Brian Krause

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.

Early life Krause was born in El Toro, California, the son of Alice and Jeff Krause. He has a brother named Patrick. Krause was adopted. 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.

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 1989 Match Point Bart TV movie 1990 An American Summer Joey 1991 Earth Angel Mike TV movie Return to the Blue Lagoon Richard Lestrange, Jr. December Tim Mitchell 1992 Sleepwalkers Charles Brady 1994 Bandit Goes Country Lynn TV movie Bandit Bandit Lynn TV movie Beauty and the Bandit Lynn TV movie Bandit's Silver Angel Lynn TV movie The Liars' Club Pat 1995 919 Fifth Avenue Court Van Degen TV movie Breaking Free Clay Nelson 1996 Naked Souls Edward Within the Rock Luke Harrison TV movie Mind Games Matt Jarvis 1998 Get a Job Mike 1999 Dreamers Pete Trash Will Fowler 2000 The Party The Husband Short 2001 Return to Cabin by the Lake Mike Helton TV movie 2004 To Kill a Mockumentary Danson Video 2005 Pissed Jay The Mission Jack Short 2006 Ties That Bind David TV movie 2007 Protecting the King Jeff Devil's Diary Father Mark Mulligan 2008 Beyond Loch Ness James Murphy TV movie Triloquist Detective Kislow Warbirds Col. Jack Toller TV movie Jack Rio Billy Rafferty Desertion Brandon 2009 The Gods of Circumstance Jim Jeff Jones Nowhere to Hide Edward Crane 2012: Supernova Kelvin Video Chamber of Worlds Raider Trevor Gantry Short 2010 Growth Marco You're So Cupid Daniel Valentine Cyrus: Mind of a Serial Killer Cyrus The Binds That Tie Us Marion Winston Short Ashes Andrew Stanton Next Stop Murder Jeff TV movie Cupid's Hot Dogs - Short 2011 Camel Spiders Captain Mike Sturges Absolute Killers Vince 2012 Gabe the Cupid Dog Eric Stalked at 17 Mark TV movie Retribution Det. Frank Neaman TV movie Ben and Becca Ben Short 2013 Coffin Baby: Toolbox Murders 2 Detective Chad Cole Alien Rising Plummer Haunted Maze Benedict Killer Poseidon Rex Jackson 'Jax' Slate Christmas for a Dollar William Kamp Rain from Stars John 2014 Random Stop Andrew Brannan Short Red Sky Michael Banks Expecting Amish Mr. Yoder TV movie Christmas Switch Eddie Bennett Borrowed Moments Ben The Studio Club Matt Forester The Monogamy Experiment Short - Short 2015 Plan 9 Jeff Trent Hot Girls Boss Short Miracle Maker James Booth 2016 Ribbons Kenny Bishop TV movie His Double Life Greg TV movie Earthtastrophe Danny TV movie House of Purgatory The Skeleton 2017 Be Afraid Dr. John Chambers A Woman Deceived Detective Morrison TV movie The Killing Pact Detective Marcs TV movie 2018 Party Mom Gary TV movie Cucuy: The Boogeyman Kieran Martin 2019 The Demonologist Damian Underdog Dallas Trauma Therapy Arthur 2020 Retreat to Paradise Neal Terry TV movie Red Light Stephen Short Scarlett Cal Sutton Becky Becky's Dad Short 2021 Hollywood.Con The Director Secrets in the Water Sheriff Douglas TV movie Uploaded Captain Ortiz 2022 Basement Jake Harmony in Paradise Timothy TV movie 2023 Homestead Robert Breakout Max Chandler 2024 The Windigo Sheriff Bradley Elkins Deadly Justice Dale Jones Slay Ride - The Movie Det. Donner 2025 Beauty of Poverty Lucas

Television Year Title Role Notes 1989 TV 101 Student Episode: "Kangaroo Gate" Highway to Heaven Boy #2 Episode: "Goodbye, Mr. Zelinka" 1989–1990 Ann Jillian Tom Episodes: "Love: 15" & "The Crush" 1990 CBS Schoolbreak Special Matt Henderson Episode: "American Eyes" 1993 Tales from the Crypt Tex Crandall Episode: "House of Horror" 1994 Family Album Greg Thayer Episode: "Part 1 & 2" 1995 Walker, Texas Ranger Billy Kramer Episode: "Collision Course" 1996 High Tide Scott Wilson Episode: "Killshot" 1997–1998 Another World Matt Cory Regular Cast; 33 episodes 1998–2006 Charmed Leo Wyatt Main Cast (seasons 1–8); 145 episodes 2007 CSI: Miami Robert Whitten Episode: "Cyber-lebrity" 2008 The Closer Tom Merrick Episode: "Controlled Burn" Mad Men Kess Episode: "The Mountain King" 2010 Castle Father Aaron Lowe Episode: "Under The Gun" 2012 The Unknown Paul Baker Episode: "Yesterday" 2014 Dark Rising: Warrior of Worlds Bob Danton Recurring Cast; 4 episodes 2016 Turn Back Time Trevor Haas Main Cast; 9 episodes 2018 Dynasty George Episode: "The Butler Did It" 2021 Cypher Robert Main Cast; 7 episodes 2022 S.W.A.T. Josip Episode: "Albatross" 2024 Die Hart Roger Richards Episode: "The Vacuum Repairman from Sarasota"

Internet

Music videos Year Title Artist Role 2012 "Shadow" Auradrone Ego 2013 "Ad Lucem" Queensrÿche Himself

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