Lane Garrison is an American actor best known for the role of Tweener on the television series Prison Break. He appeared in the pilot episode of the El Rey network's series From Dusk till Dawn. He played Buck Barrow in the 2013 television miniseries Bonnie & Clyde. He starred opposite Kristen Stewart in the 2012 film Camp X-Ray.
Early life Garrison grew up in Richardson, Texas. Due to the troubled relationship with his mother, Garrison moved out at seventeen and turned to the family minister, Joe Simpson, who is also the manager and father of pop stars Jessica and Ashlee Simpson. Garrison lived with the Simpson family for a year. He graduated from J.J. Pearce High School in 1998, and at eighteen, he drove to Los Angeles with ambitions to become an actor. In 2005, he had a major break when he assumed the role of David "Tweener" Apolskis on the television series Prison Break.
Legal history In 2007, Garrison pleaded guilty to vehicular manslaughter, drunken driving and providing alcohol to a minor after a crash in December 2006 that killed 17-year-old Vahagn Setian, who had been a passenger in his car. Two 15-year-old girls, also passengers, were also injured in the crash. Then-26-year-old Garrison met Setian and the girls outside a liquor store then attended a high school party with them before jumping a curb and driving into a tree in Beverly Hills. He had cocaine in his system and his blood-alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit in California. He was sentenced to 40 months in jail on October 31, 2007. The actor was released from prison in April 2009, and served four years of parole. He was also ordered to pay $300,000 in restitution to the victims and their families.
In 2012, Garrison was accused of slapping his former girlfriend Ashley Mattingly at her apartment building in Los Angeles. Garrison pleaded no contest to the charge and in return avoided having to spend any more time behind bars. In 2013, he was sentenced to attend self-help classes, 52 Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and complete eight hours of community service.
Personal life On July 28, 2018, Garrison's daughter with fiancée Mary Kaitlin was born.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 1999 4 Faces 2004 Quality Of Life Heir2007 Shooter Donnie Fenn Crazy Billy Garland 2008 Graduation Day Himself Short film 2009 The Way We Weren't Short film 2012 Love Sex God Himself Documentary2013 The Devil's In The Details TrevorCrime ShareKyle 2014 Camp X-Ray Cpl. "Randy" Ransdell2016IceboxOfficer StephenShort film48 Hours to LiveDetective Childers TV movie2017 My Daddy's in Heaven Adam SmithGoldbloodedLapisShort film2018The Iron OrchardJim McNeely2019The Divorce PartyColin202112 Mighty OrphansLutherAlso writer
Television Year Title Role Notes 1998 The Dating Game Himself1 episode 2003 Kingpin Shanky Guy 2005 Night Stalker Craig Boyler 2005–2006 Prison Break David "Tweener" Apolskis 14 episodes 2011 The Event Sleeper #1 / Sleeper Guard 3 episodes 2013 Bonnie and Clyde: Dead and Alive Buck Barrow Miniseries, 2 episodes 2014 From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series Pete 2 episodes2015 Better Call Saul Detective Hoffman Episode: "Five-O" NCIS Holt Perkins 1 episode Messengers Ronnie Recurring, 4 episodes Major Crimes Douglas Martin 1 episode 2016 Roots Frederick Murray Miniseries, 1 episode2019Yellowstone Ray3 episodes2023-presentMayor of KingstownCarneyRecurring, 18 episodes
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