Billy Aaron Brown | |
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Born | Iowa, U.S. |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2000–present |
Known for | 8 Simple Rules Jeepers Creepers 2 |
Billy Aaron Brown [1] is an American actor. He is best known for playing the character Kyle on the sitcom 8 Simple Rules and he is also known for his role in Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003). [2]
Brown was born in Iowa. He attended Clarinda High School, and moved to Los Angeles to become an actor at eighteen just after graduating.
A year after moving to Los Angeles, Brown guest starred on the MTV show Undressed . In 2001, he made appearances on the Fox drama Boston Public in two episodes. He then made his first of four appearances alongside Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen in the film Holiday in the Sun , which also starred Megan Fox and Brown's good friend Ben Easter. In 2002, Brown got his big break playing Kyle in the ABC sitcom 8 Simple Rules alongside John Ritter, Katey Sagal, and Kaley Cuoco. Brown has more recently appeared in Headless Horseman , The Strip and Detention . [3]
Brown is a supporter of the Huntington's Disease Society of America as it has affected his family. [1] He has a walk/run in Los Angeles to raise money for the Huntington's Disease Society of America every autumn.
He appeared on the TV show Street Smarts , where he went under the name Aaron Brown. At the end of the show he won $3800.
Film | |||
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Year | Film | Role | Notes |
2001 | Holiday in the Sun | Scott | Direct-to-video |
2002 | Getting There | Danny | Direct-to-video |
2003 | The Challenge | Himself | Direct-to-video |
2003 | Jeepers Creepers 2 | Andy 'Bucky' Buck | |
2004 | Going to the Mat | John Lambrix | TV movie |
2004 | Snackers | Matty Livingston | Short film |
2004 | Searching for David's Heart | David Deeton | TV movie |
2005 | Attack of the Sabretooth | Kirk | TV movie |
2006 | These Days | Jeremy | |
2006 | Deception | Billy | Short film |
2007 | First Night | John | Short film |
2007 | Headless Horseman | Liam | |
2009 | The Strip [4] | Jeff [5] | |
2010 | Detention [6] [7] [8] | Jack | |
2012 | After Christmas | Cole | Short film |
2016 | Halfway | Sean | |
2017 | Limerence | Leo | |
Television | |||
Year | Television | Role | Notes |
2002–2004 | 8 Simple Rules | Kyle | |
Guest appearances | |||
Year | Title | Role | Episodes |
2000 | Undressed | Billy | Episode #3.13 Episode #3.14 Episode #3.15 |
2001 | Boston Public | Leo Peterson | "Chapter Sixteen" "Chapter Nineteen" |
2002 | So Little Time | Rob | "The Wheelchair" |
2002 | First Monday | Chad Davidson | "Unprotected Speech" |
2002 | Touched by an Angel | Ben | "Bring on the Rain" |
2005 | NCIS | Donny Potter / Man in Mask | "Red Cell" |
2007 | Ghost Whisperer | Curt Kouf | "Mean Ghost" |
2008 | Imaginary Bitches [9] | Ben | "Three Bitches Is an Imaginary Crowd (Part Two)" |
2012 | Underemployed | Ike | "The Kids" "The Confession" |
2013 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Owen Webber | "Ghosts of the Past" |
2014 | Chicago P.D. | Michael Ganz | "Chin Check" |
2015 | Mike & Molly | Shia | "No Kay Morale" |
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