Bradford William Anderson (born July 22, 1980) is an American actor best known for his role as the young hacker criminal Damien Spinelli (a.k.a. the Jackal), on the television soap opera General Hospital, a part which he originated in November 2006. He is also one of the actors who will be performing in the Summer 2007 run of General Hospital: Night Shift.
Anderson is a native of Meredith, New Hampshire, the son of Bill Anderson and Noni Smith. His mother, who worked at local theater companies, encouraged both him and his sister Jennifer to get involved in acting. Anderson's first experience was at the age of 6, playing Tiny Tim in a professional production by the Laconia Street Car Company of "A Christmas Carol". As a junior at Inter-Lakes High School, he landed a part in a local production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, which involved him spending time at a Summer Theater camp with many actors who were much older than he was. He decided he liked the life, and began studying drama in earnest. He graduated in 1998, and was voted in his yearbook as "Best singer," "Most dramatic," and "Most likely to succeed." He attended the Tisch School of Performing Arts at New York University, and while with the Philadelphia Theater Company, won an award as Best Supporting Actor for his role as Billy in Edward Albee's The Goat...Or Who Is Sylvia?
In mid-2005, he moved to Hollywood, where he obtained a recurring part on Veronica Mars and began performing in other television shows as well. In September 2006, General Hospital put out a casting call for a "college-aged kid" who was a cross between Seth Green and Spicoli, a character played by Sean Penn in Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Anderson won the part, and the character, chattering a rapid-fire mix of surfer lingo and internet slang, has offered an interesting element to the show, and has been called "one of the quirkiest characters daytime has ever seen." The role was initially just meant to be played on a recurring basis, but the character proved so popular that Anderson was offered a multi-year contract, which was signed in May 2007. His image was added to the opening credits sequence on July 6, 2007.
Anderson cites influences from Johnny Depp, Gary Oldman, Don Knotts and Justin Long.
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