Born to Marleen and Gary DePersia. After his parents divorce, his
mother remarried and they moved to Stamford, Connecticut with Brian's
new stepfather Harvey Goodman. It was during this time that he acted in
_Deadtime Stories (1987)_. At age 10 they moved to Saranac Lake, New York where they had
purchased a 150 acre ranch. Although a life long skier he was one of
the first people in his area to introduce snowboarding to the local
mountains. He eventually gravitated back to skiing and raced on and off
throughout his high school and college years.
He participated in a number of high school productions which probably
helped reawaken his interest in the industry. Attended and graduated
from Skidmore College in 2000.
After turning down a spot at Fordham Law School,he began in the mail
room at William Morris Agency in NYC in the summer of 2000. Eventually
found a position as assistant with agent Jeffrey Hunter for whom he
worked for nearly a year before transferring to the Beverly Hills
office. After working as an assistant under Jason Barrett, he has, for
the past eighteeen months, been the assistant to WMA head honcho Jim
Wiatt.
