In the 1990s few people on the planet could get teen girls' hearts racing like Jason Priestley. Priestley was the star of "Beverly Hills 90210," a prime-time drama about rich teenagers with adult issues. But acting wasn't his only passion. Priestley liked speed and drove racecars. On August 11, 2002 the former 90210 star was in a hi-speed crash on a racetrack that nearly took his life. Yet somehow Priestley survived - and recovered - so that people who meet him today can't tell how close he came.

Jason Priestley was on television in a series called "Sister Kate" when a teenaged Tori Spelling first saw him. Tori told her father, TV producer Aaron Spelling, to hire him for the new series he was casting. Priestley won the role of Brandon in Spelling's "Beverly Hills 90210." The prime-time drama was a surpirse hit, and Priestley went from unkown actor to teen icon.

Jason Priestley gives a firsthand account of how he became interested in acting as a chid and what led to him being cast for the starring role of Brandon on the hit TV series "Beverly Hills 90210."

Jason Priestley's friend Ashley Judd uses a lot of big words, and to Jon that seems... smart.

Jason Priestley, who plays Ian on "Side Order of Life," talks about the show while hiking in Los Angeles.

Jason Priestly rants against the media.

A Desert Storm veteran with a 1970 Dodge Hemi Challenger and a need for speed incurs the wrath of authorities when he makes a cross-country dash to be by the side of his ailing, pregnant wife in this remake of director Richard Sarafian's 1971 cult classic. Jimmy Kowolski (Viggo Mortensen) is a troubled man and devoted husband, and when his pregnant wife is suddenly hospitalized with labor problems the ex-race car driver punches the gas without hesitation. With vengeful state trooper Sgt. Preston (Steve Railsback) and the entire FBI riding his back bumper, Jimmy's only ally is fearless radio DJ The Voice (Jason Priestley) whose outspoken support finds the desperate driver becoming a national folk hero. As Jimmy races ever-faster toward an impenetrable police roadblock with the single-minded goal of being there for his wife in her moment of need, the law closes in for one final showdown on the open highway. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide.

Album: Born on a Pirate Ship; Label: Reprise Records; Director: Jason Priestley

Tony Parker (Jason Priestley) seduces Edith Sussman (Natasha Lyonne).

Tony Parker (Jason Priestley) reassures Angela Arden (Charles Busch) that he is faithful to her despite the rumors circulating.