Brennan Brown
Brennan Brown | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 23, 1968 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Education | Yale University (MFA) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
Brennan Brown (born November 23, 1968) is an American film, television, and stage actor. He currently plays Dr. Samuel Abrams on NBC's Chicago Med. He played Robert Childan on Amazon's Man in the High Castle. He is a fan of the New York Yankees.[1]
Career
He received his MFA in acting from the Yale School of Drama.[2]
He first came to widespread attention in the UK for playing "Mr. Dresden", a film board executive in Orange UK's long-running series of spoof cinema adverts.[3] Brown's other film and television credits include I Love You Phillip Morris with Jim Carrey;[4] Focus opposite Will Smith and Margot Robbie;[5] State of Play; Turn the River; two seasons playing Edward Biben on Amazon's Mozart in the Jungle;[6] HBO's John Adams playing Robert Treat Paine; and two seasons playing Special Agent Nicholas Donnelly on Person of Interest.
Brown has appeared in numerous Broadway and Off-Broadway stage productions. At The Atlantic Theatre, he appeared in Harold Pinter's Celebration and Ethan Cohen's Offices.[7][8] At The National Actor's Theatre, he appeared in Aeschylus' The Persians and Pirandello's Right You Are (If You Think You Are).[9] He played Snobby Price in The Roundabout Theatre Company's Major Barbara.[10]
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-2001 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Attorney Brendan Walsh Defense Attorney |
"Asunder" "Paranoia" (uncredited) |
| 2001 | Deadline | Engineer | "Somebody's Fool" |
| The Education of Max Bickford | Ron Zinn | "A Very Great Man" | |
| 2001–2009 | Law & Order | Forensic Technician, Donald Houseman< & Attorney Hoyt | 3 episodes |
| 2002 | Monday Night Mayhem | Bob Goodrich | TV movie |
| 2003–2009 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Jerry Rivers & Merrill | 2 episodes |
| 2006 | Kidnapped | Paul Levine | "Sorry, Wrong Number" |
| 2007 | The Girl in the Park | Man Fan | |
| Turn the River | Randolph | ||
| 2008 | John Adams | Robert Treat Paine | 2 episodes |
| Gossip Girl | Mr. Smith | "Bonfire of the Vanity" | |
| 2009 | I Love You Phillip Morris | Larry Birkheim | |
| Damages | Arthur Phillips | "I Agree, It Wasn't Funny" | |
| State of Play | Andrew Pell | ||
| Ugly Betty | Miles Foster | 2 episodes | |
| 2010 | Billy Green | The LA Executive | Unknown episodes |
| Agatha Christie's Marple | Hailey Preston | "The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side" | |
| 2011 | Detachment | Greg Raymond | |
| 2012–2013 | Person of Interest | Special Agent Nicholas Donnelly | 9 episodes |
| 2013 | Gilded Lilys | Mr. Lavage | TV movie |
| Breaking Bad | US Attorney | "Granite State" | |
| 2014 | The Blacklist | Dr. Nikolaus Vogel | "Berlin (No. 8)" |
| Elementary | Kevin Elspeth | "Enough Nemesis To Go Around" | |
| Sleepy Hollow | Tom | "The Indispensable Man" | |
| 2014–2015 | Beauty & the Beast | Captain/Chief Ward | 8 episodes |
| Mozart in the Jungle | Edward Biben | 8 episodes | |
| 2015 | Focus | Horst | |
| 2015–2019 | The Man in the High Castle[6] | Robert Childan | Main role (seasons 2–4), recurring (season 1) |
| 2015–present | Chicago Med | Dr. Sam Abrams | Recurring role |
| 2018 | The Sinner | Lionel Jeffries | 3 episodes |
| 2019 | The Wolf Hour | Hans | |
| Midway | Commander Joseph Rochefort | ||
| Bull | Attorney Steve Perry | "Labor Days" | |
| 2022 | Not Okay | Harold | |
| 2025 | The Beast in Me | Councilman Phineas Gold |
Theatre
- Played David in Owen O'Neill's Absolution in 2002.
- Played Richard III in the play of the same name, and Tomas in The Imaginary Invalid at Yale Repertory Theatre.
- Played Snobby Price in the Broadway production of Major Barbara.
- Performed in New York in the play The Second Man at the Keen Theatre, as well as in Asylum and Fair Night at Naked Angels
Video games
- Manhunt 2—Watchdogs member (2007)
- Red Dead Redemption—Strange Man, The Local Population (2010)
References
- ^ "Phillies, Yankees, and Extra Innings with Brennan Brown". Retrieved 2025-08-14.
- ^ "Graduating actors to perform in 'Richard III'". archives.news.yale.edu. Archived from the original on 2021-04-20. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
- ^ "Orange cinema ads: Mr Dresden's back again". The Guardian. 2 February 2007. Archived from the original on 7 June 2024. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
- ^ Holden, Stephen (December 2, 2010). "A Winning Smile Makes the Scamming a Breeze". The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 1, 2022. Retrieved March 1, 2022 – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ McCarthy, Todd (February 25, 2015). "'Focus': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on March 1, 2022. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
- ^ a b Petski, Denise (August 13, 2015). "Brennan Brown Joins Amazon's 'Man In The High Castle'; Noah Harpster In Untitled Tig Notaro Pilot". Archived from the original on March 1, 2022. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
- ^ "The Room, Celebration at Atlantic Theater Company Linda Gross Theater 2005-2006". www.abouttheartists.com. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
- ^ Varley, Eddie. "Photos: Ethan Coen's OFFICES at the Atlantic Theater Co". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
- ^ "The Persians". www.backstage.com. 2003-06-25. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
- ^ "Brennan Brown theatre profile". www.abouttheartists.com. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
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