Jordan Brower

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Jordan Brower
Born
Jordan Lloyd Brower

(1981-10-14) October 14, 1981 (age 42)
Lompoc, California, United States
Occupation Actor
Years active1987–2011
Spouse
Whitney Taylor
(m. 2004)
Children1

Jordan Brower (born October 14, 1981) is a former American movie actor.

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Biography

Jordan was born in Lompoc, California but moved to Texas at an early age. It is there where he got his first break into acting when a film crew from The Big Green notified his soccer coach of auditions. [1] After his soccer coach persuaded him to audition, he got a leading role. Jordan had a supporting role in ABC's TGIF comedy Teen Angel and also worked on Social Studies , a short lived comedy television show detailing the lives of boarding school kids. Since then he has been in several films with minor roles with perhaps his biggest role in the 1998 film Speedway Junky , with Jesse Bradford, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, and Daryl Hannah. Jordan played the role of Eric, a gay hustler in Las Vegas who begins to fall in love with Bradford's straight character, Johnny. The film was shot in 1998, but wasn't released until late August in 2001.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRole
2011Killer School Girls from Outer SpaceSteve
2008OutrageDuke
2008HallettsvilleMark
2006 Relative Strangers Prisoner
2005Shakespeare's SonnetsAaron
2001 Texas Rangers Jake Dunnison
2000 Held for Ransom Bruce Kirtland
1998 Speedway Junky Eric
1996 Forest Warrior Brian Anderson
1996Sticks & StonesHayes
1995 The Big Green Nick Anderssen

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001 Six Feet Under TopherEpisode: “Crossroads”
1999 Night Ride Home SimonTV movie
1999 Providence MarkEpisode: “Good Fellows”
1998 3rd Rock from the Sun SteveEpisode: “The Physics of Being Dick”
1998 7th Heaven ScottEpisode: “It Takes a Village”
1997 –1998 Teen Angel Jorden LubellMain Role; 17 episodes
1997 Social Studies Matt5 episodes
1996 Kirk TyEpisode: “She Stoops to Conquer”
1995 Baywatch DarlyEpisode: “Surf’s Up”

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References

  1. "Welcome to my page for Jordan Brower!". members.tripod.com. Archived from the original on 14 February 2003. Retrieved 22 May 2022.