Acting

Shawn Christian

Born 18 December 1965 · Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA · 60

Shawn Patrick Christian  (born December 18, 1965) is an American television and film actor. After graduating Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Michigan in 1989, he moved to Chicago to pursue an acting career. He starred in numerous stage productions, and began appearing in commercials. He worked on stage with improvisational company Improv Olympic. In 1994, he was the first male spokesman on Star Search. He landed the role of Mike Kasnoff also in 1994 on As the World Turns. He starred on the show until 1997, moving to Los Angeles in the meantime. From 1998 through 1999 he also had a recurring role in The WB television series Charmed as Josh, the love interest of Piper Halliwell, played by Holly Marie Combs. He also landed the role of Johnny Durant on WB's Summerland. Although the show was a hit the first season, it failed to garner the same attention the second season. He acted with his stepdaughter, Taylor Cole. In February 2008 it was reported that he is cast as young doctor, and specialist Daniel Jonas on Days of our Lives. His first airdate was March 4, 2008. He married Deborah Quinn on May 18, 1996. Their son Kameron was born in June 2000. Description above from the Wikipedia article Shawn Christian, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.