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Brent Jennings
Born (1951-04-13) April 13, 1951 (age 72)
Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1980–present

Brent Jennings (born April 13, 1951) is an American actor. He was born in Little Rock, Arkansas and is a 1969 graduate of Little Rock Central High School.

He played Oakland Athletics coach Ron Washington in the 2011 film Moneyball, played supporting character Ernie, traveling plumbing salesman in the short-lived, but acclaimed AMC television series Lodge 49 and currently stars in the TV series All American.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1980 Brubaker Mr. Clarence as Brent N. Jennings
1982 Alone in the Dark Ray Curtis
1983 Murder in Coweta County Robert Lee Gates
1984 Fear City Hawker#1
1985 Witness Sgt. Elton Carter
1988 The Serpent and the Rainbow Louis Mozart
1988 Kansas Buckshot
1988 Red Heat Abdul Elijah
1990 Another 48 Hrs. Tyrone Burroughs
1992 Nervous Ticks Cole
1992 Live Wire Shane Rogers
1996 Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering Donald direct to video
1997 Little Boy Blue Tom
1998 Where's Marlowe? Funeral Director
1999 Life Hoppin' Bob
1999 Blue Ridge Fall Jack Crow
2004 Gas Mr. Garrison
2007 Honeydripper Ned
2010 My Girlfriend's Back Geoff
2011 Moneyball Ron Washington
2013 Go for Sisters Dixon

Television

Year(s) Title Role Notes
1982 American Playhouse First Man at Barbecue Episode : "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf"
1983 Murder in Coweta County Robert Lee Gates TV film
1984–1988 Miami Vice T-Bone 3 episodes
1985–1986 Hill Street Blues Season 6: 2 episodes
1986 The George McKenna Story Mr. Jackson TV film
1987–1989 Hunter Curtis Brown 3 episodes[1]
1988 The Murder of Mary Phagan Newt Lee TV miniseries
1990 The Antagonists ADA Marvin Thompson Unknown episodes
1991–1992 Brooklyn Bridge Mr Greer 4 episodes
1992 A Child Lost Forever Clayton Robinson TV film
1993 Where I Live 3 episodes
1994 Pointman Peter Dembrowski TV film
1995 Shadow of a Doubt Little Mike TV film
1996 Soul of the Game Frank Duncan TV film
1996 American Gothic Yancy Lydon Episode : "The Buck Stops Here"
1997 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Absalom Season 2: Episode : "When She Was Bad"
1997 Don King: Only in America Dick Sadler TV film
1999 Love Songs Bunchie TV film (segment "Love Song for Jean and Ellis, A")
1999 A Lesson Before Dying Rev. Ambrose TV film
1997–2000 ER Nat 3 episodes
2000 Dancing in September Matt TV film
2001 Boycott Rufus Lewis TV film
2005–2007 Medium Wayne 3 episodes
2007 Grey's Anatomy Charles Redford Episode: "Time After Time"
2010 Meet the Browns Racist Patient Episode: "Meet the Racist"
2011–2016 Shameless Principal Monroe 2 episodes
2012 Political Animals Bill TV miniseries
2016 Murder in the First Hal Woodward / Barber 2 episodes 2016 " Shawn

1 episode

2018–2019 Lodge 49 Ernie Series regular
2018–present All American Willie Baker Recurring character
2020–2022 All Rise Charles Carmichael 5 episodes
2022 Young Sheldon Henry Episode: "Passion's Harvest and a Sheldocracy"[2]
2023 Bookie John Franklin 2 episodes

References

  1. ^ "The Jade Woman". Hunter. Season 4. Episode 3. Los Angeles, California. 17 October 1987. NBC.
  2. ^ “Young Sheldon” Passion’s Harvest and a sheldocracy (TV episode 2022). (2022, October 13). IMDb. Retrieved October 14, 2022, from https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22202736/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_1

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