Early life

Harrison was born in Portland, Oregon. In his senior year, he attended Tualatin High School in Tualatin, Oregon. His first acting role came at the Hillsboro Artists' Regional Theatre in his home state where he had the role of George in Our Town.

Career

Acting

One of his first TV appearances was in the third season of MTV's Undressed and the MTV film Everybody's Doing It. In 2002, Harrison appeared as Lonny in the movie Orange County. Bret's first major role was dorky next-door neighbor Brad O'Keefe on Grounded for Life. In 2004, Harrison starred as Green Graves in the coming of age drama film Lightning Bug.

Harrison appeared in five That '70s Show episodes as Charlie Richardson, a character that was intended to be a replacement for departing cast member Topher Grace but the character was soon killed off when Harrison decided to work on another series. He also appeared in The O.C. as Danny, Seth's rival. He had a dramatic guest role on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Sam Cavanaugh, a young victim of sexual abuse. In film, he appeared alongside Jack Black and Colin Hanks in Orange County. In addition, Harrison also starred in the movie Deal, which was released in the US on April 26, 2008.

During 2006 and 2007 he starred in The Loop, as a young professional trying to balance the needs of his social life with the pressures of working at the corporate headquarters of a major U.S. airline. It was canceled following the second season in 2007. Later in 2007, he became the star of The CW series, Reaper as Sam Oliver. Reaper was canceled on May 19, 2009, after two seasons.

Bret Harrison signed on to play Dr. Sidney Miller on ABC's re-imagined V series, according to The Ausiello Files. Harrison's character appears throughout Season 2 (2011) as an evolutionary biologist and eventual member of the counter-visitor resistance. Harrison starred as Jerry in a short film titled Cost of Living co-starring Brandon Routh. He also starred as Scottie Smith in the road trip comedy film Mardi Gras: Spring Break. Also in 2011, he was signed by Fox to fill a main cast role in a mid-season replacement comedy called Breaking In.

In 2015, Harrison signed on to play Gordon Cooper on ABC's The Astronaut Wives Club and played the role of Barry Burwood in movie See You in Valhalla. In 2016, Harrison had a recurring role as Kenny in the Netflix sitcom series The Ranch.

Music

Big Japan is a four-piece indie rock band from Los Angeles, with Nathanial Castro on vocals and guitar, Adam Brody on drums, Harrison on guitar and Brad Babinski on bass. The band only performs, writes and records sporadically given Brody and Harrison's unpredictable acting schedules. Their first band name was Steven's Team, named after the film The Cable Guy.

Big Japan's first release, Music for Dummies, was digitally released through Nightshift Records on August 23, 2005. This CD originally titled Music for Dummies was changed to Untitled thus the limited number of CDs printed have become collectors items.

Personal Life

Harrison began dating Lauren Zelman in 2011. They got married on March 25, 2012.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Place Apart, AA Place Apart	Wilkey	Television film
2002	Orange County	Lonny
2002	Everybody's Doing It	Travis	Television film
2003	Home Security	Mike	Short film
2004	Lightning Bug	Green Graves
2008	Deal	Alex Stillman
2011	Chicago 8, TheThe Chicago 8	Rennie Davis
2011	Cost of Living	Jerry	Short film
2011	Mardi Gras: Spring Break	Scottie Smith
2015	See You in Valhalla	Barry Burwood

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Undressed	Skeet	7 episodes
2001-05	Grounded for Life	Brad O'Keefe	Guest star (seasons 1-2); main cast (seasons 3-5); 63 episodes
2002	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Sam Cavanaugh	Episode: "Guilt"
2003	Boston Public	Doug Baer	Episode: "Chapter Fifty-Six"
2004	O.C., TheThe O.C.	Danny	Episode: "The Rivals"
2005	O.C., TheThe O.C.	Swerve	Uncredited; episode: "The Return of the Nana"
2005	That '70s Show	Charlie Richardson	4 episodes
2006-07	Loop, TheThe Loop	Sam Sullivan	Main cast; 17 episodes
2007-09	Reaper	Samuel "Sam" Oliver	Main cast; 31 episodes
2011	V	Dr. Sidney Miller	6 episodes
2011-12	Breaking In	Cameron Price	Main cast; 20 episodes
2011	Love Bites	Charlie	2 episodes
2015	Astronaut Wives Club, TheThe Astronaut Wives Club	Gordon Cooper	Main cast; 10 episodes
2016	The Ranch	Kenny	recurring role

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