Yan Birch

Yan Birch is an actor and producer who began on stage as a child in Sweden, appearing in plays such as August Strindberg's Miss Julie, and learned flute and trumpet early. He acted in the Swedish youth television programs Barnjournalen and Unga Tvaan and released recordings with a band before earning degrees in mechanical engineering and mathematics at Teknikum in Vaxjo. After moving to Hollywood, he worked in music videos and commercials, then took early American film parts in Slumber Party Massacre III (1990) and The Runestone (1991). He starred in the Italian film Scrondo and later played The Stairmaster in Wes Craven's The People Under the Stairs (1991). His other screen work included the daytime soaps Santa Barbara and The Young and the Restless, the films Cyber Bandits (1995), Sucker (1998), Bless the Child (2000), Essence of Echoes (2002), and Ghost Rock (2003), and a recurring role as Kane on Charmed. He also produced Mega Man for Fox Television.