User:Brandonmichaelvayda
Brandon Michael Vayda
[edit]Brandon Vayda is an American Actor/Writer. During high school years Brandon juggled acting, sports, and was an accomplished youth baseball player traveling the USA and internationally to play year. As a pitcher he actually pitched 3 no-hitters in a single year. Brandon continued doing modeling, acting, and with a love for acting started attended acting classes at Howard Fine Acting Studio in Los Angeles. This eventually led to appearances on "Judging Amy" (CBS), "Do Over" (NBC) and a recurring role on daytime drama "Passions" (NBC).
After High school Brandon decided to pursue playing professional baseball as a career. After scouts watched him play he garnered a lot of interest from many professional teams. Eventually a major recurring arm injury ended his career which ultimately brought about the decision to move on with his life, and pursue a career in film and television.
Worked on Guest Star roles on the hit shows The O.C. (FOX), CSI Miami (CBS), and CSI (Vegas) (CBS)
In 2008/2009 Brandon booked the most sought after show for any young actor, the remake of 90210. Brandon beat out thousands of young actors for a major recurring role playing the character Mike (aka Mikey), Navid Shirazi's (Michael Steger) confidant on Season 1 of "90210" (CW).
Brandon was 1 of 3 late cast additions to the 90210 (CW) cast/2Hr Pilot; including actors Kellan Lutz (Twilight Franchise), and Adam Gregory (Bold and The Beautiful).
The (CW) pilot 90210 was a reboot of the iconic hit 90's show "Beverly Hills 90210" that aired on (FOX). The NEW show quickly got picked up by the (CW) network and broke several network records. After major producer changes at the end of season 1, Brandon left the show.
In 2012 Brandon booked his first movie titled "Doctor Me" Starring Toby Hemingway (The Finder, Black Swan) Meagan Good (Anchorman 2, Think Like A Man), Ty Hodges (Holes). Release date is TBD.
Brandon splits his time between Los Angeles and New York City. He lives with his girl dog named Diamond and is the brother of actress Krystal Vayda. He is the Godson of the late movie Hairdresser Elle Elliot which served on board for Hair & Makeup for The Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences for many years.
Fun Fact: Brandon was discovered by famous talent agent Bonnie Liedtke who discovered the likes of; Leonardo DiCaprio, James Franco, Hilary Swank, and Zac Efron.
Fun Fact: Is also a talented writer
Fun Fact: Likes to give people nicknames