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Brendan Sexton III | |
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Born | Brendan Eugene Sexton III February 21, 1980 Staten Island, New York, U.S. |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1994–present |
Brendan Eugene Sexton III (born February 21, 1980) is an American actor.[1]
Life and career
Born in Staten Island, New York, Sexton made his film debut in Todd Solondz's Welcome to the Dollhouse playing the troubled bully Brandon McCarthy, for which he was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award.[2] He was the lead in Hurricane Streets[3][4] and Desert Blue and also appeared in Boys Don't Cry, Black Hawk Down, and Just Like the Son, as well as the cult films Empire Records and Pecker.
He also starred in The Marconi Bros. alongside Dan Fogler and in Jonathan Blitstein's Let Them Chirp Awhile alongside Justin Rice.
Sexton owns and operates a New York City-based independent record label Big Bit of Beauty.
In a radio interview, in 2002, Sexton said that the version of the film Black Hawk Down, in which he briefly appeared, which made it onto theater screens was significantly different from the one recounted in the original script. According to him, many scenes asking hard questions of the U.S. troops with regard to the violent realities of war, the true purpose of their mission in Somalia, etc., were cut out.[5] Sexton wrote an article in 2002 where he called the US Army's "School of the Americas, the U.S. Army’s own terrorist training camp for Latin America" and said that Black Hawk Down failed to explain the reasons behind the Somali population's opposition to the U.S. military presence in their country:
The Somalis are portrayed as if they don't know what's going on, as if they're trying to kill the Americans because they — like all other "evildoers" — will do anything to bite the hand that feeds them. But the Somalis aren't a stupid people. In fact, many were upset because the U.S. military presence propped up people tied to the old, corrupt Barre regime.[6]
Sexton has said in interviews that speaking out against the film led to him getting "blacklisted" and prevented him from getting work in major films.
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1995 | Welcome to the Dollhouse | Brandon McCarthy | |
1995 | Empire Records | Warren | |
1997 | Hurricane Streets | Marcus | |
1997 | Arresting Gena | Soldier | |
1997 | A, B, C... Manhattan | Bob | |
1997 | The Devil & the Angel | Street Thug #1 | |
1998 | Spark | Moony | |
1998 | Pecker | Matt | |
1998 | Desert Blue | Blue Baxter | |
1999 | Boys Don't Cry | Tom Nissen | |
2000 | Muse 6 | Dez | |
2000 | Herschel Hopper: New York Rabbit | Herschel | |
2001 | Session 9 | Jeff | |
2001 | Black Hawk Down | Kowalewski | |
2004 | Winter Solstice | Robbie | |
2005 | Love, Ludlow | Ludlow | |
2005 | Hide and Seek | Store Clerk | Uncredited |
2005 | This Revolution | Daniel Symptom | |
2006 | Just Like the Son | Grant | |
2006 | Little Fugitive | Frank | |
2007 | The Girl in the Park | Stuart | |
2007 | The Secret | Ethan | |
2007 | Neal Cassady | Little Big | |
2007 | Let Them Chirp Awhile | Scott | |
2008 | The Marconi Bros. | Anthony Marconi | |
2008 | B.O.H.I.C.A. | Fish | |
2009 | The Messenger | Recruiter Olson | |
2009 | Winter of Frozen Dreams | Jerry Davies | |
2009 | Everybody's Fine | Mugger | |
2010 | The Runaways | Derek | |
2010 | The Truth | Gabriel Doyle | |
2010 | Footsteps | Douglas Denenberg | |
2011 | In My Pocket | Eric | |
2012 | Seven Psychopaths | Young Zachariah | |
2012 | Yellow | Nowell | |
2013 | The Odd Way Home | Dave | |
2013 | The Trials of Cate McCall | Rusty Burkhardt | |
2013 | 7E | Clyde | |
2014 | Glass Chin | Jimmy Musial | |
2014 | 10 Cent Pistol | Donny | |
2014 | Beautiful Girl | William | |
2015 | Welcome to Happiness | Nyles | |
2015 | Addiction: A 60's Love Story | Jay Klein | |
2015 | Dark | John | |
2017 | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Crop-Haired Guy | |
2017 | New Money | Steve Purdy | |
2018 | White Orchid | James | |
2018 | American Nightmares | Tommy Deuchet | |
2019 | El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie | Kyle | |
2019 | The Voices | David | |
2020 | Juke Box Hero | Allan | |
2020 | Chronicle of a Serial Killer | Henry Brolin | |
2021 | Faceless | George | |
2021 | Don't Breathe 2 | Raylan | |
TBA | God Is a Bullet | Granny Boy |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2003 | The Finkel Files | Eli | Television film |
2009 | Life on Mars | Danny Krasner | Episode: "Revenge of Broken Jaw" |
2011–2012 | The Killing | Belko Royce | 15 episodes |
2013 | Mob City | Jerry Edelstein | 2 episodes |
2014 | Chicago P.D. | Ian Marks | Episode: "An Honest Woman" |
2014 | Stalker | Robbie Dalton | Episode: "Fanatic" |
2016 | Riders | Greg | Episode: "A Trip at a Wedding" |
2016, 2018 | Drunk History | Felix / Thomas Benton | 2 episodes |
2019 | Russian Doll | Horse | 4 episodes |
2020 | FBI | Mike Helton | Episode: "Safe Room" |
References
- ^ "Brendan Sexton III". IMDb. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
- ^ "Brendan Sexton III | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos | AllMovie". AllMovie. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
- ^ "Movies; Young and in Demand; Brendan Sexton III has been hot, hot, hot since 'Hurricane Streets' hit the '97 Sundance Festival". Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. 1998-02-12. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
- ^ "SHARP-EYED 'HURRICANE' BOY MEETS SWIRL OF STREET LIFE IN N.Y.-SET DRAMA". Retrieved 2011-09-24.[dead link]
- ^ "As "Black Hawk Down" Director Ridley Scott Is Nominated for An Oscar, An Actor in the Film Speaks Out Against Its Pro-War Message". DemocracyNow.org. Retrieved 2011-02-21.
- ^ "What's Wrong With Black Hawk Down". CounterPunch.org. Archived from the original on 2011-05-14. Retrieved 2011-02-21.