Directed, as well as acted with, future mega-star Jessica Alba when she was 15 years old.
His first leading role in the ABC Movie of the Week What Price Victory (1988) (TV), in which he portrayed an illiterate football player who gets into a good school based on his athletic abilities, led to Brian being offered the major role on "China Beach" (1988).
Is the founder and film festival director of "X-Dance" which is in its 6th year. X-Dance, is the action sports-version of Sundance. Brian is also a friends with Robert Redford.
Married, he enjoys skiing, fly fishing, snowboarding, horseback riding.
Played the lead role for the revamped and syndicated "Flipper" (1995) series starring as Dr. Keith Ricks in the show, the son of Brian Kelly's Porter Ricks character in the original. Brian stayed with the series for only the first season.
Was acting school classmates with actor/director George Clooney. Appeared as a guest star in Season 3 of "ER" (1994), but was not in any scenes with Clooney.
Was working as a production assistant on the popular film Footloose (1984) when he landed a small part in the movie and found himself hooked.