Earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English from C.S.U. Chico in 1996.
Also earned an Associate Arts Degree in Language Arts at Butte College in 1991.
Attended two semesters of post graduate college at C.S.U. Northridge in the theater department where he worked as a prop master for the spring musical, Tommy in 2008.
In 1995, Brian attended the C.S.U. Summer Arts session for advanced film production at Humboldt State University, where he worked "hands-on" with Panavision equipment and helped film a music video for The Bodeans.
Brian's first job in Hollywood came in 1990, after completing the "History of Film" summer session at U.C.L.A., when he was hired as a stand-in for actor Brendan Hughes on the set of The Howling VI.
Brian worked on two of the modern Planet of the Apes films. In 2001, he played a Chimp fireman for Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes and in 2013 he worked as a photo double for the character Carver in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.
Between the year 2000 and 2012, Brian acted onstage in more than a dozen plays in Northern and Southern California.
Tore his ACL in 2007, (while attending college at Northridge). It took two surgeries to repair it.
Has one sibling, a sister, Christine who works as an insurance agent in the East Bay area.
In February of 2009, Brian visited Egypt and meditated inside the Great Pyramid at Giza.
Is an avid cyclist who enjoys riding, customizing and restoring bicycles.