1. Brian Carlo Haley was born on February 12,1963 and is an American actor and comedian.
15 Facts About Brian Haley
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Brian Haley's stand-up act is characterized by playing his all-American looks against manic outbursts and absurd situations.
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Brian Haley's father was an airline executive and his mother was a homemaker and part-time maid.
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Brian Haley's father is of Irish and Italian descent, which is where he gets his Italian middle name Carlo.
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Brian Haley disliked the experience so much that upon his return to Seattle 18 months later, he refused to speak the language except to translate for his younger sister, who only spoke French.
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Brian Haley began acting as a child in the Seattle area doing community and school theater.
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Brian Haley eventually enlisted in the US Army to join the Green Berets.
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Brian Haley was in the service from 1980 to 1985 where he won letters of commendation and the Army Achievement Medal, but left early to pursue a career in show business.
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In July 1988, Brian Haley was a contestant on the Alex Trebek hosted game show "Classic Concentration".
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Brian Haley's appearance spanned multiple episodes as he won $11,285 worth of prizes.
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In 1998, Brian Haley played firefighter Roger Parks in the episode "Fire Station 32" in Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction.
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Brian Haley has been cast frequently in dramatic roles, playing a detective in the Coen Brothers film The Man Who Wasn't There and Martin Scorsese's The Departed and Police Captain Hill in Tony Scott's The Taking of Pelham 123.
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Brian Haley is currently doing the commentary, along with Tim Kitzrow for NFL Blitz.
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Brian Haley owns the Frank Sinatra booth and several other items from Chasen's restaurant.
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Brian Haley is active with the relief organization World Vision.