“October Road’s” Bryan Greenberg

Bryan Greenberg – Born May 24, 1978 in Omaha, Nebraska to Jewish American parents, and were one of the few Jewish families in the region. He grew up in a conservative household where both of his parents were practicing psychologist. Bryan grew up going to Jewish Summer Camps and belonged to Jewish Youth Groups in the area. When he was 12 years old his parents moved to St. Louis MO. At an early age he caught the acting bug and later graduated from Parkway Central High School in Chesterfield MO.

After Greenberg graduated high school, he packed his bags and headed to New York City to pursue a career in acting. While in New York, he earned a degree in Theatre from the New York University of which afforded him the opportunity to perform in several different shows around the city.

Since that time, Bryan has well established the acting career he set out to achieve. Most know him as the hunky basketball player Jake from One Tree Hill, but he has appeared in a number of other projects both in television and film. Some of his small screen credits include small roles on shows such as Boston Public, The Sopranos, Law & Order, the HBO series Unscripted where he appeared as himself. Greenberg also landed the starring role in films such as Perfect Score, A Civil Action & Prime, where he appeared as Uma Thurman’s 23 year old boy toy in 2005.

The October Road star plays the role of Nick Garrett, a critically-acclaimed writer who used his home town friends as subjects in his successfully written book. After a decade he returned home to find that all of his high school buddies had changed, they had settled down with families of their own, not at all like the people he left behind so long ago. Waiting back home was also the love of his life with a young boy that may or may not be his. Encountering some serious writers block he returns to what he knows for help.

What many may not know about Greenberg is that he is an accomplished musician in addition to being a successful actor. While on the show One Tree Hill, Greenberg performed two songs of which he went on to record one of them entitled “Someday.” He also recorded another track called “Lonely World.” He has independently released 12 songs on iTunes called “Waiting” and is preparing to perform live starting on May 31, 2007 in L.A.