Jason Priestley Overview

Cursed with the stigma of always being known as a teen hearthrob, Jason Priestley began his career as a child actor in TV commercials. After dropping out of acting in his teens to concentrate on high school sports, Vancouver-born Priestley got back in the professional swim following graduation, accepting one-shot roles on TV series such as 21 Jump Street, Quantum Leap and MacGyver. His first American TV assignment was the regular role of teen orphan Todd Mahaffey on the 1989 sitcom Sister... See All