Dana Ashbrook

Early life Ashbrook was born in San Diego, California; is a teacher and his father, Vernon L. "Buddy" Ashbrook, was a director of the Palomar College drama department. He is the brother of writer Taylor Ashbrook and actress Daphne Ashbrook.

Career In 1978, Ashbrook made his film debut in an uncredited role in Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! A decade later, after an acting hiatus, Ashbrook guest starred on the television series Cagney & Lacey, Knots Landing, and ABC Afterschool Special before starring as Tom Essex in the 1988 horror film Return of the Living Dead Part II. The same year, he starred in the horror film Waxwork alongside Deborah Foreman and guest starred on an episode of 21 Jump Street. He was next cast to co-star in an independent film produced by Ian Page Productions titled A Place to Hide, originally set to begin filming in November 1988, before it was delayed. The film was later made in 1990, retitled as Night of the Warrior, but without Ashbrook and a different cast. Ashbrook arriving at the 43rd Primetime Emmy Awards in August 1991. In 1989, Ashbrook portrayed Joey in She's Out of Control. From 1990-1991, Ashbrook played Bobby Briggs on the cult TV series Twin Peaks. While starring on Twin Peaks, Ashbrook appeared in the films Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1990), Ghost Dad (1990), Girlfriend from Hell (1990), and The Willies (1990) as well as on an episode of the television series The Hidden Room.

In 1992, Ashbrook reprised his role as Bobby Briggs in the prequel film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me and portrayed Clyde Barrow in the television film Bonnie & Clyde: The True Story alongside Tracey Needham. In 1994, Ashbrook appeared in the short film The Coriolis Effect (alongside Jennifer Rubin and Quentin Tarantino) and in the film Cityscrapes: Los Angeles. He acted in the 1995 science fiction television pilot W.E.I.R.D. World, written and produced by the makers of the Tales from the Crypt series.

In 1995, Ashbrook starred in the film Comfortably Numb. In 1996, Ashbrook guest starred on the television series The Outer Limits. The following year, Ashbrook was cast as Gary McDermott on the short-lived television series Crisis Center. In 1998, he portrayed Seth in the film Interstate 5 and guest starred on the television series Welcome to Paradox.

Ashbrook has appeared on The WB's Charmed in the 2001 episode "Just Harried", on NBC's The Pretender in the 2000 episode "Rules of Engagement", on The Outer Limits in the 1996 episode "Resurrection", and on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in the 2007 episode "Haystack". Ashbook played the recurring role of Rich Rinaldi on the television series Dawson's Creek (2002–2003). In 2009, Ashbrook joined the cast of the series Crash for the regular part of Jimmy. In 2010, he reunited with some of the cast of Twin Peaks on the comedy-tribute episode of Psych, titled "Dual Spires". In 2012, Ashbrook starred alongside Ray Wise and Derek Mears in the Steven C. Miller psycho-thriller The Aggression Scale. In 2014, he appeared in the werewolf horror film Late Phases.

In 2017, Ashbrook reprised his role as Bobby Briggs in David Lynch's revival series Twin Peaks: The Return.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1978 Attack of the Killer Tomatoes Boy on Boat Uncredited 1988 Return of the Living Dead Part II Tom Essex 1988 Waxwork Tony 1989 She's Out of Control Joey 1990 Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat Jack 1990 Ghost Dad Tony Ricker 1990Girlfriend from Hell Chaser 1991 The Willies Tough Dude 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me Bobby Briggs 1994 Cityscrapes: Los Angeles Hipster 1994 The Coriolis Effect Ray Short film 1995 Comfortably Numb William Best 1998 Interstate 5 Seth 1999 Blink of an Eye Mikey 2001 Puzzled Ryan 2001 Angels Don't Sleep Here Michael / Jessie Daniels 2002 The Last Place on Earth Rob Baskin 2002 New Alcatraz Kelly Mitich 2005 Inner Balance Mike Short film 2010 Darkmatter Rogaski Short film 2011 Lightweight Rich Short film 2012 The Aggression Scale Lloyd 2014 Late Phases Westmark 2014 The Opposite Sex Gary 2016 Hitler's Folly Josh 2017 Kensho at the Bedfellow Scott 2017 Getting Grace Ron 2017 Restraint Jeff Burroughs 2019 Framing John DeLorean Ben Tisa 2019 Ice Cream in the Cupboard Pat 2020 Minor Premise Malcolm 2022 Please Baby Please Cal TBA Unplugged Gary / Jerome Voice; In production

Television Year Title Role Notes 1986 Cagney & Lacey Kevin Slade Episode: "Capitalism" 1987 Knots Landing Teen 2 episodes 1987 ABC Afterschool Special Brian Episode: "Just a Regular Kid: An AIDS Story" 1988 21 Jump Street Mark Stevens Episode: "Whose Choice Is It Anyway?" 1990–1991 Twin Peaks Bobby Briggs 27 episodes 1991 The Hidden Room Matt Episode: "Taking Back the Night" 1992 Bonnie & Clyde: The True Story Clyde Barrow Television film 1993 Desperate Journey: The Allison Wilcox Story Marc Television film 1994 Golden Gate Rudi Venera Television film 1995 W.E.I.R.D. World Dylan Bledsoe Television film 1996 The Outer Limits Cain Episode: "Resurrection" 1997 Crisis Center Off. Gary McDermott 6 episodes 1998 Welcome to Paradox Marshal Stu Clemens Episode: "Into the Shop" 2000 The Pretender Cam Larsen Episode: "Rules of Engagement" 2001 Jack & Jill Frank Episode: "What Weddings Do to People" 2001 Charmed T.J. Episode: "Just Harried" 2002 Python II Dwight Stoddard Television film 2002–2003 Dawson's Creek Rich Rinaldi 9 episodes 2004 The Division Carl Episode: "It's the Real Thing" 2006 Deadwood Hearst Goon Episode: "Tell Him Something Pretty" 2007 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Paddy Kendall Episode: "Haystack" 2007 The Kill Point Tony 7 episodes 2009 Crash Jimmy 12 episodes 2010, 2014 Psych Bob Barker / Jackson Hale Episodes: "Dual Spires", "Remake A.K.A. Cloudy... With a Chance of Improvement" 2011 White Collar Thomas Carlisle Episode: "Scott Free" 2013 Blue Bloods Tommy Banks Episode: "Ends and Means" 2013 Hostages Victor 2 episodes 2017 Rosewood Jeff Groves Episode: "Calliphoridae & Country Roads" 2017 Chicago P.D. Mark Scalise Episode: "Grasping for Salvation" 2017 Twin Peaks Deputy Bobby Briggs 7 episodes 2018 The Resident Kevin Fell Episode: "Run, Doctor, Run" 2019 Insatiable Gordy Greer 2 episodes 2025 High Potential Morris Jardine Episode: "Obsessed"