Brian Goodman Biography

Fast Facts

• Knew he wanted to be an actor after seeing the docudrama Brian's Song at age 8
• Lived on the streets of Boston after dropping out of school at age 12
• Spent five years in prison in the early '90s, and turned to acting following his release
• Made his film debut in the 1998 drama Southie, about a gang in South Boston
• Cowrote and directed the semiautobiographical film What Doesn't Kill You, starring Mark Ruffalo and Ethan Hawke, which premiered at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival
• Has landed recurring roles on several prominent series, such as ABC's Lost, Castle and Revenge, as well as TNT's crime-drama Rizzoli & Isles