Brad Rowe (actor)

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Brad Rowe
Brad Rowe.jpg
Born (1970-05-15) May 15, 1970 (age 53)
Occupation(s)Actor, activist
Years active1996–present
Spouse
Lisa Fiori
(m. 1999)
[1]
Children1

Bradley Thomas Rowe (born May 15, 1970) is an American actor, writer, producer, and public policy advocate. He appeared in Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss (1998) and TNT's Purgatory . Other roles include a short stint as recurring character Walt on NewsRadio , Murphy Sinclair on General Hospital , Ty Swindle on Wasteland , and Dan Murphy on Leap of Faith .

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Early life

Rowe was born and raised in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.

He attended University of Wisconsin–Madison as Spanish major, and later worked as a finance manager for political campaigns in Washington, D.C., before moving to Los Angeles, California, to pursue acting and screenwriting.

Career

Rowe started his career in the United Talent Agency library and mailroom.

He appeared in the TV movies Vanished, Lucky 7 and Though None Go with Me and the NBC mini-series The 70s, as well as appearing on Perception as FBI Agent Bobby Dalton, and as Agent Jack Burgess on 1-800-MISSING.

In 1998, he portrayed a recurring character named Walt in the sitcom NewsRadio. The character was the nephew of the eccentric billionaire Jimmy James boss of the WNYX crew.

In 2007, he played Shaun, the romantic interest of the central character (Trevor Wright) of Shelter .

He took part in Tony Zierra's 2011 documentary My Big Break , which follows the early careers of Rowe, Wes Bentley, Chad Lindberg and Greg Fawcett.

Rowe is the host of the talk radio podcast series MIPtalk: Conversations with the World's Most Interesting People, with writer Noam Dromi.[ citation needed ]

Rowe founded Bright Angel Productions, a video and documentary company.[ citation needed ]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1998 Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss Gabriel
The Pandora Project Lieutenant Tim Lacy
1999 Body Shots Shawn Denigan
StonebrookErik
Purgatory Leo 'Sonny' Dillard(TV Movie)
2000 Christina's House Howie Rhodes
The '70sByron Shales(TV Movie)
2001 According to Spencer Craig
Feather PimentoDetective Murphy(Short)
NailedJeff Romanostarred Harvey Keitel
2002Would I Lie to You?PaulDirect-to-Video film
Full Frontal Sam Osborne
2003Certainly Not a FairytaleKen Doll #1(Short, by Vivi Friedman)
Fish Without a BicycleDanny
Lucky 7 Daniel McCandles(TV Movie)
October(Short)
The UninvitedGabriel(Short)
Getting HalHal
2004JessicaMike(Short)
Shut Up and Kiss Me Pete Waddle
2005Four Corners of SuburbiaDoug Lathropwinner of both the Crossroads Film Festival in Best Narrative Feature (2006)
Love for Rent Jesse
Nadine in Date LandAdam(TV Movie)
Mystery Woman: Sing Me a Murder Jason(TV Movie for Hallmark Channel)
2006Last DayTyso(Short)
The Insatiable Ronnie Klein
VanishedJake(TV Movie)
Though None Go with Me Young Ben Phillips(TV Movie for Hallmark Channel)
2007 National Treasure: Book of Secrets Agent Hopper
Shelter Shaunwinner of "Outstanding Film – Limited Release" at the 2009 GLAAD Media Awards
2011A Christmas Wedding TailJake(TV Movie, Hallmark Channel movie)
Carnal InnocenceMurphy Sinclair(TV Movie)
A Valentine's DateDylan Connors(TV Movie)
2012The KnightswoodDad - White Knight(Short)
2013All I Want for ChristmasRobert(TV Movie)
The Contractor Paul Chase

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1997 Clueless Brian1 Episode
Pensacola: Wings of Gold Zack Rossler2 Episodes
1998 Pacific Blue Kyle Cavanaugh1 Episode
NewsRadio Walt4 Episodes
1999 Wasteland Tyler 'Ty' Swindell13 Episodes
2000 The Wild Thornberrys Big Ibex (voice)1 Episode
2001 The Outer Limits Daniel1 Episode
1999 Wasteland Tyler 'Ty' Swindell13 Episodes
2002 Leap of Faith Dan Murphy6 Episodes
2003 Miss Match Dave Hillman1 Episode
2003-2006 Missing Jack Burgess / Agent Jack Burgess5 Episodes
2005 The Bad Girl's Guide Dirk Flederhosen1 Episode
The Closer Dean Kingsley1 Episode
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Mark Kyman1 Episode
2006-2008 Happy Hour Ross2 Episodes
2006 CSI: Miami Stephen Rowe1 Episode
Criminal Minds Tony Canardo1 Episode
2007 CSI: NY Benjamin Sutor1 Episode
Tell Me You Love Me Doctor3 Episodes
How I Met Your Mother George1 Episode
Drive Richard Patrakas1 Episode
Ghost Whisperer Hugh Bristow1 Episode
2008IQ-145Jake Berringer10 Episodes
The Mentalist Det. Marco Francis1 Episode
Cold Case Cyrus Brill '081 Episode
2009 Make It or Break It Joe1 Episode
2010Freckle and BeanDevin1 Episode
General Hospital Murphy Sinclair11 Episodes
2013-2014 Perception FBI Agent Bobby Dalton6 Episode
2018Gods of MedicineTerrance Edwards1 Episode

Public policy work

Rowe advocated for same-sex marriage rights during the California Proposition 8 campaign in 2008. [2]

He spent 10 years teaching and volunteering at Chrysalis in Los Angeles.[ citation needed ] In the early 2010s, Rowe worked in educational policy for the United Way of Greater Los Angeles, organizing HomeWalk, an event that raised money to fight homelessness. [3]

Rowe graduated with a master's degree in public policy (MPP) from the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs in 2013. He was awarded the Ann C. Rosenfield Fellowship in Education Policy by the United Way of Greater Los Angeles. [4]

Until 2017, Rowe was the managing director of BOTEC Analysis, a public policy research and consulting firm based in Los Angeles, [5] and a contributor to the Crime and Justice Program at New York University's Marron Institute of Urban Management. [6]

Personal life

Rowe and Lisa Fiori were married in 1999. [7] They have a son named Hopper. [8]

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