While his family owned and operated NASCAR race cars, Browder had dreamed of a career with NASA, but got sidetracked into an acting career. After college, he moved to London to study at the Central School of Speech and Drama and while in England, landed his first major work. After filming a small role as a rookie captain in the WWII-set drama "Memphis Belle" (1990), Browder was cast as Leonardo in the 1989 Peter Hall-directed London production of "The Merchant of Venice" starring Dustin Hoffman. He was invited along with the rest of the company to recreate the role on Broadway. While his career was off to an auspicious start, a career-making role eluded him.

Browder was briefly seen in the 1991 remake of "A Kiss Before Dying" and portrayed an inept deputy in the quickly-canceled series "The Boys of Twilight" (CBS, 1992). He continued to eke out a living making guest appearances (e.g., playing an old boyfriend of Courtney Thorne-Smith's Alison in "Melrose Place" in 1994) and landing parts in TV-movies (i.e., the third, much younger husband of country singer Dottie West in the 1995 CBS biopic "Big Dreams & Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story") until he landed the recurring role of Sam Brody on Fox's "Party of Five" during the 1996-97 season. Browder cut a sexy presence as a roofer who begins a flirtation with Julia Salenger(Neve Campbell). For the same network, he called upon his family background to play NASCAR driver in the TV-movie "Steel Chariots" in 1997. After filming an unsold pilot for a UPN sci-fi series, Browder landed the star-making part of Crichton in "Farscape". While the biggest drawback for the actor was the show's Australian shooting location, he clearly reveled in playing the pilot lost in space and given refuge on the bio-mechanoid (part machine, part organic) spaceship with a motley crew.

• Born:

  on 12/11/62 in Memphis, Tennessee

• Job Titles:

  Actor, Screenwriter, Waiter

Family

• Brothers: has at least three; Browder has referred to them in interviews, "I have two brothers who are running late-model stock and a I have a brother who's built and crewed for a bush team that my family's run for the last few years" (from an interview with Michelle Erica Green on fandom.com, March 22, 2000)
• : has two children

Significant Others

• Wife: Francesca Buller. English; met while studying in London; married in 1989; acted together on stage in "The Merchant of Venice"

Education

• Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina
• Central School of Speech and Drama, London, England

Milestones

• 1989 Broadway debut in the company of "The Merchant of Venice", starring Dustin Hoffman
• 1990 Feature film debut, "Memphis Belle"
• 1991 Had supporting role in "A Kiss Before Dying"
• 1992 Debut as series regular on "The Boys of Twilight" (CBS), playing an inept deputy
• 1994 Made guest appearance on "Melrose Place" (Fox) as an old boyfriend of Allison (Courtney Thorne-Smith)
• 1995 Was featured in the CBS biopic "Big Dreams & Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story"
• 1997 Had co-starring role in the Fox TV-movie about NASCAR racing "Steel Chariots"
• 1997 Returned to features in "Nevada"
• 1998 Made unsold UPN pilot "Martian Law"
• 1999 Starred as Crichton, an American astronaut who gets caught in a wormhole in space that sends him into another galaxy in the Sci-Fi Channel series "Farscape"
• 2000 Appeared in the ABC thriller "The Sky's on Fire" (filmed 1998)
• 2001 Made screenwriting debut, penning the "Green-Eyed Monster" episode of "Farscape"
• Had recurring role as Sam Brody, a carpenter involved with Julia Salinger, on "Party of Five" (Fox)
• Raised in Charlotte, North Carolina

Source: Yahoo! Movies

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