Brown, Wren T. 1964–

(Wren Brown)

PERSONAL

Born June 11, 1964, in Los Angeles, CA; father a jazz trumpeter; grandfather a member of the Nat King Cole Trio; grandmother a dancer at the Cotton Club; married, wife's name Anne, October 12, 1991; children: three.

Addresses:

Agent—Metropolitan Talent Agency, 4500 Wilshire Blvd., 2nd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90010. Manager—Sara Schedeen, Sarabeth Schedeen Management, 36550 Southeast Boitano Blvd., Sand City, OR 97055.

Career:

Actor. Appeared in commercials for Mc-Donald's, c. 1981, and for Brinks Home Security services and Pizza Hut restaurants, 2002. Worked as a theatre usher.

Member:

Screen Actors Guild (member of Los Angeles board of directors, 2001).

Awards, Honors:

Image Award nomination, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 2001, for Jeffrey's Plan; DramaLogue Award for As You Like It.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Second picketer, Hollywood Shuffle (also known as Robert Townsend's "Hollywood Shuffle"), Samuel Goldwyn Company, 1987.

Patrolman, The Hidden, New Line Cinema, 1987.

(As Wren Brown) Brown, Not Another Mistake (also known as Crossfire), Carl–Phil Productions, 1988.

Harold, The Night Before, Kings Road Entertainment, 1988.

(As Wren Brown) Second big prim pimp, I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer/United Artists, 1988.

(As Wren Brown) Uniformed cop, Downtown, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1990.

Blue Berry in 1965, Without a Pass, Chanticleer Films/Fried Films, 1991.

Hearse driver, A Gnome Named Gnorm (also known as The Adventures of a Gnome Named Gnorm and Upworld), Vestron, 1992.

Algernon, The Importance of Being Earnest, Flair Films, 1992.

(As Wren Brown) The Second Coming (short film), Quiet Fury Productions, 1992.

Sergeant William Barclay, Heart and Souls, Universal, 1993.

Assistant, Warlock: The Armageddon, Trimark Pictures, 1993.

Floor manager, I'll Do Anything, Columbia, 1994.

Captain Williams, Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (also known as Under Siege 2), Warner Bros., 1995.

Trooper, The Net, Columbia, 1995.

Minister, Waiting to Exhale, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1995.

Parker, Hellraiser: Bloodline (also known as Hellraiser IV and Hellraiser IV: Bloodline Story), Dimension Films, 1996.

Young brother, The Dinner, Acorn Productions, 1997.

Parik, California Myth, 1999.

Reverend Maxwell, Biker Boyz, DreamWorks, 2003.

Police captain, HellBent, Regent Releasing, 2005.

Preacher, Edmond, First Independent Pictures, 2006.

Film Work:

Associate producer, Boesman and Lena, Kino International, 2000.

Television Appearances; Series:

Cuba, Bless This House, CBS, 1995.

Deputy Quinn Garnett, Flipper (also known as The New Adventures of Flipper), syndicated, 1996.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Ernie Jackson, The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story (also known as The Flight and The Taking of Flight 847), NBC, 1988.

The Heroes of Desert Storm, ABC, 1991.

Nathan Strand, Nightmare in the Daylight, CBS, 1992.

Bednarek, Almost Dead, HBO, 1994.

Agent One, Chameleon, HBO, 1995.

Reporter, My Brother's Keeper, CBS, 1995.

Pluckie, Rebound: The Legend of Earl "The Goat" Manigault (also known as Rebound), HBO, 1996.

Carlton Tate, Dancing in September, HBO, 2001.

Kyle Ward, McBride: Tune In for Murder, Hallmark Channel, 2005.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

(As Wren Brown) Jastrow, "Rumors of My Death," Scarecrow and Mrs. King, CBS, 1987.

(As Wren Brown) Second marshal, "Fifty Ways to Lose Your Lover," L.A. Law, NBC, 1987.

(As Wren Brown) Policeman, "The Siege: Part 1," Dynasty, ABC, 1987.

(As Wren Brown) Second policeman, "Burned Out," Valerie (also known as Valerie's Family), NBC, 1987.

(As Wren Brown) ABC executive, "Cool Hand Dave: Part 2," Moonlighting, ABC, 1987.

"I, Witness," Hooperman, ABC, 1987.

Police officer, "Just Desserts," Knots Landing, CBS, 1988.

(As Wren Brown) First soldier, "For What It's Worth," Tour of Duty, CBS, 1989.

Transport pilot, "Manhunt," Star Trek: The Next Generation (also known as Star Trek: TNG), syndicated, 1989.

Uniformed cop, "The Search for Peter Kerry," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1989.

Milt, "Here's to Old Friends," A Different World, NBC, 1990.

Dr. Ron Murphy, "Psychosomatic," Stat, ABC, 1991.

Gerald, "Labor Intensive," Roc (also known as Roc Live), Fox, 1993.

Attorney, "Murder on the Thirtieth Floor," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1994.

Keith Bishop, "And the Whimper Is …," Frasier, NBC, 1994.

Desk clerk, "Twice Dead," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1995.

Second walker, "The Sponge," Seinfeld, NBC, 1995.

Man, "From the Terrace," Murphy Brown, CBS, 1997.

(As Wren Brown) Police officer, "The Guardian," The Journey of Allen Strange, Nickelodeon, 1998.

Mr. Stone, "The Playing Field," Ally McBeal, Fox, 1998.

Tom, "What Are Friends For?," Touched by an Angel, CBS, 1998.

Scott Layden, "Do Unto Others," The Practice, ABC, 1999.

Mr. Perry, "Just Above My Head," Moesha, UPN, 1999.

Greg Kurtz, "Necessity," Family Law, CBS, 2000.

Lieutenant Shell, "Deadly Situation," Walker, Texas Ranger, CBS, 2000.

Kohlar, "Prophecy," Star Trek: Voyager (also known as Voyager), UPN, 2001.

Officer, "Jimmy's Got a Gun," Grounded for Life, Fox, 2001.

Mr. Banks, "The Next Best Thing," For Your Love, The WB, 2001.

New Club boss, "Ansiedad," Resurrection Blvd., Showtime, 2001.

One of the "no" voters, "Posse Comitatus," The West Wing, NBC, 2002.

Professor Marvin Wilkins, "The Big Mixed Up Mojo Episode," Half & Half, UPN, 2003.

Courtney Rae, "The Last Dance," Whoopi, NBC, 2004.

Courtney Rae, "No Sex in the City," Whoopi, NBC, 2004.

Tavis Smiley, PBS, 2004.

Professor Marvin Wilkins, "The Big All Bets Are Off Episode," Half & Half, UPN, 2005.

Professor Marvin Wilkins, "The Big Throne in My Side Episode," Half & Half, UPN, 2005.

Appeared as a paramedic in an episode of Diagnosis Murder, CBS; and as a foreman in Picket Fences, CBS.

Television Appearances; Other:

FBI assistant, Family of Spies (miniseries), CBS, 1990.

David Franklin, Count on Me (special), PBS, 1994.

The 6th Annual Sears Soul Train Christmas Starfest (special), UPN, 2003.

Stage Appearances:

Jeffrey's Plan, 2001.

Also appeared in a West Coast production of As You Like It.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

(As Wren Brown) TV in Black: The First Fifty Years, Koch Vision, 2004.