Brennan Brown (born November 23, 1968) is an American film, television, and stage actor. He currently plays Dr. Samuel Abrams on NBC's Chicago Med. He played Robert Childan on Amazon's Man in the High Castle. He is a fan of the New York Yankees.
Career He received his MFA in acting from the Yale School of Drama.
He first came to widespread attention in the UK for playing "Mr. Dresden", a film board executive in Orange UK's long-running series of spoof cinema adverts. Brown's other film and television credits include I Love You Phillip Morris with Jim Carrey; Focus opposite Will Smith and Margot Robbie; State of Play; Turn the River; two seasons playing Edward Biben on Amazon's Mozart in the Jungle; HBO's John Adams playing Robert Treat Paine; and two seasons playing Special Agent Nicholas Donnelly on Person of Interest.
Brown has appeared in numerous Broadway and Off-Broadway stage productions. At The Atlantic Theatre, he appeared in Harold Pinter's Celebration and Ethan Cohen's Offices. At The National Actor's Theatre, he appeared in Aeschylus' The Persians and Pirandello's Right You Are (If You Think You Are). He played Snobby Price in The Roundabout Theatre Company's Major Barbara.
Filmography YearSeries/FilmRoleNotes2000-2001Law & Order: Special Victims UnitAttorney Brendan WalshDefense Attorney"Asunder""Paranoia" (uncredited)2001DeadlineEngineer"Somebody's Fool"The Education of Max BickfordRon Zinn"A Very Great Man"2001–2009Law & OrderForensic TechnicianSeason 12, Episode 12 "Teenage Wasteland"Donald HousemanSeason 13, Episode 5 "The Ring"Attorney HoytSeason 20, Episode 8 "Doped"2002Monday Night MayhemBob GoodrichTV movie2003–2009Law & Order: Criminal IntentJerry Rivers & Merrill2 episodes2006KidnappedPaul Levine"Sorry, Wrong Number"2007The Girl in the ParkMan FanFeature filmTurn the RiverRandolphFeature film2008John AdamsRobert Treat PaineMiniseries, 2 episodesGossip GirlMr. Smith"Bonfire of the Vanity"2009I Love You Phillip MorrisLarry BirkheimFeature filmDamagesArthur Phillips"I Agree, It Wasn't Funny"State of PlayAndrew PellFeature filmUgly BettyMiles Foster2 episodes2010Billy GreenThe LA ExecutiveUnknown episodesAgatha Christie's MarpleHailey Preston"The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side"2011DetachmentGreg Raymond Feature film2012–2013Person of InterestSpecial Agent Nicholas Donnelly 9 episodes2013Gilded LilysMr. LavageTV movieBreaking BadUS Attorney"Granite State"2014The BlacklistDr. Nikolaus Vogel"Berlin (No. 8)"ElementaryKevin Elspeth"Enough Nemesis To Go Around"Sleepy HollowTom"The Indispensable Man"2014–2015Beauty & the BeastCaptain/Chief Ward8 episodesMozart in the JungleEdward Biben8 episodes2015FocusHorstFeature film2015–2019The Man in the High CastleRobert Childan Main role (seasons 2–4), recurring (season 1)2015–presentChicago MedDr. Sam AbramsRecurring role2018The SinnerLionel Jeffries3 episodes2019The Wolf HourHansFeature filmMidwayCommander Joseph RochefortFeature filmBullAttorney Steve Perry"Labor Days"2022Not OkayHaroldFeature film2025 The Beast in MeCouncilman Phineas Gold2 episodes
Theatre Played David in Owen O'Neill's Absolution in 2002. Played Richard III in the play of the same name, and Tomas in The Imaginary Invalid at Yale Repertory Theatre. Played Snobby Price in the Broadway production of Major Barbara. Performed in New York in the play The Second Man at the Keen Theatre, as well as in Asylum and Fair Night at Naked Angels
Video games Manhunt 2—Watchdogs member (2007) Red Dead Redemption—Strange Man, The Local Population (2010)
References
External links
Brennan's American Repertory Theater profile