Brandon Dean graduated from Tarpon Springs High School (Tarpon Springs, Florida). Started on the baseball team as an outfielder all four years and holds the record for games played in a season and career. Started at Wide Receiver and Punt Returner on High School football team. School name was the 'Spongers', which was ranked as the worst high school nickname in the country. Attended college at Barry University in Miami, FL on a Baseball Scholarship and got a degree in Broadcast Communications and a Fine Arts Minor in Theatre. First stage audition was for Demetrius and Lysander in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Nights' Dream, but was cast as Theseus. Performed in over a dozen plays before making his screen debut. Starting outfielder all four years and holds records for games played and sacrifice bunts in a season and career, and in his senior year in college, the Barry baseball team went to the College World Series and lost the Regional Championship game to the University of Tampa. Attended a half dozen professional baseball tryouts. Played in only two professional baseball games during a double header for the Huntington Rail Kings in the now defunct Heartland Independent League. Went to work for the Double A Chicago Cubs in Jackson, Tennessee and then the San Francisco Giants Triple A team in Fresno, California. Came back home to Florida, packed all his belongings and drove across the country to Manhattan Beach, California. Now resides in Hermosa Beach, California. Got his start at lead roles shooting over a dozen short films for film students attending USC, UCLA, LMU, New York Film School, Los Angeles Film School, Chapman University, California State Northridge, California State Long Beach, Art Center College of Design, Art Institute, and Cal Arts. These films gave him his demo tape that launched his paid acting career. In 2005, got his first two lead roles in a couple 35mm full length feature films (Zombie Nation and Masculin Timing) and four lead roles on television shows. Also had six guest appearances on three different television shows and is a principal in over two dozen national and regional commercials.Got his first lead role in a feature film by submitting himself from a Backstagewest casting notice. Thought the director/producer was the cameraman at his first audition and call back. Studied with Lesly Kahn, Carolyne Barry and Director John Swanbeck. Audits numerous other classes and attends Casting Director Workshops. Is a member of TVI and AIA Actors Studios. Plays in local adult baseball leagues. Member of Alpha Delta Gamma National Fraternity and was named Brother of the Year his senior year in college.
