Brendan Fehr

Canadian-born Brendan Fehr, originally seeking out a modeling career, found his calling with acting, and auspiciously put his brooding good looks and watchability to use with a breakthrough role on the sci-fi/teen drama series "Roswell" (The WB. 1999-2001; UPN, 2001-2002). The actor got his start just two years prior, with a guest role on an episode of the short-lived 1997 Vancouver-filmed teen series "Breaker High" (UPN) before landing work on the Fox sci-fi drama "Millennium" (also lensed in Vancouver), appearing in episodes from each of the series' three seasons (1996-1999). He was featured alongside Cheryl Ladd in the Fox Family Channel sci-fi thriller "Perfect Little Angels" after taking a role with the actress in the USA Network TV movie "Every Mother's Worst Fear"(both 1998). While Fehr didn't play the title predator in the latter, he proved an effective villain in the 1999 fact-based ABC movie "Our Guys: Outrage in Glen Ridge". His sinister turn as the police lieutenant's son, a repugnantly cruel and loudmouthed athlete accused along with a gang of his friends of raping a mentally challenged neighborhood girl, was appropriately disturbing and not easily forgotten, the actor more than holding his own alongside co-stars including Ally Sheedy and Eric Stoltz.

In 1999, Fehr broke through with a regular co-starring role on "Roswell" as one of a trio of aliens who are living as teenagers in the famed New Mexico site of a believed UFO crash. As Michael, he played the mysterious, hulking heavy of the gang who makes a point of constantly reminding his fellow extraterrestrials Max (Jason Behr) and Isabel (Katherine Heigl) of the severity of their situation after Max risked their cover by saving the life of human Liz (Shiri Appleby). Fehr's characterization of Michael made him likable despite his terminal seriousness, emerging as a level-headed if pessimistic rebel with a cause as he tries to stay a step ahead of authorities out to uncover the alien presence. The actor previously worked with "Roswell" executive producer David Nutter on "Disturbing Behavior" (1998), marking his feature acting debut with a small, dialogue-light role as one of the Stepford-like 'Blue Ribbons'. Fehr went on to more rewarding feature work, proving an asset to the casts of the 1999 lensed features "Christina's House", an independent co-starring Brad Rowe, and "Final Destination", a youth-oriented thriller starring a host of up and comers, about a group of students who inexplicably begin to die off after deciding against boarding what turns out to be a doomed flight. After a few appearences in minor films, Fehr was next cast in a highly visible role of Stuntman in the action film "Biker Boyz" (2003)