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Bradford Anderson
Bradford Anderson, 2006
Birth name	Bradford William Anderson
Born	September 21, 1979 (1979-09-21) (age 28) New Hampshire
Other name(s)	Bradford W. Anderson

Bradford William Anderson (born September 21, 1979) is an American actor best known for his role as the young hacker criminal Damian Spinelli (a.k.a. The Jackal), on the television soap opera General Hospital, a part which he originated in November 2006 and has continued to play until the present, on both General Hospital and the Summer 2007 spinoff General Hospital: Night Shift.^[1]

Anderson is a native of Meredith, New Hampshire, the son of Bill Anderson and Noni Smith. His mother, who worked at local theater companies, encouraged both him and his sister Jennifer to get involved in acting. Anderson's first experience was at the age of 6, playing Tiny Tim in a professional production by the Laconia Street Car Company of "A Christmas Carol".^[2] As a junior at Inter-Lakes High School, he landed a part in a local production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, which involved him spending time at a Summer Theater camp with many actors who were much older than he was. He decided he liked the life, and began studying drama in earnest. He graduated in 1998, and was voted in his yearbook as "Best singer," "Most dramatic," and "Most likely to succeed." He attended the Tisch School of Performing Arts at New York University, and while with the Philadelphia Theater Company, won an award as Best Supporting Actor for his role as Billy in Edward Albee's The Goat...Or Who Is Sylvia?

In mid-2005, he moved to Hollywood, where he obtained a recurring part on Veronica Mars and began performing in other television shows as well. In September 2006, General Hospital put out a casting call for a "college-aged kid" who was a cross between Seth Green and Spicoli, a character played by Sean Penn in Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Anderson won the part, and the character, chattering a rapid-fire mix of surfer lingo and internet slang, has offered an interesting element to the show,^[3][4] and has been called "one of the quirkiest characters daytime has ever seen."^[1] The role was initially just meant to be played on a recurring basis, but the character proved so popular that Anderson was offered a multi-year contract, which was signed in May 2007.^[5] His image was added to the opening credits sequence on July 6, 2007.^[6]

Anderson cites influences from Johnny Depp, Gary Oldman, Don Knotts and Justin Long.

Bradford also recently appeared in a commercial for Dunkin Donuts Sobe Coolatta

• Barrymore Award (nomination for Best Supporting Actor, 2004)^[7]
• Philly Award, Best Supporting Actor^{[citation needed]}

• General Hospital: Night Shift, as Damian Spinelli (Summer 2007)^[8]
• General Hospital, as Damian Spinelli (2006-Present)
• Veronica Mars, as Ryan (2005-2006)^[9]
• What About Brian (2006)
• Ed (2003)

• "The Goat...Or Who Is Sylvia", as Billy^[10]
• "Babes in Arms," as Valentine
• "She Loves Me," as Arpad
• William Faulkner's "Blood of the Bear" ^[11]

• Kissing Cousins, as Justin (scheduled release 2008)^[12]

• Bradford Anderson at Internet Movie Database
• General Hospital cast list
• "Hunting for Faulkner" review
• "Blood of the Bear" review, Show Business Weekly
• Review of "The Goat"
• "Local actor makes the grade: Meredith native Bradford Anderson lands recurring role on daytime soap", January 28, 2007, Foster's Daily Democrat
• "Soap stars to visit campus", February 22, 2007, Alligator Online
• "Making the Rounds at General Hospital", February 26, 2007, Blogcritics Magazine
• Bradford Anderson at MySpace
• TV.com bio