Brennan Brown
| Brennan Brown | |
|---|---|
| Born |
November 23, 1968 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Stage, film and television actor |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Spouse(s) | Jenna Stern (1998-present) |
Brennan Brown (born November 23, 1968) is an American film and television actor.
He may be best known for playing "Mr. Dresden", Orange UK's spoof film board executive in the company's long-running series of cinema adverts. Dresden (the executive of the Orange Wednesdays cinema sketches) appeared in 24 ads with sidekick Elliot (Steve Furst), spoofing movies and film stars. The long-running campaign which promoted the Orange phone network's two-for-one tickets deal every Wednesday ended in May, 2010. He has also appeared in two films written and directed by John Requa and Glenn Ficarra: I Love You Phillip Morris and Focus.
Filmography
| Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 2000 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Attorney Brendan Walsh | "Asunder" |
| 2001 | Law & Order | Forensic Technician,
Donald Houseman, Attorney Hoyt |
"Teenage Wasteland",
"The Ring", "Doped" |
| Deadline | Engineer | "Somebody's Fool" | |
| The Education of Max Bickford | Ron Zinn | "A Very Great Man" | |
| 2002 | Monday Night Mayhem | Bob Goodrich | (TV Movie) |
| 2003 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Jerry Rivers,
Merrill |
"The Gift",
"Palimpsest" |
| 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 | |
| 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 | "Rabbit Test",
"A Mother of a Problem" | |
| 2010 | Billy Green | The LA Executive | |
| Agatha Christie's Marple | Hailey Preston | "The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side" | |
| 2011 | Detachment | Greg Raymond | |
| 2012 | Person of Interest | Special Agent Donnelly | |
| Gilded Lilys (post-production) | Mr. Lavage | ||
| 2013 | Breaking Bad | AUSA | "Granite State" |
| 2015 | Focus | Horst | |
Theatre and other
- Played David in the play 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.
- Voiced the Strange Man in the 2010 video game Red Dead Redemption.
Personal life
Brennan married actress Jenna Stern in 1998.