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JENNINGS, Brent

PERSONAL

Addresses: Agent Mitchell K. Stubbs & Associates, 8675 West Washington Blvd., Suite 203, Culver City, CA 90232; Susan Smith & Associates, 121 N. San Vicente Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211.

Career: Actor. Appeared in television commercial for KoolAid, 2003.

Awards, Honors: Black Reel Award nomination, network/cablebest supporting actor, 2000, for Introducing Dorothy Dandridge.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Mr. Clarence, Brubaker, Twentieth CenturyFox, 1980.

Ray Curtis, Alone in the Dark, New Line Cinema, 1982.

Hawker #1, Fear City (also known as Border and Ripper ), 1984.

Detective Sergeant Elden Carter, Witness, Paramount, 1985.

Louis Mozart, The Serpent and the Rainbow, MCA/Universal, 1988.

Abdul Elijah, Red Heat, TriStar, 1988.

Buckshot, Kansas, TransWorld Entertainment, 1988.

Tyrone Burroughs, Another 48 Hrs., Paramount, 1990.

Cole, Nervous Ticks, IRS Media, 1992.

Donald Atkins, Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering (also known as Deadly Harvest ), Dimension Films, 1996.

Tom, Little Boy Blue, Castle Hill, 1997.

Hoppin' Bob, Life, MCA/Universal, 1999.

Funeral director, Where's Marlowe?, Paramount Classics, 1999.

Jack Crow, Blue Ridge Fall (also known as The End of Innocence ), APix Entertainment, 1999.

Detective John Ambrose, Head Games, 2001.

Television Appearances; Series:

Assistant District Attorney Marvin Thompson, The Antagonists, CBS, 1991.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Newt Lee, The Murder of Mary Phagan, NBC, 1988.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Marco, Parole, CBS, 1982.

Robert Lee Gates, Murder in Coweta County (also known as Last Blood ), CBS, 1983.

Harkins, Child's Cry, CBS, 1986.

Wilbert Ward, Outrage!, ABC, 1986.

Mr. Jackson, The George McKenna Story (also known as Hard Lessons ), CBS, 1986.

A. C. Jones, Disaster at Silo 7, ABC, 1988.

Clayton Robinson, A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story (also known as A Child Lost Forever ), NBC, 1992.

Shane Rogers, Live Wire, HBO, 1992.

Johnny Moore, In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance, NBC, 1994.

Peter Dembrowski, Pointman, syndicated, 1994.

Little Mike, Shadow of a Doubt, NBC, 1995.

Frank Duncan, Soul of the Game (also known as Field of Honour ), HBO, 1996.

Dick Sadler, Don King: Only in America, HBO, 1997.

Monsignor Hjogu, The Fixer, Showtime, 1998.

Bunchie, "A Love Song for Jean and Ellis," Love Songs, Showtime, 1999.

Reverend Ambrose, A Lesson before Dying, HBO, 1999.

Jack Baker, Intimate Betrayal, Black Entertainment Television, 1999.

Matt, Dancing in September, HBO, 2000.

Rufus Lewis, Boycott, HBO, 2001.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Frank, Dear John, NBC, 1988.

Bob Hayes, 413 Hope St., Fox, 1997.

Jack Balfour, To Have & To Hold, CBS, 1998.

Hopewell, CBS, 2000.

Television Appearances; Specials:

First man at barbecue, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf, PBS, 1982.

Mr. Bing, What About Your Friends?, CBS, 1995.

Voice, Africans in AmericaAmerica's Journey through Slavery (documentary), PBS, 1998.

Voice of Farmer Farouk, The Bremen Town Musicians: An Animated Special from the "Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child " Series (animated), HBO, 1999.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Jivman, "Heart of Darkness," Miami Vice, NBC, 1984.

Sergeant Hugh Heraty, "The Home Invaders," Miami Vice, NBC, 1985.

"From Pillar to Post," Mary, CBS, 1985.

Gupta, "Larry of Arabia," Hill Street Blues, NBC, 1986.

"The Jade Woman," Hunter, NBC, 1987.

"Orpheus 3.3," 21 Jump Street, Fox, 1988.

Curtis, "The Bogota Million," Hunter, NBC, 1988.

Sergeant Orlando Jordan, "Mirror Image," Miami Vice, NBC, 1988.

Curtis Brown, "Investment in Death," Hunter, NBC, 1989.

"Time Bomb," Hardball, NBC, 1989.

Teo, "Thee Sons of Icarus," Superboy, syndicated, 1990.

Mr. Greer, "The Gift," Brooklyn Bridge, CBS, 1992.

Mr. Greer, "A Tale of Two Boroughs," Brooklyn Bridge, CBS, 1992.

Billy Miller, "All That Jazz," Roc, Fox, 1992.

Desk sergeant, "Lost Souls," Sisters, NBC, 1992.

Daniels, "4B or Not 4B," NYPD Blue, ABC, 1993.

Inspector Henderson, "Neverending Battle," Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, ABC, 1993.

Mr. Fountain, "AllNighters," Party of Five, Fox, 1995.

Pierre LaFont, "A.D.A. Sipowicz," NYPD Blue, ABC, 1995.

Dr. Bantu, "The Ungrateful Dead," Minor Adjustments, UPN, 1996.

Yancy Lydon, "The Buck Stops Here," American Gothic, CBS, 1996.

Absalom, "When She Was Bad," Buffy, the Vampire Slayer, The WB, 1997.

Nat, "Ambush," ER, NBC, 1997.

"A Better Place," 413 Hope St., Fox, 1997.

Nat, "Do You See What I See?," ER, NBC, 1997.

Mr. Harvey, "Something about Moesha," Moesha, UPN and syndicated, 2000.

Nat, "Homecoming," ER, NBC, 2000.

Sergeant Baker, "SWAT's Happening," City of Angels, CBS, 2000.

"Obsessions," The Division, Lifetime, 2001.

Malcolm Ken, "We the People," The Practice, ABC, 2003.

Also appeared as Franklin, Where I Live, ABC; Carl Sandburg, Sweet Justice, NBC; Frank Yardley, Me and the Boys, ABC.

Stage Appearances:

Larry, So Nice, They Named It Twice, Joseph Papp Public Theatre, New York City, 1976.

The Mighty Gents, Ambassador Theatre, New York City, 1978.

K. P., G.R. Point, Playhouse Theatre, New York City, 1979.

Private Tony Smalls, A Soldier's Play, Lucille Lortel Theatre, New York City, 1981.

Walker Harris, Two Rooms, La Jolla Playhouse, La Jolla, CA, 1988.

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