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name: "Brandon T. Jackson"
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born: "7 March 1984"
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# Brandon T. Jackson

Actor. Born 7 March 1984 in Detroit, Michigan, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 7 March 1984, Detroit, Michigan, USA
- **Also known as:** Brandon Timothy Jackson, Brandon Jackson, Brandon Jaxson
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon_T._Jackson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q348738, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1040365/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/53336

## Biography

Brandon T. Jackson (born Brandon Timothy Jackson) is an American actor and stand-up comedian. He was born on 7 March 1984 in Detroit, Michigan, and attended West Bloomfield High School before moving to Los Angeles to pursue comedy.

Jackson began performing stand-up at venues including the Laugh Factory and opened for comedians such as Wayne Brady and Chris Tucker. His early film roles include an uncredited appearance in *8 Mile* (2002) and a supporting part in *Roll Bounce* (2005). He is known for his performances as Alpa Chino in *Tropic Thunder* (2008), Grover Underwood in the *Percy Jackson* films (2010 and 2013), and Trent Pierce in *Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son* (2011). He also played Target Tech in *The Day the Earth Stood Still* (2008) and appeared as Roofie Jackson in the television series *Deadbeat* (2014–2016).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, watch.plex.tv.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Day the Earth Stood Still* (2008), Fi1m 40, as Target Tech — [page](https://film.one/film/the-day-the-earth-stood-still-2008.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Family Business: New Orleans* (2025), series, as Marquis Duncan · Associate Producer
- *Trap City* (2024), as DeShawn · Producer
- *I'm Beginning To See the Light* (2024), as Sam
- *Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town* (2018), as Dick
- *The Year of Spectacular Men* (2018), as Logan
- *A Talent For Trouble* (2018), as Niles Wellington
- *Love by the 10th Date* (2017), as Dante
- *Eloise* (2016), as Dell Richards
- *Get a Job* (2016), as Luke
- *Mr. Robinson* (2015), series, as Ben Robinson
- *BoJack Horseman* (2014), series, as Corduroy Jackson Jackson (voice) — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/bojack-horseman.md)
- *Deadbeat* (2014), series, as Roofie
- *Approaching Midnight* (2013), as Corporal Artie AJ Culpepper
- *Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters* (2013), as Grover Underwood
- *Thunderstruck* (2012), as Alan
- *Hail Mary* (2011), as KZ
- *Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son* (2011), as Trent / Charmaine
- *Raising Hope* (2010), series, as Justin
- *Lottery Ticket* (2010), as Benny
- *Operation: Endgame* (2010), as Tower
- *Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief* (2010), as Grover Underwood
- *Tooth Fairy* (2010), as Duke
- *Fast & Furious* (2009), as BMW Driver
- *The Day the Earth Stood Still* (2008), as Target Tech — Fi1m 40, [page](https://film.one/film/the-day-the-earth-stood-still-2008.md)
- *Days of Wrath* (2008), as Lil One
- *Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness* (2008), as Alpa Cino
- *Tropic Thunder* (2008), as Alpa Chino
- *Cuttin Da Mustard* (2008), as Rolo
- *This Christmas* (2007), as El Rey MC
- *Big Stan* (2007), as Deshawn
- *Californication* (2007), series, as Hashtag
- *Super Sweet 16: The Movie* (2007), as Brian
- *Roll Bounce* (2005), as Junior
- *8 Mile* (2002), as Chin Tiki Club Goer (uncredited)
- *Nikita Blues* (2001), as Tyrone
- *Beverly Hills Cop*, series, as Aaron Foley

## Gallery

- ![Brandon T. Jackson](https://film.one/media/person/1273809/gallery-1119c957b8c6.jpg) Brandon T. Jackson — bedpanjohn at https://www.flickr.com/photos/bedpanjohn/, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/BrandonTJackson09.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Brandon T. Jackson](https://film.one/media/person/1273809/gallery-af3c86ea89dc.jpg) Brandon T. Jackson — MingleMediaTVNetwork, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/Brandon_T._Jackson_2012.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Brandon T. Jackson](https://film.one/media/person/1273809/gallery-9d69369d08fa.jpg) Brandon T. Jackson — Image via TMDB
- ![Brandon T. Jackson](https://film.one/media/person/1273809/gallery-cb292474390a.jpg) Brandon T. Jackson — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Black Reel Award for Outstanding Breakthrough Performance 2006: Black Reel Award for Outstanding Breakthrough Performance (won), for *Roll Bounce*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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