Mahaffey. He was also taking active part in Car racing rallies and championships. His career was mix of both acting and driving.
After the break in TV serial 21 Jump Street, Jason was noticed by producer Aaron Spelling and offered him the role in "Beverly Hills 90210" he was offered character of Brandon Walsh, it was a project of Fox series. His film career started with the movie "Calendar Girl" in 1993, he was supposed to play Penny Marshall in it. It did not receive much success in box office. But his first box office hit was came in 1997 movie named "Love And Death On Long Island" in which he played Ronnie Bostock, his performance was critically acclaimed. He was sent for 5 days imprisonment on 28 march, 2000 in Los Angeles jail, for drunken driving case, where he slammed the car into thrash cans.
Priestley's other interest was car racing. At the age of 22 he started car racing rally for the California Rally Series in 1991 and took active part from 1991 to 1994. In 1995 he took part in FIA World Rally Championship in Perth, Australia he drove Ford-Escort Cosworth. He also took part in SportsCar GTS1 Class competition in 1997 in which he won the award for "Most Improved Driver" he finishes with 6th position. He has also set world lap speed record in SBI's New York Super Boat Grand Prix aboard "Planetman" his recorded speed was 147.4 mph. Jason has also set up his own car racing team which is known as Triple Caution Racing. In 1990 he was named "Hot new Faces of 1990" by the magazine Faces International. In both 1991 and 1992 Jason was voted "50 Most Beautiful People" by the magazine People. He was nominated twice for Golden Globe Awards
After the break in TV serial 21 Jump Street, Jason was noticed by producer Aaron Spelling and offered him the role in "Beverly Hills 90210" he was offered character of Brandon Walsh, it was a project of Fox series. His film career started with the movie "Calendar Girl" in 1993, he was supposed to play Penny Marshall in it. It did not receive much success in box office. But his first box office hit was came in 1997 movie named "Love And Death On Long Island" in which he played Ronnie Bostock, his performance was critically acclaimed. He was sent for 5 days imprisonment on 28 march, 2000 in Los Angeles jail, for drunken driving case, where he slammed the car into thrash cans.
Priestley's other interest was car racing. At the age of 22 he started car racing rally for the California Rally Series in 1991 and took active part from 1991 to 1994. In 1995 he took part in FIA World Rally Championship in Perth, Australia he drove Ford-Escort Cosworth. He also took part in SportsCar GTS1 Class competition in 1997 in which he won the award for "Most Improved Driver" he finishes with 6th position. He has also set world lap speed record in SBI's New York Super Boat Grand Prix aboard "Planetman" his recorded speed was 147.4 mph. Jason has also set up his own car racing team which is known as Triple Caution Racing. In 1990 he was named "Hot new Faces of 1990" by the magazine Faces International. In both 1991 and 1992 Jason was voted "50 Most Beautiful People" by the magazine People. He was nominated twice for Golden Globe Awards