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name: "Brent Jennings"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/brent-jennings"
fi1m_id: "brent-jennings"
imdb_id: "nm0421116"
tmdb_id: 84685
wikidata_id: "Q15553290"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "13 April 1951"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T21:17:02.725182+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Brent Jennings

## Identity

Brent Jennings

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/brent-jennings
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** brent-jennings
- **IMDb ID:** nm0421116
- **TMDB ID:** 84685
- **Wikidata ID:** Q15553290
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brent_Jennings, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15553290, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0421116/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/84685

Actor. Born 13 April 1951 in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 13 April 1951, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
- **Active:** 1985–2011
- **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 84 (1), 1990s 38 (1), 2010s 83 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 68 to 62 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Crime 2, Drama 2, Action 1, Comedy 1, Sport 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $380m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brent_Jennings, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15553290, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0421116/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/84685

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Witness*](https://film.one/film/witness.md) (84)
- **Disney+:** [*Moneyball*](https://film.one/film/moneyball.md) (83)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Brent Jennings is an American actor. Born on 13 April 1951 in Little Rock, Arkansas, he is a 1969 graduate of Little Rock Central High School and has worked in film and television since 1980.

His film credits include Carter in *Witness* (1985) and Ron Washington in *Moneyball* (2011). On television he has appeared in series such as *Grey's Anatomy*, *Bones*, *Modern Family*, *Shameless*, *Young Sheldon*, *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* and *All American*, and played Ernie Fontaine in *Lodge 49* (2018–2019).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, tvinsider.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Moneyball* (2011), Fi1m 83, as Ron Washington — [page](https://film.one/film/moneyball.md)
- *Another 48 Hrs.* (1990), Fi1m 38, as Tyrone Burroughs — [page](https://film.one/film/another-48-hrs.md)
- *Witness* (1985), Fi1m 84, as Carter — [page](https://film.one/film/witness.md)

## Complete filmography (82)

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

- *Bookie* (2023), series, as John 'Frank' Franklin
- *All Rise* (2019), series, as Charles Carmichael
- *All American* (2018), series, as Grandpa Willy — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/all-american.md)
- *Lodge 49* (2018), series, as Ernie Fontaine
- *Young Sheldon* (2017), series, as Henry
- *Insecure* (2016), series, as George — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/insecure.md)
- *Cry Now* (2014), as Ron
- *Bipolar* (2014), as Father Wallace
- *Audrey* (2014), as Coe Lesher
- *Go for Sisters* (2013), as Dixon
- *The Crazy Ones* (2013), series, as Kyle
- *Political Animals* (2012), series, as Bill
- *The Newsroom* (2012), series, as Judge
- *Veep* (2012), series, as Anthony Holland — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/veep.md)
- *Touch* (2012), series, as Medical Examiner
- *Suburgatory* (2011), series, as Chester — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/suburgatory.md)
- *Moneyball* (2011), as Ron Washington — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/moneyball.md)
- *Harry's Law* (2011), series, as Earl Connolly
- *Shameless* (2011), series, as Principal Monroe — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless-2011.md)
- *My Girlfriend's Back* (2010), as Geoff
- *Modern Family* (2009), series, as Shawn — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/modern-family.md)
- *Glee* (2009), series, as Reverend — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/glee.md)
- *Honeydripper* (2007), as Ned
- *Day Break* (2006), series, as Lloyd
- *Brothers and Sisters* (2006), series, as Officer Dunnigan
- *The Unit* (2006), series, as Detective Litsinger
- *Bones* (2005), series, as Plant Supervisor — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/bones.md)
- *Grey's Anatomy* (2005), series, as Charles Redford — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/greys-anatomy.md)
- *Medium* (2005), series, as Wayne
- *Intimate Betrayal* (2004), as Jack Baker
- *Boston Legal* (2004), series, as Marshall Gottlieb — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/boston-legal.md)
- *Gas* (2004), as Mr. Garrison
- *Without a Trace* (2002), series, as Earl Dooley
- *The Guardian* (2001), series, as Cliff Jenkins
- *Boycott* (2001), as Rufus Lewis
- *Dancing in September* (2001), as Matt
- *The Division* (2001), series, as Steve
- *Blue Ridge Fall* (1999), as Jack Crow
- *A Lesson Before Dying* (1999), as Reverend Ambrose
- *Love Songs* (1999), as Bunchie
- *Life* (1999), as Hoppin' Bob
- *Where's Marlowe?* (1998), as Funeral Director
- *Little Boy Blue* (1998), as Tom
- *The Fixer* (1998), as Monsignor Hjogu
- *Don King: Only in America* (1997), as Dick Sadler
- *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (1997), series, as Absalom — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md)
- *The Practice* (1997), series, as Malcolm Kane
- *Shadow of a Doubt* (1996), as Little Mike
- *Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering* (1996), as Donald Atkins
- *Soul of the Game* (1996), as Frank Duncan
- *Moesha* (1996), series, as Mr. Harvey
- *Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child* (1995), series, as Farmer Farouk (voice)
- *ER* (1994), series, as Nat — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *Party of Five* (1994), series, as Mr. Fountain — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/party-of-five.md)
- *Pointman* (1994), as Peter Dembrowski
- *In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance* (1994), as Johnnie Moore
- *Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman* (1993), series, as Inspector Henderson
- *A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story* (1992), as Clayton Robinson
- *Live Wire* (1992), as Shane Rogers
- *Nervous Ticks* (1992), as Cole
- *Brooklyn Bridge* (1991), series, as Mr. Greer
- *Another 48 Hrs.* (1990), as Tyrone Burroughs — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/another-48-hrs.md)
- *Disaster at Silo 7* (1988), as A.C. Jones
- *Dear John* (1988), series, as Frank
- *Kansas* (1988), as Buckshot
- *The George McKenna Story* (1988), as Mr. Jackson
- *Red Heat* (1988), as Abdul Elijah
- *The Serpent and the Rainbow* (1988), as Louis Mozart
- *The Murder of Mary Phagan* (1988), series, as Newt Lee
- *21 Jump Street* (1987), series, as Police Detective
- *Outrage!* (1986), as Wilbert Ward
- *Child's Cry* (1986), as Harkins
- *Witness* (1985), as Carter — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/witness.md)
- *Miami Vice* (1984), series, as Jiveman, Sgt. Hugh Heraty — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md)
- *Fear City* (1984), as Hawker
- *Murder in Coweta County* (1983), as Robert Lee Gates
- *Alone in the Dark* (1982), as Ray Curtis
- *Parole* (1982), as Marco
- *For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf* (1982), as First Man at Barbecue
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as First man at barbecue
- *Brubaker* (1980), as Mr. Clarence
- *Dark Light*, as Carl

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