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.
He played Oakland Athletics coach Ron Washington in the 2011 film Moneyball, where he was a standout due to his deadpan delivery and humor,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 Year Title Role Notes 1980 Brubaker Mr. Clarence as Brent N. Jennings 1982 Alone in the Dark Ray Curtis 1984 Fear City Hawker#1 1985 Witness Sgt. Elton Carter 1988 The Serpent and the Rainbow Louis Mozart Kansas Buckshot Red Heat Abdul Elijah 1990 Another 48 Hrs. Tyrone Burroughs 1992 Nervous Ticks Cole Live Wire Shane Rogers 1996 Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering Donald direct to video 1997 Little Boy Blue Tom 1998 Where's Marlowe? Funeral Director 1999 Life Hoppin' Bob Blue Ridge Fall Jack Crow 2004 Gas Mr. Garrison 2007 Honeydripper Ned 2010 My Girlfriend's Back Geoff 2011 Moneyball Ron Washington 2013 Go for Sisters Dixon
Television Year(s) Title Role Notes 1982 American Playhouse First Man at Barbecue Episode : "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf" 1983 Murder in Coweta County Robert Lee Gates TV film 1984–1988 Miami Vice T-Bone 3 episodes 1985–1986 Hill Street Blues Season 6: 2 episodes 1986 The George McKenna Story Mr. Jackson TV film 1987–1989 Hunter Curtis Brown 3 episodes 1988 The Murder of Mary Phagan Newt Lee TV miniseries 1990 The Antagonists ADA Marvin Thompson Unknown episodes 1991–1992 Brooklyn Bridge Mr Greer 4 episodes 1992 A Child Lost Forever Clayton Robinson TV film 1993 Where I Live 3 episodes 1994 Pointman Peter Dembrowski TV film 1995 Shadow of a Doubt Little Mike TV film 1996 Soul of the Game Frank Duncan TV film American Gothic Yancy Lydon Episode : "The Buck Stops Here" 1997 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Absalom Season 2: Episode : "When She Was Bad" Don King: Only in America Dick Sadler TV film 1999 Love Songs Bunchie TV film (segment "Love Song for Jean and Ellis, A") A Lesson Before Dying Rev. Ambrose TV film 1997–2000 ER Nat 3 episodes 2000 Dancing in September Matt TV film 2001 Boycott Rufus Lewis TV film 2005–2007 Medium Wayne 3 episodes 2007 Grey's Anatomy Charles Redford Episode: "Time After Time"2010 Meet the Browns Racist Patient Episode: "Meet the Racist" 2011–2016 Shameless Principal Monroe 2 episodes 2012 Political Animals Bill TV miniseries 2016 Murder in the First Hal Woodward / Barber 2 episodes Modern Family Shawn 1 episode 2018–2019 Lodge 49 Ernie Series regular 2018–present All American Willie Baker Recurring character 2020–2022 All Rise Charles Carmichael 5 episodes 2020 Insecure George Episode: "Lowkey Done"“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 2021 Snowfall Henry Nelson 3 episodes 2022 Young Sheldon Henry Episode: "Passion's Harvest and a Sheldocracy"“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 2023 Bookie John Franklin 2 episodes
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