Brian Ronalds (b. 1973)
Birthplace:
Los Angeles, California, USA
Born:
July 6, 1973
Brian made first real impression as the mysterious young solider Henry Grenfel in The Fox by D.H. Lawrence at the University of Wyoming. He continued to study theatre and film independently after his first year of college and had since been "working" in film, plays and television commercials while earning his B.A. in English from the University of Northern Colorado in 1997. Brian worked at Qwest Communications for 5 years as a Sr. Design Engineer while acting in plays, commercials, independent films and industrial videos. In 2001 Brian became involved on both sides of the camera with his brother Dean started making short films together starting in 2001. After the brothers short film The Netherbeast of Berm-Tech Indistries, Inc. gained film festival awards and attention, they adapted it into the feature film Netherbeast Incorporated with Bruce Dellis. Brian produced and co-starred in Netherbeast Incorporated with Darrell Hammond, Judd Nelson, Dave Foley, Jason Mewes, Robert Wagner, Steve Burns and Amy Davidson, which was released nationwide in 2009. After the success of his first Indie film, Brian, along with his brother Dean, were brought aboard in 2009 to write for the second season of Tyler Perry's wildly popular TBS sitcom, Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns. Thereafter, Brian produced and co-starred in Lion Gate's 8 Films to Die For: The Graves, starring Tony Todd, Bill Moseley, Amanda Wyss, Clare Grant and Jillian Murray, that hit theaters nationwide in January 2010. In 2010, Brian co-wrote, co-directed and produced with his brother Dean the comedic web series Here & Now, starring Judd Nelson, Traci Lords and Alexis Arquette. Later that year Brian produced and co-starred in Showtime's Dirty Little Trick starring Dean Cain, Michael Madsen and Christie Burson. In 2011, Brian produced the film Sprawl with Tom Malloy while his brother Dean helmed as director starring Nicole Fox, Jennifer Taylor, Michael Madsen and Tom Malloy.