Wes Brown stars in NBC's midseason drama "Deception" as Julian Bowers, the sexy, hedonistic playboy of the Bowers family and a fixture on New York's most exclusive party circuit. Julian is also a key member of the Bowers Pharmaceutical leadership and the first love of Joanna Padget Locasto (Meagan Good).

Brown is best known for his role on HBO's Emmy-winning vampire series, "True Blood," in which he had a recurring role as Luke, a former football player with a vengeance against vampires. During the season he appeared on "True Blood," the series won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. From there, Brown went on to do a four-episode arc on "Private Practice" as the drug-addicted love interest of Dr. Amelia Shepard.

Most recently, Brown had a recurring role on "90210" and has guest starred on "Scandal," "Desperate Housewives," "CSI: Miami," "Criminal Minds" and "NCIS." In addition, he had recurring roles on the CW's "Hart of Dixie" and the NBC medical drama "Trauma." Brown was a series regular in the Lifetime Network miniseries "Beach Girls," starring Rob Lowe, and has starred in the Hallmark Channel Original Movies "Love Begins" and "Love's Everlasting Courage." He also starred in the Warner Bros. feature "We Are Marshall."

Born in Fort Worth, Texas and raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Brown attended Louisiana State University and landed his first role in his home state before graduation, filming the 2006 sports drama "Glory Road" on location in Southern Louisiana.