# Brent Sexton

Brent Sexton (born August 12, 1967) is an American actor best known for his roles in the television series Bosch, The Killing, Life, and Deadwood. He has guest starred in several other television series, such as The Expanse, Justified, That's Life, Birds of Prey, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Judging Amy. He has also appeared in several motion pictures, such as In the Valley of Elah, Flightplan, Radio, and A.I. Artificial Intelligence.
In 2006, Sexton, along with the cast of Deadwood, was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award.

## Early life

Sexton was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He studied at Missouri State University.

## Career

Sexton toured internationally with a theater company as both Officer Krupke and Detective Schrank in West Side Story.

## Filmography

Film :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1994 | The Specialist | Manny | |
| 2001 | Double Take | NYPD Cop | |
| 2001 | Zoe | Lonnie | |
| 2001 | A.I. Artificial Intelligence | Russell | |
| 2001 | The Glass House | Mechanic | |
| 2001 | Vanilla Sky | Security Guard | |
| 2002 | It's All About You | Security Guard | |
| 2002 | Enough | FBI Agent | |
| 2003 | Nines | Bud | Short film |
| 2003 | Radio | Honeycutt | |
| 2003 | The Man Who Invented the Moon | Tommy | Short film |
| 2004 | Fish Burglars | Aquarium Guard | Short film |
| 2004 | Criminal | Ron | |
| 2005 | Wheelmen | Goon #1 | |
| 2005 | Flightplan | Elias | |
| 2005 | Full Disclosure | Everett | Short film |
| 2007 | In the Valley of Elah | Lt. Burke | |
| 2008 | W. | Joe O'Neill | |
| 2008 | Pants on Fire | Phil | |
| 2009 | Within | Steven Lowe | |
| 2009 | Hostage: A Love Story | Therapist | Short film |
| 2016 | The Belko Experiment | Vince Agostino | |
| 2020 | Irresistible | Mayor Braun | |
| 2022 | Gigi & Nate | Sgt. Ellis | |
| 2023 | Miranda's Victim | Sergeant Nealis | |
Television :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1989–1990 | B.L. Stryker | David / Maxie | 2 episodes |
| 1999 | Angel | Beat Cop | 1 episode |
| 1999 | Profiler | Car's Driver | 1 episode |
| 1999 | Chicken Soup for the Soul | Will Bailey | 1 episode |
| 1999–2000 | It's Like, You Know... | Waiter | 2 episodes |
| 1999–2001 | Judging Amy | Oscar Ray Pant, Jr. | 5 episodes |
| 2000 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Breen | 1 episode |
| 2000 | Chicago Hope | Mary's Orderly | 1 episode |
| 2000 | 3rd Rock from the Sun | Duke | 1 episode |
| 2000–2001 | The X-Files | Gravedigger / Steven Melnick | 2 episodes |
| 2001 | V.I.P. | Koster | 1 episode |
| 2001 | Jack & Jill | Heffer | 1 episode |
| 2001 | Special Unit 2 | Edwards | 1 episode |
| 2001 | Boston Public | Calvin Scott | 1 episode |
| 2001 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Mark Doyle | 1 episode |
| 2001 | Becker | Christopher Hayes | 1 episode |
| 2001 | NYPD Blue | Roy Wessner | 1 episode |
| 2001–2002 | That's Life | Jimmy Stovic | 4 episodes |
| 2001–2002 | Will & Grace | Guard / Prison Guard | 2 episodes |
| 2002 | 7th Heaven | Security Guard | 1 episode |
| 2002 | The Guardian | Tom Burke | 1 episode |
| 2002 | Birds of Prey | Detective McNally | 5 episodes |
| 2003 | My Wife and Kids | Blue-Collar Guy | 1 episode |
| 2003 | 24 | Frank Davies | 2 episodes |
| 2003 | The District | Ray Innis | 1 episode |
| 2003 | Senor White | | Television film |
| 2003 | Saving Jessica Lynch | Greg Lynch Sr. | Television film |
| 2004 | JAG | Lance Corp. Buddy Petrosian | 1 episode |
| 2004 | The Shield | Paul Fets | 1 episode |
| 2004 | Six Feet Under | Lou Thornton | 1 episode |
| 2004 | Plainsong | Bud Sealy | Television film |
| 2005 | Cold Case | Ken Bream in 1998 | 1 episode |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy | Jerry Frost | 1 episode |
| 2005 | Surface | Bud | 3 episodes |
| 2005–2006 | Deadwood | Harry Manning | 14 episodes |
| 2006 | Smith | Mark Langley | 1 episode |
| 2006 | Standoff | Avery Steele | 1 episode |
| 2007 | Without a Trace | Sergeant Paul Brown | 1 episode |
| 2007 | Weeds | Cliff Haskel | 1 episode |
| 2007–2009 | Life | Officer Robert Stark | 25 episodes |
| 2009 | Psych | County Sheriff Becker | 1 episode |
| 2009 | The Mentalist | Doc Sinclair | 1 episode |
| 2010 | Lie to Me | Thomas Fletcher | 1 episode |
| 2010–2013 | Justified | Sheriff Hunter Mosley | 5 episodes |
| 2011 | The Morning After | Himself | 1 episode |
| 2011–2012 | The Killing | Stan Larsen | 25 episodes |
| 2013 | Ironside | Gary Stanton | 9 episodes |
| 2013–2016 | Shameless | Patrick Gallagher | 2 episodes |
| 2015 | American Crime | Tommy | 1 episode |
| 2015–2016 | CSI: Cyber | Andrew Michaels | 3 episodes |
| 2015 | Complications | Robert Holden | 5 episodes |
| 2016 | Bosch | Carl Nash | 10 episodes |
| 2016 | Hawaii Five-0 | Marvin Osweiler / Kyle Kane | 1 episode |
| 2016 | Designated Survivor | Gabriel Thompson | 1 episodes |
| 2017 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Jim Turner | 1 episode |
| 2018 | Unsolved | Detective Brian Tyndall | 7 episodes |
| 2018–2020 | God Friended Me | Ray Nicolette | 3 episodes |
| 2018 | Dream Corp LLC | Father | 1 episode |
| 2019 | Deadwood: The Movie | Harry Manning | Television film |
| 2019 | Mindhunter | Garland Periwinkle | 2 episodes |
| 2019 | Unbelievable | Al | 3 episodes |
| 2020 | Chicago P.D. | Sergeant Kenny Nolan | 3 episodes |
| 2020–2021 | The Expanse | Cyn | 7 episodes |
| 2021 | Hacks | Michael | 1 episode |
| 2021 | Impeachment: American Crime Story | Dick Morris | 1 episode |
| 2022 | Long Slow Exhale | Arlin Swayne | 6 episodes |
| 2023 | Paul T. Goldman | Royce Auditioner | 1 episode |