Friday Feature: Tomorrow is Brian Gaskill's Birthday!

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Happy Birthday, Brian!

From Brian's MySpace Page:

Born in Hawaii and raised in New Jersey, Brian Gaskill graduated from the prestigious Acting Conservatory at SUNY Purchase. Upon graduation, Brian performed in The Lion in Winter at The Cleveland Playhouse, co-starring Tony Award winner Elizabeth Franz, who convinced Brian to head to Los Angeles, Soon after, Brian broke into television on Aaron Spelling's Melrose Place spin-off Models Inc. Next he landed the role of “Bobby Warner” on ABC's All My Children, for which he was nominated for a Soap Opera Digest award, and won a reader’s poll in Daytime TV magazine, as best younger actor.

While living in New York City Brian became the co-founder and producing director of The Rorschach Group...a theater company dedicated to bringing new material to the stages of Manhattan for the first time. Such as their first production…the San Francisco Hit XXX Love Act, which went on to become Clive Barnes pick of the week in The New York Post. Next up was the Manhattan premiere of Canadian Playwright Judith Thompson’s I Am Yours. Then the world premiere of the original play Mouthbook. Last before Brian returned to Los Angeles, was Radovan Ivsic’s play King Gordogan. This was the American Premiere of Radovan’s surreal play that was banned in Ivsic’s own country.

Upon his return to Los Angeles, Brian was seen in Sony Screen Gems' The Broken Hearts Club, and the critically acclaimed short film Higher Grounds, opposite Ann Cusack as an angel who was a golden retriever in his previous incarnation on earth. In addition, he guest starred on numerous primetime series. In 2001, Brian returned to daytime television in the role of Rafe, a vampire slaying angel, on the ABC series Port Charles. At this point it seemed that angels started to become a theme in Brian’s life. On this Brian says, “I guess there are worse things in the world…ha ha”

It was while Brian was on Port Charles that he was asked by top producer Laurence Mark to co-produce Weetzie Bat and the Dangerous Angels based on Francesca Lia Block’s famous series of young adult books. This Film is still in development. In her Weetzie Bat sequel, Necklace of Kisses, Francesca even created a character based on Brian (the character is an angel…or he just plays one on TV)…this is a great honor and a personal highlight in Brian’s life.




Dedicated and hard working, Brian also finds time in his busy schedule to support causes for the well being of children, animals, and the homeless. Now Brian spends most of his time being a Daddy to his four year old little girl, Alabama Zoe. Brian also Is directing music videos, and is looking forward to directing in other formats... and also looking forward to any new challenge on the horizon.

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