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Brian Krause
A native of Orange County, California, Brian Krause is best known for his portrayal of Whitelighter Leo Wyatt on Aaron Spelling's popular program "Charmed" (1998) [1998-2006/The WB] opposite Alyssa Milano, Rose McGowan, Holly Marie Combs and Shannen Doherty. He starred on the popular program for eight seasons and appeared in 154 episodes.
Since wrapping "Charmed" (1998), Krause has starred in numerous TV programs, including "The Closer" (2005) (TNT), Ties That Bind (2006) (TV) (Lifetime), Devil's Diary (2007) (TV) (Lifetime), Beyond Loch Ness (2008) (TV) (Sci Fi Channel), Warbirds (2008) (TV) (Sci Fi Channel) and "CSI: Miami" (2002) (CBS).
Among the actor's previous television credits are: "Highway to Heaven" (1984), "Tales from the Crypt" (1989), The Bandit Series (e.g., Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel (1994) (TV)), Family Album (1994) (TV), "Walker, Texas Ranger" (1993), "High Tide" (1994) and Return to Cabin by the Lake (2001) (TV).
Krause's film credits include: Desertion (2008), Jack Rio (2008), Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991) with Milla Jovovich, An American Summer (1991) with Brian Austin Green, December (1991) with Balthazar Getty and Jason London, Stephen King's Sleepwalkers (1992) with Alice Krige and Mädchen Amick, The Liars' Club (1993) with Wil Wheaton, "Breaking Free" with Christine Taylor and Jeremy London, Mind Games (1996) with Soleil Moon Frye, Trash (1999) with Jaime Pressly and Jeremy Sisto, "The Mission" with Jacklyn Zeman and Alex Hyde-White and Protecting the King (2007) with Tom Sizemore and Peter Dobson.
Krause was born in 1969 in El Toro, California. He graduated in 1987 from El Toro High School. He has an older brother, Patrick. He resides in the San Fernando Valley. Away from the studios, he enjoys golfing, surfing and jogging. Prior to making his mark as an actor, he juggled various part-time jobs -- including driving a pie truck and hanging drywall.
Brian Krause lettered in soccer at Orange Coast College in 1987, and scored four goals as a midfielder and forward.
"I can't guess what Paramount and The WB were doing, whether it was money or whether they brought other characters in or whatever. I don't know if they were trying to groom talent to go on to something else. I don't know. For me, honestly, it turned out to be a blessing, really, to go out and work on my short movie and work on a couple of other projects. So they kind of did me a favor by being able to get out there and get into pilot season."...
Brian Krause
Brian Jeffrey Krause
1 February 1969, El Toro, California
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Brian and his wife had their first child, Jamen, in 1996.
He enjoys playing golf and baseball.
Originally wanted to study medicine
His parents are Alice & Jeff Krause.
Has two dogs: Penny and Buddy.
He studied Karate in his teens.
Has run two marathons and is attempting to run a total of four this year.
Loves playing Scrabble.
Has begun to surf with his teenage son.
Brian and Charmed co-star Alyssa Milano had a relationship while filming the show.
The Charmed cast threw Brian a going away party after he filmed his final episode "Vaya Con Leos."
He got cornered in a Burger King bathroom once by a bunch of 12-year-old girls. They were screaming, "You're Leo, you're Leo!"
Due to budget cuts for Charmed's eighth and final season, Executive Producer, Brad Kern, was only able to get Brian's character, Leo, on for the first ten and the two finale episodes of Charmed. This was explained by, Leo being "frozen", until the the Charmed Ones defeated the "Ultimate Bad". His co-star, Dorian Gregory, was dropped all together from Charmed's final season, by saying his character, Darryl, had moved to the East Cost.
Brian enjoys jam sessions on his harmonica. He and some friends play evil sexy music late Friday nights in some dark dingy rehearsal on the West Side. According to Brian their matra is dark, evil and sexy.
Brian has just written, produced and directed his first short movie called The Mission. He also stars in its leading role. He plays an alcohol-drinking, cigarette-smoking, bimbo-bedding, gun-carrying man in search of missing links to his past.
Brian hates shows like The Bachelor and shows that have dating games and and that sort of stuff he says quote: they give kids the impression that it's ok to slut around on TV and anywhere else.
Prefers dogs to cats, because they are fun to play with
The most outrageous piece of clothing Brian ever wore in public was a pair of skin tight rainbow pants
Before becoming an actor, Brian worked as a bakery truck driver.
Weights bore me.
This fool never runs out of energy
I think they`d be silly not to bring us back
Dude, that horn has been with him since high school. It made him famous in Coppell and, of course, apparently made him famous (at A&M). His enthusiasm about everything is the high point of his personality.
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