Brian Lane Green

For other people named Brian Green, see Brian Green (disambiguation).

Brian Lane Green (born March 9, 1962) is an American stage and television actor and singer. He is known for his stage roles throughout the country such as the title character in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Green garnered a Tony Award nomination for his performance in the 1989 Broadway production of Starmites. He also appeared as JoJo in The Life on Broadway.

Brian Lane Green
Born	(1962-03-09) March 9, 1962 (age 60) Columbus, Indiana
Occupation(s)	Stage, television actor, director, singer, songwriter

Biography

Green was born in Columbus, Indiana and grew up in Cleveland, Tennessee, where he began singing in church. He won the Church of God national Teen Talent competition. After starring in a local production of Pippin, he began working as an actor, guest starring on television shows such as Highway to Heaven, Hotel, Matlock and Murder, She Wrote; and as a regular on the soap operas Days of Our Lives, Another World, and All My Children. In 1986, he made his Broadway debut in the role of Huck Finn in Big River.^[1] He appears in the 2001 gay-related film Circuit.

Green collaborated with Billy Stritch and Johnny Rodgers to write, I Would Never Leave You for Liza Minnelli. The song appeared in Liza's at the Palace...! on Broadway and can be heard on the album of the show, produced by Phil Ramone.

Most recently, he has appeared in The Broadway Tenors concerts.^[2]

Green currently serves on the Artistic Advisory Board of Gulfshore Playhouse, Southwest Florida's premier professional theatre.

Filmography

Television and Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1980	Breaking Away	Jerry	(TV Series), 1 episode: "King of the Quarry"
1983	AfterMASH	Dypsinski (credited as Brian Greene)	(TV Series), 2 episodes: "Klinger vs. Klinger" and "Shall We Dance"
1985	Highway to Heaven	Gary Duncan (credited as Brian L. Green)	(TV Series), 2 episodes: "A Song for Jason: Part 1" and "A Song for Jason: Part 2"
1986	Murder, She Wrote	Matthew Burns (credited as Brian L. Green)	(TV Series), 1 episode: "Powder Keg"
	Hotel	Michael Watson (credited as Brian L. Green)	(TV Series), 1 episode: "Child's Play"
1986-1990	Matlock	Kevin Meredith (credited as Brian L. Green)	(TV Series), 2 episodes: "The Judge" and "The Kidnapper"
1987-1988	Days of Our Lives	Alan Brand (credited as Brian Green)	(TV Series), 34 episodes
1988	The Law & Harry McGraw	Derek Fosby	(TV Series), 1 episode: "Harry Does the Hustle"
1989	Just the Ten of Us	Cort (credited as Brian L. Green)	(TV Series), 1 episode: "Betrayal"
	Nearly Departed	Kirk (credited as Brian L. Green)	(TV Series), 1 episode: "Altared States"
1990-1991	Broken Badges	Unnamed role (credited as Brian L. Green)	(TV Series), 2 episodes: "Chucky" and "Meet Your Matchmaker"
1991-1993	Another World	Sam Fowler (credited as Brian Green)	(TV Series), 42 episodes
1993	All My Children	Brian Bodine #3	(TV Series), 34 episodes
1997	Sabrina the Teenage Witch	Benvolio (credited as Brian Green)	(TV Series), 1 episode: "The Great Mistake"
2001	Circuit	Gill	(Film)
	Friends & Family	Damon Jennings	(Film)

Personal life

In 2003, Green came out as gay to Out magazine.^[3][4]

References

1. . Archived from the original on November 4, 2013. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
2. "Broadway Tenors Set Fall 2013 Concert Dates". Retrieved October 30, 2013.
3. Gideonse, Ted (April 2003). . Out. 11: 23. Archived from the original on 2013-12-28. Retrieved December 27, 2013.
4. Damiano, Mary (2010). . The Express. Florida. Archived from the original on December 27, 2013. Retrieved December 27, 2013.

External links

• Brian Lane Green at IMDb
• Brian Lane Green at the Internet Broadway Database  
• at Playbill