Bryan Greenberg
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| Bryan Greenberg | |
| Born | May 24, 1978 (age 28) Omaha, Nebraska |
Bryan Greenberg (born May 24, 1978) is an American actor, best known for his role as "Jake" in the WB Network TV show One Tree Hill. He currently stars in the ABC drama October Road.
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[edit] Career
Greenberg was born in Omaha, Nebraska to Jewish American parents who were both psychologists. He moved with his family to St. Louis, Missouri when he was twelve years old. He graduated from Parkway Central High School in Chesterfield, Missouri. Greenberg became interested in acting at an early age, and moved to New York City after high school. After embarking on a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre course at New York University, he landed roles in many theatre companies. He was cast as Romeo in NYU's performance of Romeo and Juliet. In 1997, he was offered a small role on the television show Law & Order. Soon after his appearance, he was assigned an agent and one year later made his big screen debut in A Civil Action, a movie starring John Travolta.
A few years later, after landing small roles on the TV shows (Boston Public, The Sopranos, and Third Watch among others), he was cast as Matty Matthews, a high school student trying to pass the S.A.T, in the movie The Perfect Score. While he was still appearing in One Tree Hill, he began shooting another television show for HBO called Unscripted.
Greenberg's first starring role was in the Ben Younger film Prime (2005). He played David Bloomberg, a young artist who falls in love with one of his mother's (Meryl Streep) patients (Uma Thurman).
[edit] Music
In addition to acting, Greenberg is a musician. He has performed two songs on One Tree Hill. He also landed a place on the One Tree Hill Tour with several other musicians and actors from the series. Greenberg has since recorded the Someday EP. This EP includes the track "Someday", as seen performed on One Tree Hill, as well as another track called "Lonely World".He realesed an album on itunes.
[edit] Personal
Greenberg's girlfriend is actress Olivia Munn.
[edit] Filmography
- Nobel Son (2007/post-production) - Barkley Michaelson
- October Road (TV series) (2007) - Nick Garrett
- Thanks To Gravity (2005) - Chris
- Prime (2005) - David Bloomberg
- Unscripted (2005) - Bryan Greenberg
- The Perfect Score (2004) - Matty Matthews
- Life With Bonnie (2004) - Timmy
- One Tree Hill (2003-) - Jake Jagielski
- Providence (2002) - Neal
- The Chronicle (2002) - Damon Furberg
- Strong Medicine (2002) - Kent
- Three Sisters (2001) - Roy
- Boston Public (2000/2003) - Mr. Freeman
- Third Watch (2000) - Francis DeSilva
- The Sopranos (2000) - Peter McClure
- A Civil Action (1998) - Firecracker Kid
- Law & Order (1997) - Matt Wheeler
