# Brian Krause

Brian Jeffrey Krause (born February 1, 1969) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Leo Wyatt on The WB television series Charmed (1998–2006) and for portraying the lead role of Charles Brady in the 1992 horror film Sleepwalkers.

## Early life

Krause was born in El Toro, California, the son of Alice and Jeff Krause. He has a brother named Patrick. Krause was adopted. He grew up in Southern California and took his first acting class at The Actors Workshop while in junior high. In his teens, he studied karate and attended El Toro High School, where he graduated in 1987. He continued his education at Orange Coast College.

## Career

Krause landed his first role in 1989 as a student in the TV series TV 101. He then starred in the made-for-TV-movie Match Point, the CBS Schoolbreak Special "American Eyes", and An American Summer, before landing his first major role as Richard Lestrange, Jr. in the film Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991). He was a co-star in the Bandit series prior to his most notable role of Leo Wyatt, in The WB Network series Charmed (1998–2006). Krause originally auditioned for the role of Andy Trudeau but was cast as Piper's handyman/whitelighter love interest.
Due to budget restrictions in the eighth season (2005–06), he only appeared in the first 10 episodes and last two episodes. After Charmed, he has appeared in made-for-TV-movies and TV shows such as Mad Men (episode 2x12 The Mountain King), The Closer (episode 4x01 Controlled Burn), and Castle (episode 3x03 Under the Gun). He lent his voice and image to portray a minor character (Clem Feeney) in the videogame L.A. Noire, and he appeared in the YouTube video series Chad Vader, in Season 4, Episode 4: "The Return of Brian" (uploaded July 10, 2012), as himself, a former employee of Empire Market.
He starred as Ben in the 2012 film Ben and Becca, directed by Victor Alferi, written and produced by Bibi Amos, who also starred as Becca.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1989 | Match Point | Bart | TV movie |
| 1990 | An American Summer | Joey | |
| 1991 | Earth Angel | Mike | TV movie |
| 1991 | Return to the Blue Lagoon | Richard Lestrange, Jr. | |
| 1991 | December | Tim Mitchell | |
| 1992 | Sleepwalkers | Charles Brady | |
| 1994 | Bandit Goes Country | Lynn | TV movie |
| 1994 | Bandit Bandit | Lynn | TV movie |
| 1994 | Beauty and the Bandit | Lynn | TV movie |
| 1994 | Bandit's Silver Angel | Lynn | TV movie |
| 1994 | The Liars' Club | Pat | |
| 1995 | 919 Fifth Avenue | Court Van Degen | TV movie |
| 1995 | Breaking Free | Clay Nelson | |
| 1996 | Naked Souls | Edward | |
| 1996 | Within the Rock | Luke Harrison | TV movie |
| 1996 | Mind Games | Matt Jarvis | |
| 1998 | Get a Job | Mike | |
| 1999 | Dreamers | Pete | |
| 1999 | Trash | Will Fowler | |
| 2000 | The Party | The Husband | Short |
| 2001 | Return to Cabin by the Lake | Mike Helton | TV movie |
| 2004 | To Kill a Mockumentary | Danson | Video |
| 2005 | Pissed | Jay | |
| 2005 | The Mission | Jack | Short |
| 2006 | Ties That Bind | David | TV movie |
| 2007 | Protecting the King | Jeff | |
| 2007 | Devil's Diary | Father Mark Mulligan | |
| 2008 | Beyond Loch Ness | James Murphy | TV movie |
| 2008 | Triloquist | Detective Kislow | |
| 2008 | Warbirds | Col. Jack Toller | TV movie |
| 2008 | Jack Rio | Billy Rafferty | |
| 2008 | Desertion | Brandon | |
| 2009 | The Gods of Circumstance | Jim Jeff Jones | |
| 2009 | Nowhere to Hide | Edward Crane | |
| 2009 | 2012: Supernova | Kelvin | Video |
| 2009 | Chamber of Worlds | Raider Trevor Gantry | Short |
| 2010 | Growth | Marco | |
| 2010 | You're So Cupid | Daniel Valentine | |
| 2010 | Cyrus | Cyrus | |
| 2010 | The Binds That Tie Us | Marion Winston | Short |
| 2010 | Ashes | Andrew Stanton | |
| 2010 | Next Stop Murder | Jeff | TV movie |
| 2010 | Cupid's Hot Dogs | - | Short |
| 2011 | Camel Spiders | Captain Mike Sturges | |
| 2011 | Absolute Killers | Vince | |
| 2012 | Gabe the Cupid Dog | Eric | |
| 2012 | Stalked at 17 | Mark | TV movie |
| 2012 | Retribution | Det. Frank Neaman | TV movie |
| 2012 | Ben and Becca | Ben | Short |
| 2013 | Coffin Baby | Detective Chad Cole | |
| 2013 | Gemini Rising | Plummer | |
| 2013 | Haunted Maze | Benedict Killer | |
| 2013 | Poseidon Rex | Jackson 'Jax' Slate | |
| 2013 | Christmas for a Dollar | William Kamp | |
| 2013 | Rain from Stars | John | |
| 2014 | Random Stop | Andrew Brannan | Short |
| 2014 | Red Sky | Michael Banks | |
| 2014 | Expecting Amish | Mr. Yoder | TV movie |
| 2014 | Christmas Switch | Eddie Bennett | |
| 2014 | Borrowed Moments | Ben | |
| 2014 | The Studio Club | Matt Forester | |
| 2014 | The Monogamy Experiment Short | - | Short |
| 2015 | Plan 9 | Jeff Trent | |
| 2015 | Hot Girls | Boss | Short |
| 2015 | Miracle Maker | James Booth | |
| 2016 | Ribbons | Kenny Bishop | TV movie |
| 2016 | His Double Life | Greg | |
| 2016 | Earthtastrophe | Danny | TV movie |
| 2016 | House of Purgatory | The Skeleton | |
| 2017 | Be Afraid | Dr. John Chambers | |
| 2017 | A Woman Deceived | Detective Morrison | TV movie |
| 2017 | The Killing Pact | Detective Marcs | TV movie |
| 2018 | Party Mom | Gary | TV movie |
| 2018 | Cucuy: The Boogeyman | Kieran Martin | |
| 2019 | The Demonologist | Damian | |
| 2019 | Underdog | Dallas | |
| 2019 | Trauma Therapy | Arthur | |
| 2020 | Retreat to Paradise | Neal Terry | TV movie |
| 2020 | Red Light | Stephen | Short |
| 2020 | Scarlett | Cal Sutton | |
| 2020 | Becky | Becky's Dad | Short |
| 2021 | Hollywood.Con | The Director | |
| 2021 | Secrets in the Water | Sheriff Douglas | TV movie |
| 2021 | Uploaded | Captain Ortiz | |
| 2022 | Basement | Jake | |
| 2022 | Harmony in Paradise | Timothy | TV movie |
| 2023 | Homestead | Robert | |
| 2023 | Breakout | Max Chandler | |
| 2024 | The Windigo | Sheriff Bradley Elkins | |
| 2024 | Deadly Justice | Dale Jones | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1989 | TV 101 | Student | Episode: "Kangaroo Gate" |
| 1989 | Highway to Heaven | Boy #2 | Episode: "Goodbye, Mr. Zelinka" |
| 1989-90 | Ann Jillian | Tom | Episodes: "Love: 15" & "The Crush" |
| 1990 | CBS Schoolbreak Special | Matt Henderson | Episode: "American Eyes" |
| 1993 | Tales from the Crypt | Tex Crandall | Episode: "House of Horror" |
| 1994 | Family Album | Greg Thayer | Episode: "Part 1 & 2" |
| 1995 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Billy Kramer | Episode: "Collision Course" |
| 1996 | High Tide | Scott Wilson | Episode: "Killshot" |
| 1997–98 | Another World | Matt Cory | Regular Cast |
| 1998–06 | Charmed | Leo Wyatt | Main Cast |
| 2007 | CSI: Miami | Robert Whitten | Episode: "Cyber-lebrity" |
| 2008 | The Closer | Tom Merrick | Episode: "Controlled Burn" |
| 2008 | Mad Men | Kess | Episode: "The Mountain King" |
| 2010 | Castle | Father Aaron Lowe | Episode: "Under The Gun" |
| 2012 | The Unknown | Paul Baker | Episode: "Yesterday" |
| 2014 | Dark Rising: Warrior of Worlds | Bob Danton | Recurring Cast |
| 2016 | Turn Back Time | Trevor Haas | Main Cast |
| 2018 | Dynasty | George | Episode: "The Butler Did It" |
| 2021 | Cypher | Robert | Main Cast |
| 2022 | S.W.A.T. | Josip | Episode: "Albatross" |

### Music videos

| Year | Title | Artist | Role |
| 2012 | "Shadow" | Auradrone | Ego |
| 2013 | "Ad Lucem" | Queensrÿche | Himself |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Role |
| 2004 | CSI: Miami | Robert Winton |
| 2011 | L.A. Noire | Clem Feeney |
| 2018 | Fallout 76 | Mitchell Hibbs, Watoga High School P.A., Trapped Responder, Additional Voices |