Brian Austin Green's Real Name: Brian Green

Quick answer: Brian Austin Green's documented birth name is Brian Green. TV Guide lists that form and a birth place of Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California. TV Insider independently uses the same birth name and dates his birth to July 15, 1973, in Van Nuys, California, while the body of that profile also says Los Angeles, California (TV Guide; TV Insider).

Real name and early life

He is known professionally as Brian Austin Green. Both sources use the birth name Brian Green. TV Insider says he adopted "Austin" as part of his screen moniker to differentiate from another Brian Green in the Screen Actors Guild. TV Guide places the birth in Van Nuys, Los Angeles; TV Insider's fact box says Van Nuys, California, and its narrative says Los Angeles, California, on July 15, 1973. TV Insider says he developed an interest in performing after accompanying his father, musician George Green, to live dates, made a television debut in a 1985 PBS production of The Canterville Ghost, and began a three-year run as Donna Mills's son on Knots Landing. TV Guide independently says he joined the Screen Actors Guild as a child and played Brian Cunningham on Knots Landing for three seasons.

Career highlights

Both sources identify his best-known role as David Silver on Beverly Hills, 90210. TV Guide says he played the part for ten years; TV Insider dates the Fox series to 1990-2000 and calls the character an aspiring musician and DJ. TV Insider also lists earlier appearances on Highway to Heaven and Good Morning, Miss Bliss, and later credits including Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008), Anger Management (2012), and BH90210 (2019). TV Guide records a brief career as a professional rapper, including the album One Stop Carnival, a 1992 Young Artist Award as best young actor co-starring in a television series, and a prize for best dramatic feature at the Los Angeles DIY Film Festival for his first directorial effort, Fish Without a Bicycle.

Name notes for searchers

Brian Green is the documented birth name in both TV Guide and TV Insider; the professional name is Brian Austin Green. Searchers looking for David Silver on Beverly Hills, 90210, or for Brian Cunningham on Knots Landing, are usually aiming at the same person.