Brian Austin Green Biography

Fast Facts

• Father was a professional drummer who did studio work for Frank Sinatra and toured with Glen Campbell
• Parents added Austin to his name when he was 9 because there was another Brian Green in the Screen Actors Guild
• Got his big break playing Donna Mills' son on Knots Landing from 1986 to 1989
• His character on Beverly Hills, 90210, David Silver, made his way among the cooler kids on the show through his involvement in music
• Following Silver's (and his real-life father's) footsteps, Green turned to music in his own life
• Released a critically panned rap album, One Stop Carnival, in 1996
• Began a music-production company called Shen Productions
• Also known for his role as Derek Reese on the 2008-09 TV sci-fi drama, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, as well as his work on Smallville, playing Metallo, a role he took on in 2009