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Grant Show

Grant Show (b. February 27, 1962, Detroit, Michigan) is an actor who starred on Melrose Place as "Jake Hanson" from 1992 to 1997.

Raised in the Santa Cruz, California area, Show was a graduate of UCLA where he was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. He broke into show business during college almost immediately after high school and his first major was "Rick Hyde" from 1984 - 1987 on the television series Ryan's Hope.

During his time on the series, Show dated fellow Ryan's Hope actor, Yasmine Bleeth. Hyped as the series' leading heartthrob, he even had a pinup poster issued during the series' run but later became dissatisfied with acting in soaps and went to London in order to improve his craft. Returning to the states in the late 1980s, he landed occasional prime time acting gigs but feature films proved elusive, although the producers of Thelma and Louise seriously considered him for the role that launched Brad Pitt into film stardom.

Show's appearances on television attracted the attention of producer Aaron Spelling who felt he had star potential and decided to cast him as Jake Hanson on a few episodes of the popular series Beverly Hills 90210 in order to spin off the character as the lead in his next series Melrose Place. Debuting with much fanfare (Show was on the covers of both TV Guide and People immediately after the series' debut), the series' ratings in its first season were not up to expectations and the show was revamped in its second season from a fairly straight drama to an over-the-top soap opera serial in the tradition of Dynasty, one of Spelling's earlier hits.

While Show remained a popular member of the cast during his tenure, most of the buzz the series generated revolved around the characters played by Heather Locklear, Marcia Cross and Laura Leighton. Leighton and Show dated briefly during the series' run.

In 1997, Show, Cross, Leighton, Doug Savant, Courtney Thorne-Smith and Josie Bissett left the series in a move that rather swiftly lead the show into a major decline. Show has starred in a number of television movies including Blessed Assurance with Cicely Tyson, Between Love and Honor with Robert Loggia, and Homeland Security with Tom Skerritt. After leaving Melrose Place, Show acted in stage productions of several plays including The Glass Menagerie and was the lead in the short-lived Fox Network supernatural drama Point Pleasant in 2005. In 2006, he guest starred on two episodes of the ABC Family show Beautiful People.

Show recently appeared on the FX show Dirt, playing closeted gay movie action hero Jack Dawson when Dawson became involved with a character on the show named Leo Spiller. Dawson repeatedly professes the importance of family and projects the public image of a good husband and father.

Long a bachelor, Show married model Pollyanna McIntosh, who he met when they posed together for a Lane Bryant ad in 2003. They reside in Beachwood Canyon, Los Angeles, California. He enjoys golf, motorcycling and auto racing and won the 20th Anniversary Toyota Pro/Celebrity Auto Race in 1996.

• Grant Show at the Internet Movie Database
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