Jason Bradford Priestley was born on August 28th,
1969, a
younger brother to
Justine Priestley.
He is best known for his work on
Beverly Hills, 90210, where he starred as
Brandon 'B' Walsh, brother of
Brenda Walsh and son of
Jim and
Cindy Walsh. Brandon was one of the main characters, but Jason chose to leave the show in
1998 to
pursue other options including
movie and
producing deals. He has gone on to be moderately
successful without the show.
Priestley enjoys playing
hockey, as well as participating in motor racing. A long time
NASCAR fan, Jason decided to get involved in 1997, driving for
Kelley Racing. His first win was in 1998 in a
Grand-Am race at the
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. He was involved with Indy Racing's new
Infiniti Pro Series, but faced a set-back in
August 2002 when he was involved in a crash.
On a practice run in his Infiniti Pro Car #7, he hit a wall going 290km/h. He suffered a fractured
spine, many
broken bones, including his leg and a
concussion. He has made a partial recovery, and doctors say he is expected to make a full recovery, but it will take many months in therapy.
Although not recovered completely, Priestly has decided to
take a break from racing and pick up
acting again. His latest work is
Die, Mommy, Die, a movie that tries too hard to be funny. The plot basically is that an actress kills her husband in order to have a relationship with a much younger man, played by Priestley, and in turn her daughter tries to kill her. Although not the best work that I've ever seen Jason do, his new movie does show hope that there could be a Jason Priestley
comeback in store.
Priestley recently
reunited with his wife of nearly four years,
Ashlee Peterson Priestley, and currently resides with her in
California.
Sources
http://www.tvtome.com/
http://us.imdb.com/
http://www.jasonsite.com/