Brennan Brown

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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]

Born (1968-11-23) November 23, 1968 (age 57)
EducationYale University (MFA)
OccupationActor
Yearsactive2000–present
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Brennan Brown
Born (1968-11-23) November 23, 1968 (age 57)
EducationYale University (MFA)
OccupationActor
Years active2000–present
Spouse
(m. 1998)
Children1
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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

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Year Series/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 Season 12, Episode 12 "Teenage Wasteland"
Donald Houseman Season 13, Episode 5 "The Ring"
Attorney Hoyt Season 20, Episode 8 "Doped"
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 Feature film
Turn the River Randolph Feature film
2008 John Adams Robert Treat Paine Miniseries, 2 episodes
Gossip Girl Mr. Smith "Bonfire of the Vanity"
2009 I Love You Phillip Morris Larry Birkheim Feature film
Damages Arthur Phillips "I Agree, It Wasn't Funny"
State of Play Andrew Pell Feature film
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 Feature film
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 Feature film
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 Feature film
Midway Commander Joseph Rochefort Feature film
Bull Attorney Steve Perry "Labor Days"
2022 Not Okay Harold Feature film
2025 The Beast in Me Councilman Phineas Gold 2 episodes
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