Ben Masters
Veteran actor Ben Masters plays Julian Crane, the rich, powerful, and arrogant son of "Passions" patriarch Alistair Crane.

Well-known for the variety of roles he has played on series such as "Heartbeat," "Murder She Wrote," "Diagnosis Murder," "Touched by an Angel" and "Sisters," Masters has also acquired a long list of made-for-television movie credits such as "Noble House," "Deliberate Stranger" and "Celebrity." Masters began his acting career after graduating from the University of Oregon as a Theatre major by going to Broadway to star in "Plenty", "The Cherry Orchard", "Waltz of Toreadors" and "Captain Brassbound's Conversion".

Masters, who is single, currently resides in Palm Springs and enjoys golfing, skiing and gourmet cooking. He was born on May 6.
Julian Crane
Julian is the ruthless, immoral, yet cowardly son of Alistair Crane. It is rare to find Julian without a drink in one hand and a woman in the other. Years ago, Julian followed his father's orders and entered a marriage of convenience with Ivy Winthrop even though at the time he was involved with Eve Russell. Julian and Eve even had a baby, who presumably died shortly after birth. When Julian learned that his son with Ivy, Ethan, was really Sam Bennett's son, he immediately filed for divorce from Ivy. While in Bermuda finalizing his divorce from Ivy, Julian got Ethan's fianc?e, Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald, drunk...and the two wound up married! They signed annulment papers and Julian then married gold-digging social climber Rebecca Hotchkiss. However, Julian's annulment was not valid since (unbeknownst to him) Theresa was pregnant with his baby! On New Year's Eve, Julian's many enemies had enough of his evil ways...and he was shot and killed!
 
However, it turns out Julian was not really dead, after all. He was disguising himself as Peggy and working as a short-order cook in a diner! Julian finally made his way back to Harmony.