Bryan Hearne

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Bryan Hearne
Born
Bryan Christopher Hearne

1988or1989(age 35–36)
OccupationActor/Musician
Years active2000–present

Bryan Christopher Hearne (born 1988) [1] is an American actor from Staten Island, New York who debuted on a couple of minor roles. He landed a guest role on the NBC show Third Watch in 2000.

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Hearne then went on to star in the 2001 film Hardball as Andre Ray Peetes. In 2002, he became a cast member in the Nickelodeon sketch comedy television series All That from seasons 7–8. [2] He later appeared in the documentary series Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV where he alleged that producers compared him to a "piece of charcoal" and disliked getting covered in peanut butter and getting licked by dogs in its spin-off show, SNICK On-Air Dare . [3] Hearne's mother, Tracey Brown, also felt that some of the sketches he was in were racist, including one where he sold Girl Scout cookies like he was selling drugs. [4] [5]

Years after his time as a child actor, Bryan Hearne performed as a rapper under the name Comodity. He is part of a rap group called Crown Holders alongside fellow child star Jeffery Wood. [6] Bryan Hearne was later married to Daishaundra Loving-Hearne. In 2021, they won the Martin Luther King Jr. Spirit Award from Columbia Basin College for their Black Lives Matter activism. [1] Since 2019, he was the co-CEO of the non-profit organization Urban Poets Society. [7]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRole
2001 Pootie Tang Little Trucky
Hardball Andre Ray Peetes
2004 The Best Thief in the World Schoolyard Kid

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000 Third Watch Kenny1 episode
2001 Providence Craig Barnett1 episode
2002 Taina Stuart1 episode
2002–2003 All That VariousSeasons 7-8
2003 Law & Order Frank1 episode
Whoopi Kid1 episode
2009 Lie to Me Track Team Student1 episode
Everybody Hates Chris Rapper2 episodes
The Unit Will1 episode
2024 Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV Himself3 episodes

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