Brian Presley

Brian Joshua Presley (born August 18, 1977) is an American actor and director.

Career Presley started his career with a handful of guest appearances on television shows such as Beverly Hills, 90210, Any Day Now, and 7th Heaven.

His big break came in 2000 when he landed the role of Jack Ramsey on the soap opera Port Charles. He portrayed Jack from 2000 until Port Charles was canceled in 2003. In 2004, he produced and starred in the film Guarding Eddy. In 2006, he starred in End Game and Home of the Brave. Borderland was released in 2007.

In the film Touchback, released in April 2012, he plays a high school football star (as Presley was in real life) who suffers a career-ending injury and becomes a farmer, but later receives a second chance at athletic success.

His directorial debut The Great Alaskan Race, which he wrote, produced and starred in along with Treat Williams, Henry Thomas and Bruce Davison which premiered at the San Diego International Film Festival on October 18, 2019.

Personal life Presley was born in Midland, Texas, two days after the death of Elvis Presley, who Brian is unrelated to. He graduated from Jenks High School in Jenks, Oklahoma in 1996 where he was the quarterback for the state championship-winning football team (1993). He was also active in choir and show choir at the school and had the leading role in the high school's musical his senior year.

Presley was a walk-on for the University of Arkansas football team for one year. He visited Southern California, appeared in a commercial, and decided to try acting. He attended the business school at the University of Southern California.

He was married to his Port Charles co-star Erin Hershey Presley until 2019 when the divorce was finalized. He and Erin have three children.

Filmography Film Year Film Role Notes 2004 Guarding Eddy Eddy 2006 End Game Billy Bergoon Home of the Brave Tommy Yates 2007 Borderland Ed 2009 Streets of Blood Barney Balentine Once Fallen Chance 2012 Touchback Scott Murphy 2016 USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage Waxman 2019 The Great Alaskan Race Leonhard Seppala Also director 2022 Hostile Territory Jack Calgrove Also director 2024 Outlaw Posse Shotgun

Television Year Show Role Notes 1998 Beverly Hills, 90210 Biddler Episode: "Budget Cuts" Any Day Now Teresa's Boyfriend Episode: "Please Don't Tell My Mother" Moesha Unknown role Episode: "A Terrible Thing Happened on My Tour of College" 1999 7th Heaven Mark Tripp Episode: "The Tribes That Bind" 1999 Malibu, CA Bill Episode: "Jason's New Job" 2000–03 Port Charles Jack Ramsey