Brent Bailey

Brent Bailey
Bailey in February 2019
Born	(1983-07-04) July 4, 1983 (age 42) Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
Occupations	Actor director producer screenwriter
Years active	2006–present
Known for	My Synthesized Life Emma Approved

Brent Bailey is an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter born in Tucson, Arizona. Bailey has appeared in television series such as Criminal Minds , Rizzoli & Isles , and Hart of Dixie . He also played Alex Knightley in the web series Emma Approved , ^{[1] [2]} which won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Interactive Program in 2015. ^{[3] [4]} He played John F. Kennedy's speechwriter Ted Sorensen in the film LBJ , directed by Rob Reiner. ^[5]

Filmography

• The Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down (2006) as Kissing Guy
• Fear Is a Lot Like Love (2006 short) as Sunbather
• The Last Sentinel (2007) as Action Drone
• Waiting (2007 short) as College Guy #1
• Privileged (1 episode, 2008) as Antione
• Life (1 episode 2009) Andy Diller
• Suspension of Disbelief (2009 Short) as Sam
• Leaving Bliss (8 episodes, 2009) as Madison
• Life with Kat & McKay (1 episode, 2009) as Thor
• Relish (2009) as Mike
• It's Not About Coffee (2010) as Chris
• Ship in a Bottle (2010) as The Captain
• Continental Divide (2010 Short) as Will
• We're Not Together (2011) as Brandon
• Going Down in LA-LA Land (2011) as Dean
• Think Like a Man (2012) as Waiter
• Love-Stupid (2 episodes, 2012) as Derek
• Whitney (1 episode, 2013) as Matt
• Threshold (2013) as Alex
• My Synthesized Life (11 episodes, 2013) as Jimmy Bales
• The Republic of Two (2013) as Tim
• Crimson Winter (2013) as Fearghas
• Criminal Minds (1 episode, 2013) as Scotty Delfino
• Precipitation (2014) as Jordan
• Vid_687337 (2014) as David (and as director)
• Emma Approved (52 episodes, 2013–2014) as Alex Knightley
• Ru (2014) as Justin G.
• Classic Alice (2 episodes, 2014) as Anthony White, Hot TA
• Hart of Dixie (1 episode, 2014) as Zack
• Passport (2014) as Jimmy
• Bella and the Bulldogs (1 episode, 2015) as Bella's Dad
• Rizzoli & Isles (1 episode, 2015) as Tony
• Karma's a B*Tch - The Series (1 episode, 2015) as Chuck
• Soundproof (2015) as Andy
• Palo Alto (2 episodes, 2015) as Sam Cohen
• Her Dinner Party (2015) as Benjamin
• LBJ (2016) as Ted Sorensen
• Girlfriends of Christmas Past (2016) as Carter Bolton
• Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2 episodes, 2018) as Agent Thomas
• Coop & Cami Ask the World (1 episode, 2019) as Eric Wrather
• A Cape Cod Christmas as Christian (December 4, 2021)
• Maggie as Spencer (July 6, 2022)
• The Holiday Dating Guide as Michael (December 17, 2022)
• The Idea of You (2024) as Todd
• Commercial for Target Corporation (2024) - Commercial Actor as Kris K. ^[6]

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As writer/director/producer

• Vid_687337 (2014) as David (also as cinematographer. editor)
• Kids with Adult Problems (12 episodes, 2014)

Recognition

Awards and nominations

• 2014, Indie Series Awards nomination as 'Best Lead Actor' for My Synthesized Life ^[8]
• 2014, Streamy Awards nomination for 'Best Male Actor in a Comedy Web Series' for Emma Approved ^[9]
• 2014, International Academy of Web Television award co-nomination for 'Best Ensemble Performance' for Emma Approved ^[10]

References

1. "'Emma Approved': Brent Bailey on 'Lizzie Bennet Diaries,' Darcy, 'Clueless'". Zap2It. Archived from the original on August 7, 2016. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
2. Terrace, Vincent (2015-03-15). Internet Drama and Mystery Television Series, 1996-2014. McFarland. ISBN   9780786495818.
3. "Brent Bailey". IMDb. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
4. "Taylor Swift, Jimmy Fallon Among Juried Emmy Award Winners". Variety. 10 September 2015. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
5. "Allison Tolman, Michaela Watkins Join Will Ferrell-Amy Poehler Comedy; LBJ Packs Cast As Production Starts". Deadline. 22 September 2015. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
6. "Target gives Santa Claus a 'weirdly hot' makeover in viral ad". www.the-independent.com. Retrieved 28 Nov 2024.
7. "Did the World Need a Hot Santa? It Got One Anyway". nytimes.com. Retrieved 28 Nov 2024.
8. staff. "5th Annual Indie Series Awards Nominees". Indie Series Awards. Archived from the original on August 11, 2015. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
9. staff. "4th Annual Streamy Awards Winners & Nominees". Streamy Award . Retrieved November 8, 2015.
10. staff. "2014 IAWTV Awards Nominees & Winners". International Academy of Web Television. Archived from the original on February 6, 2015. Retrieved November 8, 2015.

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External links

• Brent Bailey at IMDb
• Brent Bailey on Instagram
• Brent Bailey on Twitter

1. "Its time to take a shellfie". People.com. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
2. "Shell launches its most advanced premium fuel". CSNews.com. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
3. "Shell shifts spend target". TheDrum.com. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
4. "Shell unveils its most advanced fuel ever". PR News Wire (Press release). Retrieved 20 May 2019.