Brendan Fehr

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Brendan Fehr
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Fehr at the ATX TV Festival 2014 for Roswell
Born
Brendan Jacob Joel Fehr

(1977-10-29) October 29, 1977 (age 46)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • model
Years active1997–present
Spouse
Jennifer Rowley
(m. 2006)
Children3

Brendan Jacob Joel Fehr (born October 29, 1977) is a Canadian film and television actor, perhaps best known for portraying Michael Guerin in the WB television series Roswell , and for portraying lab tech Dan Cooper in CSI: Miami . In 2008, Fehr won a Gemini Award for "Hottest Canadian Male TV Star". Fehr also played Jared Booth in the Fox television series Bones . He has had numerous film roles.

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Early life

Fehr was born October 29, 1977, in New Westminster, British Columbia, to a mother who worked as a correctional case manager and a father who was a yacht manufacturer. [1] Raised in a strict Mennonite household, he would later move to Winnipeg, Manitoba. [2]

Career

Fehr has modeled for Levi's, Calvin Klein, Emporio Armani, and DKNY Jeans, and his pictures appeared in magazines. Fehr broke into television in 1997 when he was cast in Breaker High . He enjoyed a regular role on the Sci-Fi TV series Roswell from 1999 to 2002. In 2001, Fehr starred in the U2 video "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of". He plays a rookie football player named Paul Hewson (Bono's real name), who blows what would have been the game winning kick in an American football game as the ball hit the goal post. Fehr also appeared in Vanessa Carlton's video "Pretty Baby".

In 2008, Fehr starred as Jake Stanton in the ABC mini-series Samurai Girl , and had a recurring role as the character Jared Booth on Bones . In 2009 he had a recurring role as Cooper, a criminalist in CSI: Miami TV series. In 2011, Fehr played a businessman in A Christmas Kiss and the navigator of a U.S. warship in the movie X-Men First Class . He also guest-starred in two episodes of Nikita (TV series) .

In 2014, Fehr began playing the role of Dr. Drew Alister, an Army vet and surgeon at a San Antonio hospital, in the NBC drama The Night Shift . The show aired for four seasons, ending in 2017. [3]

Personal life

He currently lives in Los Angeles, California and Albuquerque, New Mexico with his wife, Jennifer Rowley, whom he married in July 2006. The couple have three daughters born in 2008, 2011 and 2013. [4]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1998HandHart
Disturbing Behavior Brendan – Motor Jock
2000 Christina's House Eddy Duncan
Final Destination George Waggner
2001 Kill Me Later Billy
The Forsaken Nick
2002Long ShotDanny
Edge of Madness Simon Herron
2003 Biker Boyz Stuntman
Nemesis Game Dennis Reveni
2004 Childstar Chip Metzger
Sugar Butch
2005 The Long Weekend Edward 'Ed' Waxman
2006 Comeback Season Paul
2007 The Fifth Patient Vince Callow
2008 The Other Side of the Tracks Josh
2010Fort McCoySgt. Dominic Rossi
2011 X-Men: First Class American Soldier aboard Fleet vesselCommunications officer
2012 Silent Night Deputy Jordan
2012Roswell FMJay Rathbone
2013Only IOrion Smith
2013 13 Eerie Daniel
2014 Guardians of the Galaxy Rhomann Dey's Partner
2014 The Stowaway Barton
2016 The last transmission Pilot call sign Delta-Sierra-Juliet
2019 Brotherhood Robert Butcher
2019 Daughter of the Wolf David Hackl
2020 Wander Nick Cassidy
2021Royally Wrapped for ChristmasPrince Aiden
2022Grey ElephantGarrett [5]
2023The Amityville CurseDr. Harrison Cole

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1997 Breaker High Price MontagueEpisode: "Tamara Has Two Faces"
1998 Every Mother's Worst Fear AlanTV movie
Night Man EricEpisode: "It Came from Out of the Sky"
Perfect Little AngelsMitch FurressTV movie
1998, 1999 Millennium Kevin Galbraith / Nick CarfagnaEpisodes: "The Pest House", "Collateral Damage"
1999 The New Addams Family Sam SedgwickEpisode: "Wednesday's Crush"
Our Guys: Outrage at Glen Ridge Barry BennettTV movie
1999–2002 Roswell Michael Guerin Main role, 61 episodes
2005–2008 CSI: Miami Dan Cooper Recurring role, 35 episodes
2008 Samurai Girl Jake StantonMiniseries
2008–2010 Bones Jared Booth Recurring role, 5 episodes
2010 The Cutting Edge: Fire and Ice James McKinseyTV movie
Ice Quake Michael WebsterTV movie
CSI: NY Al BransonEpisode: "Tales from the Undercard"
2011And Baby Will FallDavid RoseTV movie
A Christmas Kiss Adam HughesTV movie
2011–2012 Nikita StevenEpisodes: "Coup de Grace", "Dead Drop"
2012 Adopting Terror Kevin AndersonTV movie
2013 Longmire Greg ColletteEpisode: "Carcasses"
2014House of SecretsTyler JordanTV movie
2014–2017 The Night Shift Dr. Drew AlisterMain role
2016–2017 Better Call Saul BauerEpisodes: "Fifi", "Mabel"
2016 Real Detective Detective Mike CiesynskiEpisode: "Vengeance"
2017 Wynonna Earp EwanRecurring role, 4 episodes
2017Wrapped Up in ChristmasRyan McKeeTV movie
2018Entertaining ChristmasJohnTV movie

Awards and nominations

Saturn Award

Gemini Award

Genie Award

Teen Choice Awards

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