Brian is a native of the small town of Pennsdale, Pennsylvania. He developed an interest in history after a trip to Gettysburg at age 11. Soon after followed an interest in films, particularly those related to history. With movies like Glory hitting the theatres his interest grew. He attended Muncy High School where work in theatre spurred his interest in acting.

Brian began working in feature films in 1992 with his involvement in the movie "Gettysburg" both behind-the-scenes and on screen by playing a role opposite actor Maxwell Caulfield. This sparked an even bigger interest in the film making process. Theater work kept him busy until his next film experience, which was on the TNT, John Frankenheimer directed television movie "Andersonville."

That led to a string of films and documentaries such as the TNT mini-series "Rough Riders" with Tom Berenger and Sam Elliott, and the History Channel documentary series "Civil War Combat."

Brian first came to LionHeart FilmWorks when he met Kevin Hershberger at a living history and expressed an interest in acting in one of Kevin’s films. Soon after, Brian landed the co-lead in LionHeart’s 1999 Korean War short film, "The Nest" alongside LionHeart 'contract player' Terry Jernigan.

2000 brought Brian his first leading role as an actor in LionHeart’s "Wicked Spring," portraying Confederate soldier Harrison Bolding.

After "Wicked Spring," Brian went on to work on The Warner Brothers feature film "God’s and Generals" as an actor/assistant re-enactor wrangler. There he worked with LionHeart’s Assistant Director John Bert for the first time. He also acted in Brian Egen's film "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge." After "God’s and Generals," In recent years, Brian's worked with LionHeart on a number of shorts, features and documentaries including "No Retreat From Destiny," " For Love of Liberty," "Von Steuben's Continentals," "Eyewitness History" and "The Image."

In 2006, Brian was featured (along with John Pagano) in director Terrence Malick's epic "The New World."

Special Effects:

While working with FX coordinator Bill Bishop on several LionHeart projects, Brian developed a strong interest in... well, blowing things up. In 2002 he got the chance to work on his own with a small Gettysburg College film entitled "Forgotten Gettysburg" directed by Jason Patton. That sealed the deal and Brian decided it was time to pursue his own effects license.

Now a fully licensed special effects coordinator, Brian has worked on many projects for The History Channel, Discovery Channel, BBC, Grenada Television and the National Geographic Channel. Working with Historical Entertainment he created battle effects for projects such as: "Battlefield Detectives," "From All Sides," "The Hunt for John Wilkes Booth" and the special "Sherman’s March to the Sea." Being a student of history has enabled Brian to bring a sense of accurate realism to the special effects he has created for numerous battle scenes.

In 2004, Brian got the chance to create special effects for LionHeart’s epic feature film "No Retreat from Destiny: The Battle That Rescued Washington." On this film he had the opportunity to expand on his idea of using compressed nitrogen for bullet hits both for ground and body hits. Later that year followed more special effects work when LionHeart partnered with Encino California's 11th Day Entertainment for the docudrama "For Love of Liberty." Recently, Brian coordinated all of the effects for the feature film "Ghost Town."

Brian continues to lend his creative talents for both special effects and acting to LionHearts ongoing work.

He currently resides in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania where, between films, he helps his fiancé with their 19th century men’s clothing business, Corner Clothiers. http://www.cornerclothiers.com