A Texas native, Preston started acting his senior year in high school and then attended the University of Texas at Austin to study Theatre and Radio Television Film. In Austin, he performed in over a dozen plays and guest starred in 2 television pilots, Jack and Bobby on the WB, and Richard Linklater's HBO pilot, 5.15/hr.After graduation, Preston moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting as a career and has certainly made a mark in Hollywood. He has starred opposite William Shatner, Chris O'Donnell, John Goodman, David Carradine, Ryan Kwanten, Demi Lovato, Samuel L Jackson, and Neil Patrick Harris in both comedic and dramatic television and film. He most recently guest starred in the CBS drama, The Mentalist.