Date of Birth

15 July 1973, Van Nuys, California, USA

Birth Name

Brian Green

Nickname

Bri

Height

6' 0½" (1.84 m)

Mini Biography

Brian Green was born on July 15th 1973 in Van Nuys, California to parents Joyce and George L. Green. He has a stepbrother Keith and stepsister Lorelei. Brian's father was a Country & Western artist and used to frequently take him along to gigs and soon got him interested in the world of music. His first full-time television acting job came when he portrayed the role of "Brian Cunningham" on "Knots Landing" (1979) between 1986 and 1989. He later went on to star as "David Silver" in the long-running teen show "Beverly Hills, 90210" (1990). He also appeared in several television movies, such as Her Costly Affair (1996) (TV) and Unwed Father (1997) (TV) and guest-starred on other shows such as "Saved by the Bell: The College Years" (1993) and "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" (1996). He released an album in 1996 called "One Stop Carnival" and still continues to work on producing music, especially hip-hop, with his production company and in his home studio. More recently, he has had roles as "Luke Bonner" in "Resurrection Blvd." (2000) as well as in independent films as "Randy Mecklin" in Purgatory Flats (2002) and "Jack O'Malley" in Southside (2003/I). He is engaged to his "Beverly Hills, 90210" (1990) co-star Vanessa Marcil and the couple have a son named Kassius Lijah Marcil-Green, born on March 30, 2002.

Trivia

Dated and lived with Tiffani Thiessen. [1992-1995]

Engaged to Vanessa Marcil. [2001]

Had a baby with Vanessa Marcil, a son named Kassius (30 March 2002).

Plays the piano, drums and guitar.

Began his own music production company "Shen Productions".

In charge of his own production company "Brian Austin Green Productions".

Appeared in a commercial with fellow child actor Jason Marsden in the mid 1980s.

Played drums on one track from Esthero's second album, "Wikked 'lil Grrrls".

Son of George L. Green.

Engaged to Megan Fox. [November 2006]

Is good friends with Jennifer Blanc and Michael Biehn.

Is a fan of scream queen actress Linnea Quigley.

Is of Irish, Scottish, Hungarian and Cherokee descent.

Engagement to Megan Fox was broken off [July 2, 2008].

Personal Quotes

My name is Brian Green by birth. Austin was made up by my parents when I was nine, because there was another Brian Green in the Screen Actors Guild.

~ Updated: 2008-09-01 ~