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Brandon Walsh is a fictional character played by
Jason Priestley Jason Bradford Priestley (born August 28, 1969) is a Canadian-American actor and television director. Priestly starred as virtuous Brandon Walsh on the television series ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' (1990–1998, 2000). His other television roles in ...
on
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''. He was the first character introduced in the ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' franchise and served as the lead male character in the television drama. Brandon was best known for his
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nature and strong moral values. Unlike his close friend Dylan McKay, who was portrayed as an
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, Brandon's motives were often unselfish, and he was more of a traditional
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than Dylan. His friendliness made him so popular among his peers that, during the show's run, his sister Brenda, along with his friends, Dylan and Steve, all revealed that they considered Brandon the best friend they ever had. For his portrayal of Brandon, Priestley was nominated twice for the
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, in 1992 and 1994, for the 50th and 52nd ceremonies, respectively. Until his departure in the ninth-season episode, “Brandon Leaves,” his character appeared in every episode but one, and he later returned for a last appearance in the final episode of the series. Starting on season 6, Priestley also became a producer, and for the eight season was promoted to executive producer, until the ninth season. About his departure, Priestley says he regrets leaving the show too early.


''Beverly Hills, 90210''


Background

Born and raised in
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with twin sister,
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(played by
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), Brandon was the eldest child of Jim and Cindy Walsh. As a result of Jim's job promotion, the family moved to
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in 1990, where Brandon and Brenda enrolled at the local West Beverly Hills High School, where in the pilot episode, they met new friends Steve Sanders (
Ian Ziering Ian Andrew Ziering (; born March 30, 1964) is an American actor best known for his role as Steve Sanders on the television series ''Beverly Hills, 90210'', which he played from 1990 to 2000. He is also the voice of Vinnie on ''Biker Mice from ...
) and Kelly Taylor (
Jennie Garth Jennifer Eve Garth (born April 3, 1972) is an American actress. She is known for starring as Kelly Taylor throughout the Beverly Hills, 90210 (franchise), ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' franchise and Val Tyler on the sitcom ''What I Like About You (TV ...
). In episode two, "The Green Room," Brandon befriended loner, Dylan McKay (
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), before going on to befriend many others in his years spent in Beverly Hills. Brandon was known to have problems with gambling, which affected his relationship with his friends. He also had trouble resisting temptation when dating Kelly, shown with Emily Valentine and, coincidentally, a woman named Emma Bennett.


Love life

During the show's run, Brandon gained notoriety for having a high number of relationships with women, sometimes only for one episode, played largely by the series' guest stars. Among the most notable were the troubled Emily Valentine (
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), who tried to burn down the West Beverly High Homecoming float; the bigoted Brooke Alexander (
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), who assumed
Andrea Zuckerman Andrea Zuckerman, portrayed by Gabrielle Carteris, is a fictional character who was one of the female leads of ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' for the first five seasons. Andrea was the intelligent but sometimes socially awkward editor of the school n ...
was rich just because she was Jewish; and sophomore Nikki Witt (
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), a persistent girl who comically wore down Brandon's defenses during the episode "The Back Story." In Season Four Brandon had an affair with university professor Lucinda Nicholson (
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). Ultimately, his longest relationships were with
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, who attempted to win Brandon's heart twice throughout the series, succeeding the second time. Their relationship was strengthened after Kelly moved in with him once his parents and Brenda had moved away. In between relationships with Kelly, Brandon became involved with two of his co-workers. As a junior, he had a passionate relationship with his editor at the California University newspaper, Susan Keats (
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). Brandon and Susan pledged to take a cross-country trip in Summer 1996, but Susan ultimately accepted a position with the Clinton-Gore re-election campaign, leaving Brandon to instead take the trip with Steve. During his senior year, Brandon slowly fell for the anchor at the CU television station, Tracy Gaylian (Jill Elizabeth Novick). Tracy one day found the engagement ring Brandon tried to give to Kelly in a dresser drawer, and assumed that it was for her. When Brandon explained that it wasn't, Tracy became distrusting of him. The two patched things up, and Brandon agreed to sell back his ring at the jewelry store, exchanging it for a bracelet. Once Brandon left, however, Kelly went to the store and bought the ring for herself. Brandon later took Tracy to Hong Kong to meet his father, but upon their return to the United States, Brandon realized his true feelings for Kelly and broke up with Tracy. Tracy and Brandon reunited in Hawaii in the season 8 opener, leaving Kelly perturbed, but her doubts were erased when she met Tracy's fiancé.


Missing years

It was revealed that Brandon's job in journalism had taken him to many locations around the world. In 2000, he sent a video to Donna and David at the time of their wedding, despite not being able to make it to the ceremony. In the third spin-off, '' 90210'', he was also revealed to have kept in contact with Brenda, Dylan, and Kelly. Dylan is the one who asked Brandon for Brenda's email so he was getting in touch with Brenda.


''90210''

Though Brandon hasn't appeared since the spin-off '' 90210'', Brandon has been mentioned by numerous characters. In " The Jet Set", Brenda tells Kelly that Brandon is currently in Belize and that he thinks Kelly is beautiful. Kelly replies that she has spoken to him as well. Brenda also tells Nat that he still craves Nat's signature megaburgers. However, Dylan – and not Brandon –, is revealed to be the father of Kelly's son, Sammy. In "Model Behavior", Brenda tells Kelly that Brandon had given Dylan her email, which indicates that both he and Dylan are still on good terms. Later, Brenda tells Ryan that she is going to leave Beverly Hills for a while and go visit Brandon and his family. This indicates that Brandon has either gotten married or started a family with an unknown woman.


Reception

The character has a mostly positive reception from critics.


References

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