Dana V. Ashbrook (born May 24, 1967) is an American actor, perhaps best known for playing Bobby Briggs on the cult TV series Twin Peaks (1990-1991) and its 1992 prequel film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me.
Ashbrook was born in San Diego, California; his mother is a teacher and his father a director of a college drama department. He is the brother of writer Taylor Ashbrook and actress Daphne Ashbrook.
After Twin Peaks went off the air, Ashbrook portrayed Clyde Barrow in the 1992 TV film, Bonnie & Clyde: The True Story alongside Tracey Needham and starred in the 1995 sci-fi TV film W.E.I.R.D. World, written and produced by the makers of the Tales from the Crypt TV show Gilbert Adler, Richard Donner, David Giler, Walter Hill, A.L. Katz, Joel Silver and Robert Zemeckis. In 1997, he won the starring role of Gary McDermott on the short-lived TV series Crisis Center.
He also starred in the films She's Out of Control (1989), Comfortably Numb (1995), The Last Place On Earth (2002) and Python II (2002). He played the recurring role of Rich Rinaldi on the TV series Dawson's Creek (2002-2003).
Ashbrook has appeared on The WB's Charmed in the 2001 episode "Just Harried", on NBC's The Pretender in the 2000 episode "Rules of Engagement", on The Outer Limits in the 1996 episode "Resurrection", and on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in the 2007 episode "Haystack".
