Brian Gaskill
Brian Gaskill is a vet of daytime and prime-time television, appearing in contract roles on 5 daytime dramas and also on an Aaron Spelling prime-time production. He also has appeared as guest star on many other prime-time shows. Brian has been in the biz since 1993 when he graduated from the prestigious Acting Conservatory at Suny Purchase.
Upon graduation, Brian performed in The Lion in Winter at The Cleveland Playhouse, co-starring Tony Award winner Elizabeth Franz, who convinced Brian to head to Los Angeles. Soon after, he broke into television on Aaron Spelling's Melrose Place spin-off "Models Inc". Next..., he landed the role of "Bobby Warner" on ABC's "All My Children".
While living in New York City, Brian became the co-founder (with Shea Whigham of Boardwalk Empire) and producing director of The Rorschach Group, a theater company dedicated to bringing new material to the stages of Manhattan.
Upon his return to L.A., he was seen in Sony Screen Gems' The Broken Hearts Club, and the critically acclaimed short film Higher Grounds, opposite Ann Cusack. where Brian played an angel who was a golden retriever in his previous incarnation on earth. In addition, he guest starred on numerous prime-time series before returning to daytime television in the role of "Rafe," a vampire slaying angel, on the ABC series Port Charles.
On other TV shows, Brian has since played Oscar Marone (a New Jersey/Vegas low rent casino owner) on The Bold and The Beautiful, BJ Greene (an ex high school nerd who has become a billionaire with a makeover and tendency towards insanity and chocolate milk) on As The World Turns, and Dylan Lewis (a young father, who had a baby as a teenager, and is trying to re-connect with his now teenage daughter) on Guiding Light.
Brian wrote, starred in, and co-directed a 20 minute short film titled "The Speech" (also co-wrote an original song for it). He also wrote and starred in another short film called "The Audition" in January 2014...both can be found on YouTube.