Grant Show

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Grant Show
Show in 2009
Born (1962-02-27) February 27, 1962 (age 62)
Alma materUniversity of California, Los Angeles
OccupationActor
Years active1984–present
Spouses
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    (m. 2004; div. 2011)​
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    (m. 2012)​
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Grant Show (born February 27, 1962[1]) is an American actor. He is best known for his role on Melrose Place as Jake Hanson, which he played from 1992 to 1997. From 2017 to 2022, he portrayed Blake Carrington in the soap opera reboot Dynasty.

Early life

Show is the son of Ed and Kathleen Show (née McMillion), and has a sister, Kelly, with whom he was raised in the Milpitas, California, area.[2] He is a graduate of UCLA, where he was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity.

Career

He broke into show business during college. His first major role was on the daytime

Daytime Emmy nomination for "Outstanding Young Actor in a Daytime Drama Series". Also during his time on the soap, Show dated fellow Ryan's Hope actor Yasmine Bleeth. Hyped as the series' leading heart-throb, he even had a pin-up poster issued during the series' run but later became dissatisfied with acting in soaps and went to London
in order to improve his craft. Returning to the US in the late 1980s, he landed occasional primetime television acting jobs.

He was famously one of the three actors who did NOT get the part of J.D in the 1990 film Thelma and Louise, which was a break-out role for Brad Pitt. The other two actors who missed out after auditioning with Geena Davis were Mark Ruffalo and George Clooney, whom she did not recognise until he reminded her of his disappointment at missing out on the role several years later, a tale she recounted on the Graham Norton Show.

His appearances on television attracted the attention of producer

Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise
.

During his time on Melrose Place, Show also appeared on an episode of Saturday Night Live hosted by Laura Leighton. In 1997, Show, Laura Leighton (an off-screen girlfriend of Show's for a period), Doug Savant, Courtney Thorne-Smith and Marcia Cross left Melrose Place, which led the show into a major decline. It was cancelled two years later, though Show later regretted his decision to leave, despite his dislike of the scripts during his final season.

He has since starred in a number of television movies, including Blessed Assurance with

Beautiful People, alongside former Melrose Place co-star Daphne Zuniga
.

In 2007, Show appeared in three episodes of the

Spence Westmore on Devious Maids. In March 2017, he was cast in The CW's Dynasty reboot as Blake Carrington.[8]

Personal life

Grant Show married model and actress Pollyanna McIntosh in 2004. The couple met when they posed together for a Lane Bryant ad in 2003.[citation needed] They were divorced in 2011.[9] In July 2012, Show became engaged to actress Katherine LaNasa.[10] They married on August 18, 2012.[11] They had a daughter, Eloise McCue Show, on March 25, 2014.[12]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1992 A Woman, Her Men, and Her Futon Randy
1992 ”Coopersmith” CD Coopersmith
2004 Marmalade Aiden
2007 Raw Footage Mitch Graham Short film
2007 The Girl Next Door Mr. Moran
2009 All Ages Night Jeff Markham
2011 Action Figures Bruce
2011 Fxxxen Americans John Short film and also co-producer
2011 Born to Race Jimmy Kendall
2011 Coming Up for Air Bill Short film
2012 Mindfield Murphy Short film
2012 The Possession Brett
2014 Born to Race: Fast Track Jimmy Kendall

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1984−1987 Ryan's Hope Rick Hyde Series regular; 5 episodes
1985 ABC Afterschool Special Gregory Prince III Episode: "Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale"
1986 The Love Boat Christopher Stuart 2 episodes
1989 When We Were Young Michael Stefanos TV movie
1989−1990 True Blue Cadet Casey Pierce Series regular; 12 episodes
1990 Lucky Chances Marco Miniseries
1992 Treacherous Crossing Chief Stevens TV movie
1992 Beverly Hills, 90210 Jake Hanson 2 episodes
1992 Coopersmith C.D. Coopersmith TV movie
1992–1997 Melrose Place Jake Hanson Series regular; 158 episodes
1994 Burke's Law Dash Thornton Episode: "Who Killed the Starlet?"
1994 Models Inc. Jake Hanson Episode: "Pilot"
1994 Texas William B. Travis TV movie
1995 Between Love and Honor Steve Allie Collura TV movie
1995 Saturday Night Live Jake Hanson 1 episode
1996
Hope and Gloria
 		Himself 1 episode
1996 Pretty Poison Dennis Pitt TV movie
1997 Mother Knows Best Ted Rogers TV movie
1997 The Price of Heaven Jerry Shand TV movie
1998 Ice Robert Drake TV movie
1999 Partners Elliott Thompson Episode: "A Beautiful Day"
1999 The Alchemists Connor Malloy TV movie
2000 Ed Troy McCallum Episode: "Your Life Is Now"
2001 UC: Undercover John Keller 2 episodes
2002 Six Feet Under Scott Axelrod 3 episodes
2002 Arli$$ Trevor Lawson Episode: "Playing It Safe"
2003 Encrypt Garth TV movie
2003 Sex and the Single Mom Alex Lofton TV movie
2004 Strong Medicine Ben Sanderson 5 episodes
2004 Mystery Girl Christopher Sullivan TV Short film
2004 Homeland Security Bradley Brand TV movie
2005−2006 Point Pleasant Lucas Boyd Series regular; 13 episodes
2005
More Sex and the Single Mom
 		Alex Lofton TV movie
2005−2006
Beautiful People
 		Daniel Kerr 4 episodes
2007 Dirt Jack Dawson 4 episodes
2008 Swingtown Tom Decker Series regular; 13 episodes
2008−2011 Private Practice Dr. Archer Montgomery 7 episodes
2009 Grey's Anatomy Dr. Archer Montgomery Episode: "Before and After"
2009 Natalee Holloway George "Jug" Twitty TV movie
2009−2010 Accidentally on Purpose James Series regular; 16 episodes
2010 Scoundrels Alan Markham Episode: "Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire"
2011 Big Love Goji Guru 5 episodes
2011
Justice for Natalee Holloway
 		George "Jug" Twitty TV movie
2011 Burn Notice Max 3 episodes
2011−2012 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Agent Viggo McQuaid 2 episodes
2013−2016 Devious Maids
Spence Westmore
 Series regular; 44 episodes
2013 The Exes Alex Episode: "Zero Dark Forties"
2015 Criminal Minds Colton Grant Episode: "The Forever People"
2015
Satisfaction
 		Arthur Waverly Recurring role; 7 episodes (Season 2)
2016 The Family Governor Charlie Lang 10 episodes
2017–2022 Dynasty Blake Carrington Main role; director, episodes: "The British Are Coming"; "There's No One Around To Watch You Drown"
2019 Write Before Christmas Tom TV movie

Awards and nominations

Year Award Work Result
1987 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series Ryan's Hope Nominated
1986 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Leading Man in a Drama Series Nominated

References

  1. ^ Mike Rose, cleveland com (February 27, 2023). "Today's famous birthdays list for February 27, 2023 includes celebrities Josh Groban, Kate Mara". cleveland. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  2. ^ Shattuck, Kathryn (August 3, 2008). "Back to the '70s to Find Relief From the '90s". New York Times. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  3. ^ Hernandez, Greg (February 6, 2007). "Grant shows a lot of himself on "Dirt"". Out in Hollywood. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
  4. ^ "Inside 'Swingtown': The 'Me Again' Decade". TODAY.com. June 11, 2008. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
  5. ^ "It's Grant Showtime on Private Practice ... and Melrose 2.0?". TVGuide.com. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
  6. ^ Hartlaub, Peter (October 24, 2009). "Grant Show stars in 'Accidentally on Purpose'". SFGATE. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
  7. ^ "'Big Love' casting alert: Hello, Grant Show!". EW.com. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
  8. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (March 2, 2017). "Dynasty: Grant Show To Star As Blake Carrington In The CW Reboot Pilot". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
  9. ^ "Grant Show of Melrose Place Getting Divorced". People. August 2, 2011
  10. ^ Shira, Dahvi (July 12, 2012). "Grant Show Is Engaged to Katherine LaNasa". People.
  11. ^ Shira, Dahvi (August 18, 2012). "Grant Show Marries Katherine LaNasa". People.
  12. ^ Mcrady, Rachel (March 26, 2014). "Grant Show, Wife Katherine LaNasa Welcome Baby Girl Eloise McCue Show". US Weekly.

External links

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