Brent Jennings

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Brent Jennings
Born (1951-04-13) April 13, 1951 (age 74)
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.

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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

YearTitleRoleNotes
1980 Brubaker Mr. Clarenceas 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
1992Nervous TicksCole
1992 Live Wire Shane Rogers
1996 Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering Donalddirect to video
1997 Little Boy Blue Tom
1998 Where's Marlowe? Funeral Director
1999 Life Hoppin' Bob
1999Blue Ridge FallJack Crow
2004 Gas Mr. Garrison
2007 Honeydripper Ned
2010My Girlfriend's BackGeoff
2011 Moneyball Ron Washington
2013 Go for Sisters Dixon

Television

Year(s)TitleRoleNotes
1982 American Playhouse First Man at BarbecueEpisode : "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf"
1983 Murder in Coweta County Robert Lee GatesTV film
1984–1988 Miami Vice T-Bone3 episodes
1985–1986 Hill Street Blues Season 6: 2 episodes
1986 The George McKenna Story Mr. JacksonTV film
1987–1989 Hunter Curtis Brown3 episodes [1]
1988 The Murder of Mary Phagan Newt LeeTV miniseries
1990 The Antagonists ADA Marvin ThompsonUnknown episodes
1991–1992 Brooklyn Bridge Mr Greer4 episodes
1992 A Child Lost Forever Clayton RobinsonTV film
1993 Where I Live 3 episodes
1994 Pointman Peter DembrowskiTV film
1995 Shadow of a Doubt Little MikeTV film
1996 Soul of the Game Frank Duncan TV film
1996 American Gothic Yancy LydonEpisode : "The Buck Stops Here"
1997 Buffy the Vampire Slayer AbsalomSeason 2: Episode : "When She Was Bad"
1997 Don King: Only in America Dick SadlerTV film
1999 Love Songs BunchieTV film (segment "Love Song for Jean and Ellis, A")
1999 A Lesson Before Dying Rev. AmbroseTV film
1997–2000 ER Nat3 episodes
2000 Dancing in September MattTV film
2001 Boycott Rufus Lewis TV film
2005–2007 Medium Wayne3 episodes
2007 Grey's Anatomy Charles RedfordEpisode: "Time After Time"
2010 Meet the Browns Racist PatientEpisode: "Meet the Racist"
2011–2016 Shameless Principal Monroe2 episodes
2012 Political Animals BillTV miniseries
2016 Murder in the First Hal Woodward / Barber2 episodes
2016 Modern Family Shawn1 episode
2018–2019 Lodge 49 ErnieSeries regular
2018–present All American Willie BakerRecurring character
2020–2022 All Rise Charles Carmichael5 episodes
2020 Insecure (TV series) GeorgeEpisode: "Lowkey Done" [2]
2021 Snowfall Henry Nelson3 episodes
2022 Young Sheldon HenryEpisode: "Passion's Harvest and a Sheldocracy" [3]
2023 Bookie John Franklin2 episodes

References

  1. ↑ "The Jade Woman". Hunter. Season 4. Episode 3. Los Angeles, California. 17 October 1987. NBC.
  2. ↑ “Insecure” Lowkey Done (TV episode 2020). (2020, May 17). IMDb. Retrieved November 15, 2025, from https://m.imdb.com/title/tt8956964/?ref_=nm_knf_epp_sm_1
  3. ↑ “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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