Dana Ashbrook

Background

Ashbrook was born in San Diego, California. His mother, D."Ann (née Paton) is a teacher and his father, Vernon L. ("Buddy") Ashbrook, a director of the Palomar College drama department.

Career

Personal life He is the brother of writer Taylor Ashbrook and actress Daphne Ashbrook. After Twin Peaks went off the air, Ashbrook portrayed Clyde Barrow in the 1992 television film, Bonnie & Clyde: The True Story alongside Tracey Needham. He starred in the 1995 science fiction television pilot World, written and produced by the makers of the Tales from the Crypt television show.

He also starred in the films,, The Last Place On Earth (2002) and

He played the recurring role of Rich Rinaldi on the television series Dawson"s Creek (2002–2003). Ashbrook has appeared on The World Bank"s Charmed in the 2001 episode "Just Harried", on National Broadcasting Company"s The Pretender in the 2000 episode "Rules of Engagement", on The Outer Limits in the 1996 episode "Resurrection", and on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in the 2007 episode "Haystack".

In 2009, Ashbrook joined the cast of the series Crash for the regular part of Jimmy. In 2010, he reunited with some of the cast of Twin Peaks on the show Psychology.

He starred in 2012 with Ray Wise and Derek Mears in the Steven C. Miller psycho-thriller The Aggression Scale.

Ashbrook will return to his role as Bobby Briggs in the 2017 revival of Twin Peaks.

Achievements

• In 1997, he won the starring role of Gary McDermott on the short-lived television series Crisis Center.