The Biography

Brad Hawkins (born January 13, 1976) is an American actor, country singer, and martial artist, best known for playing Ryan Steele in Saban's action adventure science fantasy series VR Troopers (1994–1996, and with 92 total episode appearances) and for his role in the 2014 film Boyhood. He also did the (uncredited) voice of Trey of Triforia, the Gold Ranger in Power Rangers Zeo. In 1999, he starred as Tyler Hart in the CBS miniseries Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story, filmed in Charlotte and Mooresville, NC. Before becoming an actor, he attended and graduated from Plano Senior High School inPlano, Texas. He was a country music singer for 3 years in the "country music capital", Nashville, Tennessee. His country song "We Lose" became a No. 1 video hit on Country Music Television and Great American Country country music television channels. He starred in the slasher film Shredder in 2003. His most recent acting role was as a motion capture actor for id Software's Doom 4. He also works as a voice actor, often with Funimation, including roles inD.Gray-man and Dragonaut: The Resonance.