Brennan Brown (born November 23, 1968) is an American film, television, and stage actor. He currently plays Dr. Samuel Abrams on NBC's ''

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''. He played Robert Childan on Amazon's '' Man in the High Castle''.

Career

He received his MFA in acting from the

Yale School of Drama The David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University is a graduate professional school of Yale University, located in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1924 as the Department of Drama in the School of Fine Arts, the school provides training in e ...

. He first came to widespread attention in the UK for playing "Mr. Dresden" the spoof film board executive in

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's long-running series of cinema adverts. Brown's other film and television credits include ''

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'' with Jim Carrey; ''

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'' opposite Will Smith and Margot Robbie; '' State of Play''; '' Turn the River''; two seasons playing Edward Biben on Amazon's ''

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''; HBO's ''

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'' playing Robert Treat Paine; and two seasons playing Special Agent Nicholas Donnelly on '' Person of Interest''. Brown has appeared in numerous

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and Off-Broadway stage productions. At the Atlantic Theater he appeared in Harold Pinter's '' Celebration'' and Ethan Cohen's ''

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''. At the National Actor's Theater he appeared in Aeschylus' ''

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'' and Pirandello's ''

Right You Are (If You Think You Are) ''Right You Are (if you think so)'' (, also translated as ''So It Is (If You Think So)'', is an Italian language, Italian drama by Luigi Pirandello. The play is based on Pirandello's short story ''La signora Frola e il signor Ponza, suo genero'' ...

''. He played Snobby Price in The Roundabout Theatre Company's ''

Major Barbara ''Major Barbara'' is a three-act English play by George Bernard Shaw, written and premiered in 1905 and first published in 1907. The story concerns an idealistic young woman, Barbara Undershaft, who is engaged in helping the poor as a Major in ...

''.

Filmography

Theater

* 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 Yale Repertory Theatre at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut was founded by Robert Brustein, dean of Yale School of Drama, in 1966, with the goal of facilitating a meaningful collaboration between theatre professionals and talented stude ...

. * Played Snobby Price in the

production of ''

''. * 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 ''Naked Angels'' is a 1969 American outlaw biker film directed by Bruce D. Clark. Starring Michael Greene (actor), Michael Greene as Mother, Jennifer Gan as Marlene, and Richard Rust as Fingers, it provides an insider's perspective at the lifesty ...

Videogames

* ''

Manhunt 2 ''Manhunt 2'' is a 2007 stealth game by Rockstar Games. It was developed by Rockstar London for Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 2, Rockstar Leeds for the PlayStation Portable, and Rockstar Toronto for the Wii. It is the sequel to 2003's ''M ...

'' - Watchdogs member (2007) * ''

Red Dead Redemption ''Red Dead Redemption'' is a 2010 action-adventure game developed by Rockstar San Diego and published by Rockstar Games. A spiritual successor to 2004's '' Red Dead Revolver'', it is the second game in the '' Red Dead'' series. ''Red Dead Rede ...

'' - Strange Man, The Local Population (2010)

References

External links

*
Brennan's American Repertory Theater profile
American male film actors American male stage actors American male television actors Male actors from Los Angeles 1968 births Living people Yale School of Drama alumni {{US-screen-actor-stub