Biography

Ned Andrew Brower was born in Chapel Hill, NC, and raised in Seattle, Washington. The son of an eye surgeon father and an artist/chef mother, Brower played in a series of punk bands as a teenager before attending film school and moving to Los Angeles in the year 2000.

Brower spent his first three years in LA working as a model and actor. He participated in a variety of fashion campaigns, runway shows, national commercials, studio film projects, and television series. In the Spring of 2000, Brower joined the LA rock band Rooney as the drummer and primary backing vocalist. Rooney was then signed to Interscope/Geffen Records in 2002 and released their debut album in 2003. Rooney toured internationally, and went on to make four studio albums and ten music videos before they disbanded in 2013.

Tired of life on the road and craving some space from his artistic pursuits, Brower made a professional pivot and became a first responder EMT with the Los Angeles County Fire department. After two years of 911 calls all over La County, Brower returned to school, attending UCLA and earning a master's degree in nursing. Brower went on to work at the emergency department at Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) as a pediatric er nurse.

Throughout his career in emergency medicine, Brower has continued to write and perform music. Brower has composed songs for multiple animated series (Central Park, Clone High) and portrayed the role of Mick Fleetwood in the popular Fleetwood Mac musical comedy "Don't Stop!" which he co-wrote and directed with long time Rooney collaborator Taylor Locke (Train.) Brower also regularly collaborates on music with famed podcast host and stand-up comedian Marc Maron and creates electronic dance pop music under the name Bloodwerk.

In 2024, Brower's different worlds collided when he was cast as trauma nurse Jesse Van Horn in the HBO Max series, The Pitt. Brower is now slated to rejoin the cast for the much anticipated second season of the hit medical drama.

- IMDb mini biography by: James Whitten