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Dana Ashbrook

Highest Rated: 100% The Aggression Scale (2012)

Lowest Rated: 5% Return of the Living Dead Part II (1988)

Birthday: May 24, 1967

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Birthplace: San Diego, California, USA

The son of an actress and a college theatre director, Dana Ashbrook had no problem finding inspiration to get into acting. His early career included parts in the television series "Cagney & Lacey" and "Knots Landing," which led to his being cast in such cult horror films as "Return of the Living Dead Part II" and "Waxwork." Ashbrook's breakout role came in 1990, when he portrayed Laura Palmer's boyfriend, Bobby Briggs, in the show "Twin Peaks," a role he reprised in David Lynch's film prequel "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me" in 1992. While he continued to be drawn to genre offerings--in 1995, he starred in "W.E.I.R.D. World," a television pilot written and produced by the team responsible for the "Tales from the Crypt" HBO series--he eventually took on a more conventional co-starring role in the television drama "Crisis Center." After appearing in such series as "Dawson's Creek" and "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," Ashbrook co-starred in the television series "Crash."

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Highest rated movies

100% 50% The Aggression Scale
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92% 89% Minor Premise
Watchlist 92% 64% Framing John DeLorean Watchlist 76% 97% Please Baby Please Watchlist
63% 78% Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
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60% 47% Waxwork
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11% 52% She's Out of Control
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6% 32% Ghost Dad
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5% 44% Return of the Living Dead Part II
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Comfortably Numb
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Dana Ashbrook

Dana Ashbrook RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD, PART II, Dana Ashbrook, Marsha Dietlein, 1988 Psych, Robyn Lively (L), Dana Ashbrook (R), 'Dual Spires', Season 5, Ep. #12, 12/01/2010, ©USA Psych, Dana Ashbrook (L), Sheryl Lee (C), Lenny Von Dohlen (R), 'Dual Spires', Season 5, Ep. #12, 12/01/2010, ©USA Psych, Dana Ashbrook (L), Robyn Lively (C), Sheryl Lee (R), 'Dual Spires', Season 5, Ep. #12, 12/01/2010, ©USA TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME, Dana Ashbrook, Sheryl Lee, Moira Kelly, 1992, (c)New Line Cinemas RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD, PART II, Dana Ashbrook, James Karen, Marsha Dietlein, Phillip Bruns, 1988 Hostages, Sandrine Holt (L), Dana Ashbrook (R), 'Truth and Consequences', Season 1, Ep. #5, 10/21/2013, ©CBS Hostages, Sandrine Holt (L), Dana Ashbrook (R), 'Truth and Consequences', Season 1, Ep. #5, 10/21/2013, ©CBS Hostages, Sandrine Holt (L), Dana Ashbrook (R), 'Truth and Consequences', Season 1, Ep. #5, 10/21/2013, ©WB View more photos

Filmography

Movies

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76% 97% Please Baby Please Cal (Character) $24.9K 2022
92% 89% Minor Premise Malcolm (Character) - 2020
No Score Yet 67% Ice Cream in the Cupboard Pat (Character) - 2020
92% 64% Framing John DeLorean Ben Tisa (Character) $145.6K 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Restraint Jeff Burroughs (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet 96% Getting Grace Ron (Character) $214.8K 2017
No Score Yet 100% Kensho at the Bedfellow Scott (Character) - 2016
No Score Yet 8% The Opposite Sex Gary (Character) - 2014
100% 50% The Aggression Scale Lloyd (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet 33% Python 2 Dwight Stoddard (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet 60% The Last Place on Earth Rob Baskin (Character) $6.5K 2002
No Score Yet 20% New Alcatraz Kelly Mitich (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet 0% Angels Don't Sleep Here Unknown (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Comfortably Numb William Best (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet W.E.I.R.D. World Dylan Bledsoe (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Desperate Journey: The Allison Wilcox Story Marc (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet 78% Bonnie and Clyde: The True Story Clyde Barrow (Character) - 1992
63% 78% Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me Bobby Briggs (Character) $4.2M 1992
No Score Yet 33% The Willies Tough Dude (Character) - 1991
6% 32% Ghost Dad Tony Ricker (Character) $20.9M 1990
No Score Yet 54% Girlfriend From Hell Chaser (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet 53% Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat Jack (Character) - 1989
11% 52% She's Out of Control Joey (Character) $11.8M 1989
5% 44% Return of the Living Dead Part II Tom Essex (Character) $8.6M 1988
60% 47% Waxwork Tony (Character) $489.1K 1988

TV

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No Score Yet 75% The Resident Kevin Fell (Guest Star) 2018
94% 83% Twin Peaks: The Return Deputy Bobby Briggs (Character) 2017
No Score Yet 88% Chicago P.D. Mark Scalise (Guest Star) 2017
9% 76% Rosewood Jeff Groves (Guest Star) 2017
89% 94% Psych Unknown (Guest Star) 2014
56% 65% Hostages Unknown (Guest Star) 2013
No Score Yet 81% Blue Bloods Tommy Banks (Guest Star) 2013
96% 93% White Collar Thomas Carlisle (Guest Star) 2011
78% 83% Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Paddy Kendall (Guest Star) 2007
92% 95% Deadwood Hearst Goon (Guest Star) 2006
No Score Yet 95% The Pretender Unknown (Guest Star) 2000
20% No Score Yet Crisis Center Off. Gary McDermott (Character) 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Outer Limits Cain (Character) 1996
78% 92% Twin Peaks Bobby Briggs (Character) 1990-1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet 21 Jump Street Mark Stevens (Guest Star) 1988