birth_place birth_date yearsactive article_title occupation
plano , texas , u.s. 13 january 1976 1994 -- present brad hawkins
 film , television actor , singer/songwriter
brad hawkins

brad hawkins -lrb- born january 13 , 1976 -rrb- is an american actor , country singer , and martial artist , best known for playing ryan steele in saban 's action adventure science fantasy series `` vr troopers '' -lrb- 1994 -- 1996 , and with 92 total episode appearances -rrb- and for his role in the 2014 film `` boyhood '' .
he also did the -lrb- uncredited -rrb- voice of trey of triforia , the gold ranger in `` power rangers zeo '' .
in 1999 , he starred as tyler hart in the cbs miniseries ' , filmed in charlotte and mooresville , nc .
before becoming an actor , he attended and graduated from plano senior high school in plano , texas .
he was a country music singer for 3 years in the `` country music capital '' , nashville , tennessee .
his country song `` we lose '' became a no. 1 video hit on country music television and great american country country music television channels .
he starred in the slasher film `` shredder '' in 2003 .
his most recent acting role was as a motion capture actor for id software 's `` doom 4 '' .
he also works as a voice actor , often with funimation , including roles in `` d.gray-man '' and ' .
