Brian Krause

Brian Krause
Brian Krause
	Krause in 2023
Born	Brian Jeffrey Krause; February 1, 1969 (age 55); El Toro, California, United States
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1989–present
Spouse	Beth Bruce (m. 1996⁠–⁠2000)
Children	1

Brian Jeffrey Krause (born February 1, 1969) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Leo Wyatt on The WB television series Charmed (1998–2006) and for portraying the lead role of Charles Brady in the 1992 horror film Sleepwalkers.^[1]

Early life

Krause was born in El Toro, California, the son of Alice and Jeff Krause. He has a brother named Patrick.^[2] Krause was adopted.^[3] He grew up in Southern California and took his first acting class at The Actors Workshop while in junior high. In his teens, he studied karate and attended El Toro High School, where he graduated in 1987. He continued his education at Orange Coast College.

Career

Krause landed his first role in 1989 as a student in the TV series TV 101. He then starred in the made-for-TV-movie Match Point, the CBS Schoolbreak Special "American Eyes", and An American Summer, before landing his first major role as Richard Lestrange, Jr. in the film Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991). He was a co-star in the Bandit series prior to his most notable role of Leo Wyatt, in The WB Network series Charmed (1998–2006). Krause originally auditioned for the role of Andy Trudeau but was cast as Piper's handyman/whitelighter love interest.

Due to budget restrictions in the eighth season (2005–06), he only appeared in the first 10 episodes and last two episodes. After Charmed, he has appeared in made-for-TV-movies and TV shows such as Mad Men (episode 2x12 The Mountain King), The Closer (episode 4x01 Controlled Burn), and Castle (episode 3x03 Under the Gun). He lent his voice and image to portray a minor character (Clem Feeney) in the videogame L.A. Noire, and he appeared in the YouTube video series Chad Vader, in Season 4, Episode 4: "The Return of Brian" (uploaded July 10, 2012), as himself, a former employee of Empire Market.^{[citation needed]}

He starred as Ben in the 2012 film Ben and Becca, directed by Victor Alferi, written and produced by Bibi Amos, who also starred as Becca.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	An American Summer	Joey
	Return to the Blue Lagoon	Richard Lestrange, Jr.
	December	Tim Mitchell
1992	Sleepwalkers	Charles Brady
1993	The Liars' Club	Pat
1994	Family Album	Greg Thayer	TV movie
1995	Naked Souls	Edward
	Extreme Blue	Bart
	Breaking Free	Clay Nelson
1996	Mind Games	Matt Jarvis
1998	Get a Job	Mike
1999	Dreamers	Pete
1999	Trash	Will Fowler
2000	The Party	The Husband
2001	Return to Cabin by the Lake	Mike Helton
2005	In the Blink of an Eye	Jay
2006	To Kill a Mockumentary	Danson
2007	Protecting the King	Jeff
2008	Jack Rio	Billy Rafferty
	Triloquist	Detective
	Beyond Loch Ness	James Murphy
	The Thacker Case	Jason Michaels
	A Seductress in My Blouse	Michael Taylor
2009	Desertion	Brandon
	Nowhere to Hide	Edward Crane
	Growth	Marco	Next Stop Murder 2010
	2012: Supernova	Kelvin
	The Gods of Circumstance	Jim Jeff Jones
	Hospital Daughter	Dr. Tyler Stevenson
2010	The Secrets of Valleyoaks Cave	Jason Patterson
	TBK: The Toolbox Murders	Detective Shane Cole
	You're So Cupid	Daniel Valentine
	Breaking into Hell	Dale Wilkinson
	Cyrus	Cyrus Dancer
2011	Camel Spiders	Captain Mike Sturges
2012	The Unknown	Paul Baker
	Gemini Rising	Plummer
	Ben and Becca	Ben	Short film
2013	Red Sky	Michael Banks
	Haunted Maze	Benedict Killer
	Coffin Baby	Detective Cole
	The Studio Club	Matt Forester	Also credited as director
	Don't Shoot! I'm the Guitar Man	Jagger
	Christmas for a Dollar	William Kamp
	Poseidon Rex	Jackson Slate	-
2014	Christmas Switch	Eddie Bennett
2015	Plan 9	Jeff Trent
2015	Miracle Maker	James Booth
2016	House of Purgatory	Purgatory Caretaker
2016	Earthtastrophe	Danny
2017	Be Afraid	Dr. John Chambers
2018	Cucuy: The Boogeyman	Kieran Martin
2018	Underdog	Dallas	completed
2019	The Demonologist	Damian
	Trauma Therapy	Arthur	filming
	Peter Pan, Land of Forever	Damian Salt	Production
	Jessica Frost	Don	pre-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	Highway to Heaven	Boy #2	Episode: "Goodbye, Mr. Zelinka"
1990	Ann Jillian	Tom	Episodes: "Love: 15", "The Crush"
1993	Tales from the Crypt	Tex Crandall	Episode: "House of Horror"
1995	Walker, Texas Ranger	Billy Kramer	Episode: "Collision Course"
1996	High Tide	Scott Wilson	Episode: "Killshot"
1997–1998	Another World	Matt Cory	Series regular
1998–2006	Charmed	Leo Wyatt	Series regular, 144 episodes
2007	CSI: Miami	Robert Whitten	Episode: "Cyber-lebrity"
2008	The Closer	Tom Merrick	Episode: "Controlled Burn"
2008	Mad Men	Kess	Episode: "The Mountain King"
2010	Castle	Father Aaron Lowe	Episode: "Under The Gun"
2018	Dynasty	George	Episode: "The Butler Did It"
2018	First List	Robert	Main role
2021	Cypher	Robert	Series regular, 8 episodes
2022	S.W.A.T.	Josip	Episode: "Albatross"

Television movies and miniseries

Year	Title	Role
1989	Match Point	Bart
1990	CBS Schoolbreak Special: "American Eyes"	Matt Henderson
1994	Bandit's Silver Angel	Lynn
	Beauty and the Bandit	Lynn
	Bandit Bandit	Lynn
	Bandit Goes Country	Lynn
2006	Ties That Bind	David
2007	Devil's Diary	Father Mark Mulligan
2008	Warbirds	Col. Jack Toller
2010	Next Stop Murder	Jeff
2012	Stalked at 17	Mark
2014	Expecting Amish	Hannah's Father
2016	His Double Life	Scott/Gregg
2018	Party Mom	Gary Thompson
2020	Retreat to Paradise	Neil
2021	Secrets in the Water
2022	Harmony in Paradise	Timothy

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2004	CSI: Miami	Robert Winton
2011	L.A. Noire	Clem Feeney
2018	Fallout 76	Mitchell Hibbs, Watoga High School P.A., Trapped Responder, Additional Voices	^[4]

Other

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Chad Vader	Himself	Parody web series
2013	Ad Lucem	Brian	Queensrÿche video short
2022–2023	House of Halliwell	Podcaster. Lead role	Podcast
2024–present	House of Halliwell	Podcaster. Lead role	Podcast