WES BROWN

Wes Brown was born in Fort Worth, Texas, and raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where he attended Louisiana State University.  Prior to graduating from LSU, Brown got his big break right in his home state, filming the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced 2006 sports drama Glory Road which shot on location in Southern Louisiana.  Soon after, he relocated to Los Angeles and landed another supporting role in the Warner Bros. feature, We Are Marshall, playing actor Ian McShane’s son.

 

Brown is perhaps best known for his role on HBO’s hit vampire series, “True Blood,” in which he played Luke, a former football player with a vengeance against vampires.

 

Brown has also had guest-starring roles on CBS’s “CSI: Miami,” “Criminal Minds,” “NCIS,” “NCIS New Orleans”, “911” and on ABC’s “Desperate Housewives,” along with recurring roles on the NBC medical drama “Trauma,” The CW’s “90210” and “Hart of Dixie,” ABC’s hit “Private Practice” and David Lynch’s “Twin Peaks” and the Harrison Ford led film “Call of The Wild.” He also portrayed Disney’s legendary Gaston on ABC’s “Once Upon a Time.”

 

Additionally, Brown was a series regular on the Lifetime network’s “Beach Girls,” starring Rob Lowe, as well as on NBC’s “Deception.”

 

A favorite of Hallmark Channel fans, Brown has starred in the Hallmark Channel Original Movies “June in January,” “Love Begins,” “Love’s Resounding Courage,” “Shadow on The Mesa,” “Love Under the Stars”, “Christmas Cookies”, “Check Inn To Christmas” and “Over The Moon In Love.”  Most recently, he starred in Hallmark Channel’s “A Nashville Christmas Carol” as well as previous year’s holiday movie hits “Christmas at Graceland” and in “Wedding at Graceland,” as part of the network’s annual “June Weddings” programming event.