Brandon Walsh is a fictional character played by Jason Priestley on Fox television series Beverly Hills, 90210.
For his portrayal of Brandon, Priestley was nominated twice for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama, in 1992 and 1994, for the 50th and 52nd ceremonies, respectively.
[3][4][5][6] Born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota with twin sister, Brenda (played by Shannen Doherty), Brandon was the eldest child of Jim and Cindy Walsh.
As a result of Jim's job promotion, the family moved to Beverly Hills in 1990, where Brandon and Brenda enrolled at the local West Beverly Hills High School, where in the pilot episode, they met new friends Steve Sanders (Ian Ziering) and Kelly Taylor (Jennie Garth).
He also had trouble resisting temptation when dating Kelly, shown with Emily Valentine and, coincidentally, a woman named Emma Bennett.
During the show's run, Brandon gained notoriety for having a high number of relationships with women, sometimes only for one episode, played largely by the series' guest stars.
Among the most notable were the troubled Emily Valentine (Christine Elise), who tried to burn down the West Beverly High Homecoming float; the bigoted Brooke Alexander (Alexandra Wilson), who assumed Andrea Zuckerman was rich just because she was Jewish; and sophomore Nikki Witt (Dana Barron), a persistent girl who comically wore down Brandon's defenses during the episode "The Back Story.
During his senior year, Brandon slowly fell for the anchor at the CU television station, Tracy Gaylian (Jill Elizabeth Novick).