Brian Sampson was born in Los Angeles, but grew up in Northern California. His parents were both musicians and public educators when he began acting in plays at elementary school. By Junior High School he was writing, shooting, directing and acting in his own award-winning video productions. His first science-fiction movie, "A Game of Power," won the California State Librarian's Media Festival in 1983. His second production, "Dark Star of Eden," also won awards at state and local media festivals in 1984. During college, he studied the art of filmmaking, writing and acting. This led to his first job in Hollywood. In 1990, he visited Los Angeles for a UCLA summer session in the M.P.T.A. program and was hired as a stand-in for the werewolf movie, "The Howling VI." His next job in Hollywood was behind the scenes as a production assistant on the HBO movie, "The Water Engine." In the early 1990's Brian returned to Northern California to finish his bachelor's degree in English. During that time, he produced two more independent productions for public access television, "Border Patrol II" and "The Knight Warrior." During his senior year he kept busy working as a camera operator and weekend reporter at KCPM Channel 24 before graduating and moving to Los Angeles. In Hollywood, he was quickly hired as a photographer at an extras casting company in 1996. He worked there for a year, photographing new clients, before trying extra-work as a means to earn his SAG card. Brian joined the Screen Actor's Guild in 1999 after being featured on season #9, Episode 11 of 90210. His first significant role as a SAG actor was playing a uniformed policeman on several episodes of the television series Nash Bridges. He is known for his work on Nash Bridges, The Matrix Reloaded, I love You Man and Steve Jobs.