Doyle Brand was born in Dansville, New York and raised in Falconer and Cuba, New York. His father, Thomas, is a psychotherapist and his mother, Cynthia, is a painter and aesthetician. Fluent in Spanish, Brand lived in Buenavista del Norte (Tenerife, Spain) as an exchange student before graduating from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Geneseo. Before his acting career, Brand worked as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Panama (Central America).Brand is quirky, dark, intense, goofy, and guileless. He has played an eclectic mix of dramatic and comedic roles in films and on stage, including a zany artist (The Dreamer Examines His Pillow), an ex-soldier drug addict (Hatful of Rain), a bisexual father (The Crosses), a snobby college professor (Sunday at Home), a leading man (Always Us), a spoiled prima donna (PVT. Wars), and a police officer (West Side Story), among many others.Brand is a graduate of The Shelton Studios (formerly The Jean Shelton Acting Lab) and The Ruskin School of Acting programs. Based in Los Angeles. Show less «