# Brendan Sexton III

Brendan Eugene Sexton III (born February 21, 1980) is an American actor.

## Life and career

Born in Staten Island, New York, Sexton made his film debut in Todd Solondz's Welcome to the Dollhouse playing the troubled bully Brandon McCarthy, for which he was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. He was the lead in Hurricane Streets and Desert Blue and also appeared in Boys Don't Cry, Black Hawk Down, and Just Like the Son, as well as the cult films Empire Records and Pecker.
He also starred in The Marconi Bros. alongside Dan Fogler and in Jonathan Blitstein's Let Them Chirp Awhile alongside Justin Rice.
Sexton owns and operates a New York City-based independent record label Big Bit of Beauty.

### 2002 radio interview and alleged blacklisting by Hollywood

In a 2002 radio interview, Sexton said that the version of the film Black Hawk Down, in which he briefly appeared, which made it onto theater screens was significantly different from the one recounted in the original script. According to him, many scenes asking hard questions of the U.S. troops with regard to the violent realities of war, the true purpose of their mission in Somalia, etc., were cut out.

## Filmography
### Film

Key :
| † | Denotes works that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1995 | Welcome to the Dollhouse | Brandon McCarthy | |
| 1995 | Empire Records | Warren | |
| 1997 | Hurricane Streets | Marcus | |
| 1997 | Arresting Gena | Soldier | |
| 1997 | A, B, C... Manhattan | Bob | |
| 1997 | The Devil & the Angel | Street Thug #1 | |
| 1998 | Spark | Moony | |
| 1998 | Pecker | Matt | |
| 1998 | Desert Blue | Blue Baxter | |
| 1999 | Boys Don't Cry | Tom Nissen | |
| 2000 | Muse 6 | Dez | |
| 2000 | Herschel Hopper: New York Rabbit | Herschel | |
| 2001 | Session 9 | Jeff | |
| 2001 | Black Hawk Down | PVT Richard "Alphabet" Kowalewski | |
| 2004 | Winter Solstice | Robbie | |
| 2005 | Love, Ludlow | Ludlow | |
| 2005 | Hide and Seek | Store Clerk | Uncredited |
| 2005 | This Revolution | Daniel Symptom | |
| 2006 | Just Like the Son | Grant | |
| 2006 | Little Fugitive | Frank | |
| 2007 | The Girl in the Park | Stuart | |
| 2007 | The Secret (Si j'étais toi ) | Ethan | |
| 2007 | Neal Cassady | Little Big | |
| 2007 | Let Them Chirp Awhile | Scott | |
| 2008 | The Marconi Bros. | Anthony Marconi | |
| 2008 | B.O.H.I.C.A. | Fish | |
| 2009 | The Messenger | Recruiter Olson | |
| 2009 | Winter of Frozen Dreams | Jerry Davies | |
| 2009 | Everybody's Fine | Mugger | |
| 2010 | The Runaways | Derek | |
| 2010 | The Truth | Gabriel Doyle | |
| 2010 | Footsteps | Douglas Denenberg | |
| 2011 | In My Pocket | Eric | |
| 2012 | Seven Psychopaths | Young Zachariah | |
| 2012 | Yellow | Nowell | |
| 2013 | The Odd Way Home | Dave | |
| 2013 | The Trials of Cate McCall | Rusty Burkhardt | |
| 2013 | 7E | Clyde | |
| 2014 | Glass Chin | Jimmy Musial | |
| 2014 | 10 Cent Pistol | Donny | |
| 2014 | Beautiful Girl | William | |
| 2015 | Welcome to Happiness | Nyles | |
| 2015 | Addiction: A 60's Love Story | Jay Klein | |
| 2015 | Dark | John | |
| 2017 | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Crop-Haired Guy | |
| 2017 | New Money | Steve Purdy | |
| 2018 | White Orchid | James | |
| 2018 | American Nightmares | Tommy Deuchet | |
| 2019 | El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie | Kyle | |
| 2019 | The Voices | David | |
| 2020 | Juke Box Hero | Allan | |
| 2020 | Chronicle of a Serial Killer | Henry Brolin | |
| 2021 | Faceless | George | |
| 2021 | Don't Breathe 2 | Raylan | |
| 2022 | Sniper: Rogue Mission | Gildie | Direct-to-video |
| 2023 | God Is a Bullet | Granny Boy | |
| 2024 | Shelby Oaks | Robert Brennan | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2003 | The Finkel Files | Eli | Television film |
| 2009 | Life on Mars | Danny Krasner | Episode: "Revenge of Broken Jaw" |
| 2011–2012 | The Killing | Belko Royce | 15 episodes |
| 2013 | Mob City | Jerry Edelstein | 2 episodes |
| 2014 | Chicago P.D. | Ian Marks | Episode: "An Honest Woman" |
| 2014 | Stalker | Robbie Dalton | Episode: "Fanatic" |
| 2016 | Riders | Greg | Episode: "A Trip at a Wedding" |
| 2016, 2018 | Drunk History | Felix / Thomas Benton | 2 episodes |
| 2019–2022 | Russian Doll | Horse | 6 episodes |
| 2020 | FBI | Mike Helton | Episode: "Safe Room" |
| 2023 | Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction | Milton | Episode: "Die blutige Spur" |