Popular American actor Billy Brown is known for his roles in television shows. Billy co-starred with Viola Davis in the series How to Avoid Punishment for Murder. Brown got the main male role in this rating project.
Biography
Billy Brown was born on October 30, 1970 in Inglewood. It is a city in southwestern Los Angeles County, California. The actor carefully guards the privacy of fans and reporters. Therefore, nothing is known about his family and hobbies.
Career
In 2009, Billy played in the fantastic action movie Star Trek, co-produced by Germany and the United States. His partners on the set were Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana and Karl Urban, Eric Bana and Anton Yelchin. This adventure film was directed by JJ Abrams. Another successful project with Brown's participation was the action movie Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World, starring Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore, Vince Vaughn and Vanessa Lee Chester.
The actor's stellar series was the thriller How to Avoid Punishment for Murder. This series began in 2014 and has been shown in many countries in Europe, America and Asia. Billy can be seen in such famous TV shows as "Dexter", "Southland" and "Sons of Anarchy".
Filmography
In 1993, Brown landed a small role in the western "Geronimo: An American Legend." This historical action movie stars Wes Studi, Gene Hackman and Matt Damon. Billy could then be seen in an episode in the 1997 melodrama The Hairdresser and the Beast. The leading roles were played by famous actors: Fran Drescher from the TV series "The Nanny" and Timothy Dalton.
Then Brown got small roles in the projects "Law & Order. Special Corps, NCIS Special, Detective Rush, Last Frontier, Criminal Minds, and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation New York.
In 2005, the actor got the role of Griffin in the fantasy horror film House of the Dead 2. The plot tells about how terrible the results of a cruel genetic experiment could be. The film did not receive recognition from film critics and among the audience.
Later in the career of the actor, the time of episodic roles in famous TV series began again, until he was invited to the television thriller "My Boyfriend". Brown got one of the main roles. The film was directed by John Cassar and written by Robert Cochran and David Ehrman.
In 2018, Billy got the male lead in the crime thriller Proud Mary by Babak Najafi. In the story, a hired killer leaves the son of his victims alive. She later takes the orphan under her wing.
In addition to roles in films and TV shows, Billy Brown was engaged in dubbing animated films. These include Adventure Time, The Wild Thornberry Family, As Ginger Says, and Suicide Squad: Severe Punishment. Billy has been invited to various TV shows on several occasions, such as Good Morning America, Entertainment Tonight, Jimmy Kimel Live, The Look and The Insider. In total, the popular actor has more than 40 works.