Dana Ashbrook
- Actor
- Writer
Growing up in San Diego, becoming an actor came naturally to Dana
Ashbrook. His father is the director of the Palomar College Department
of Performing Arts, and his mother is a teacher who performs in local
theater. His sisters, Daphne Ashbrook and Taylor Ashbrook, are also working actresses.
His own career started while still in his teens, when his sister
Daphne's agent saw him performing in a high school play, and he made a
good impression. He started out with guest appearances in TV series,
and then went on to supporting roles in motion pictures. His big break
was in 1990 in winning the role of Bobby Briggs in the offbeat
television series Twin Peaks (1990). Ashbrook's intense portrayal of the volatile
tempered high school athlete with his shaggy hair, soulful appearance,
and intense personality made an impression. After the show went off the
air the following year, he continued to make appearances in television
and film. In 1997, he won a starring role in the series Crisis Center (1997), but in
spite of its promise, the series only lasted one season. Ashbrook made
a comeback in 2002 when he was cast in a recurring role playing the
slimy and greedy stockbroker Rich Rinaldi, a character the viewers
loved to hate, in the popular teen soap opera Dawson's Creek (1998) during the show's
final season.
In his spare time, he plays basketball and tennis. He is also an accomplished harmonica player.
In his spare time, he plays basketball and tennis. He is also an accomplished harmonica player.
