Bradley Thomas Rowe (born May 15, 1970) is an American actor, writer, producer, and public policy advocate. He appeared in '' Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss'' (1998) and TNT's ''

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''. Other roles include a short stint as recurring character Walt on ''

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'', Murphy Sinclair on '' General Hospital'', Ty Swindle on ''

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'', and Dan Murphy on ''

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''.

Early life

Rowe was born and raised in

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. A 1993

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economics graduate, Rowe worked as a finance manager for political campaigns in

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, before moving to

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, to pursue acting and screenwriting.

Career

Rowe started his career in the

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library and mailroom. He appeared in the TV movies ''Vanished'', '' Lucky 7'' and ''

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'' and the NBC mini-series ''The 70s'', as well as appearing on ''Perception'' as FBI Agent Bobby Dalton, and as Agent Jack Burgess on ''1-800-MISSING''. In 1998, he portrayed a recurring character named Walt in the

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''NewsRadio''. The character was the nephew of the eccentric billionaire Jimmy James boss of the WNYX crew. In 2007, he played Shaun, the romantic interest of the central character ( Trevor Wright) of ''

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''. That same year, he appeared in the episode "

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" on '' How I Met Your Mother''. He took part in Tony Zierra's 2011 documentary ''

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'', which follows the early careers of Rowe,

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, Chad Lindberg and Greg Fawcett. Rowe is the host of the talk radio podcast series ''MIPtalk: Conversations with the World's Most Interesting People'', with writer Noam Dromi. Rowe founded Bright Angel Productions, a video and documentary company.

Filmography

Film

Television

Public policy work

Rowe advocated for

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rights during the

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campaign in 2008. He spent 10 years teaching and volunteering at Chrysalis in Los Angeles. In the early 2010s, Rowe worked in educational policy for the

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of Greater Los Angeles, organizing HomeWalk, an event that raised money to fight homelessness. Rowe graduated with a master's degree in public policy (MPP) from the

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in 2013. He was awarded the Ann C. Rosenfield Fellowship in Education Policy by the United Way of Greater Los Angeles. Until 2017, Rowe was the managing director of BOTEC Analysis, a public policy research and consulting firm based in Los Angeles, and a contributor to the Crime and Justice Program at

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's Marron Institute of Urban Management.

Personal life

Rowe and Lisa Fiori were married in 1999. They have a son named Hopper.

References

External links

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Brad Rowe - MIPtalk.com Official Podcast Page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rowe, Brad 1970 births Living people Male actors from Milwaukee University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Letters and Science alumni American male film actors UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs faculty