Gary Brennan

Acting

Gary Brennan

Place of birth

Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

Known for

Acting

Credits

20 titles

Gary is a scholarship graduate of The Neighborhood Playhouse Theater School in New York with a resume of TV/film and theatre acting credits spanning 25 years, and is a playwright/screenwriter. Selected TV/film credits include Aaron Sorkin's Molly's Game, Bruce Beresford's Flint, The Expanse, Murdoch Mysteries, Beauty and the Beast and The Strain, as well as Hallmark's Christmas for the Books, The Judy Garland Story and The Virgin Suicides. Gary has performed on stages throughout Ontario including Canadian Stage and The Stratford Festival where he garnered a Guthrie Award. Gary has a Bachelor of Applied Arts from Ryerson University in Radio/TV Arts, a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science fro…

Known for

Mayday poster
8.2

Major real-life air disasters are depicted in this series. Each episode features a detailed dramatized reconstruction of the incident based on cockpit voice recorders and air traffic control transcripts, as well as eyewitnesses recounts and interviews with aviation experts.

Mayday

2003

The Boys poster
8.4

A group of vigilantes known informally as “The Boys” set out to take down corrupt superheroes with no more than blue-collar grit and a willingness to fight dirty.

The Boys

2019

The Expanse poster
8.1

A thriller set two hundred years in the future following the case of a missing young woman who brings a hardened detective and a rogue ship's captain together in a race across the solar system to expose the greatest conspiracy in human history.

The Expanse

2015

Designated Survivor poster
7.2

Tom Kirkman, a low-level cabinet member is suddenly appointed President of the United States after a catastrophic attack during the State of the Union kills everyone above him in the Presidential line of succession.

Designated Survivor

2016

Queer as Folk poster
8.3

Brash humor and genuine emotion make up this original series revolving around the lives, loves, ambitions, careers and friendships of a group of gay men and women living on Liberty Avenue in contemporary Pittsburgh, PA. The show offers an unapologetic look at modern, urban gay and lesbian lives while addressing the most critical health and political issues affecting the community. Sometimes racy, sometimes sensitive and always straight to the heart.

Queer as Folk

2000

Impulse poster
7.6

16-year-old Henry Coles is an outsider in her new town of Reston, New York. With a major chip on her shoulder and no friends, she remains withdrawn and isolated, but everything changes when a traumatic encounter with a classmate triggers something deep within Henry— unleashing a power she cannot control.

Impulse

2018

Film credits

2010s · 4 titles

2000s · 7 titles

The Virgin Suicides poster
7.1

A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents.

The Virgin Suicides

2000

Owning Mahowny poster
6.8

Dan Mahowny was a rising star at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. At twenty-four he was assistant manager of a major branch in the heart of Toronto's financial district. To his colleagues he was a workaholic. To his customers, he was astute, decisive and helpful. To his friends, he was a quiet, but humorous man who enjoyed watching sports on television. To his girlfriend, he was shy but engaging. None of them knew the other side of Dan Mahowny--the side that executed the largest single-handed bank fraud in Canadian history, grossing over $10 million in eighteen months to feed his gambling obsession.

Owning Mahowny

2003

Direct Action poster
5.1

Frank Gannon, a veteran cop, is being hunted by his fellow police officers after they learned he has betrayed the brotherhood and exposed to the feds wide scale corruption of the LAPD. He has one day left to prove his case and survive.

Direct Action

2004

The Good Shepherd poster
5.3

When a clergyman is accused for the murder of a social worker, the parish priest recruits a reporter (and his ex-girlfriend) to clear his name.

The Good Shepherd

2004

Charms for the Easy Life poster
8.5

The story of three women who live in a North Carolina town and defy the traditional roles set forth for them by society.

Charms for the Easy Life

2002

Full Disclosure poster
4.5

A reporter discovers a woman who is a suspected terrorist.

Full Disclosure

2001

Bleacher Bums poster
6.8

They're known as the Bleacher Bums, a loud and proud group of fans who watch their team's games from the stadium's cheap seats. Most of them have been attending for years, tirelessly rooting for a team that never seems to win. They know each other, but that's no guarantee that they'll get along. As the game unfolds, the Bums argue, wager, cheer and boo... and discover they share more in common than they could ever have imagined.

Bleacher Bums

2001

Series credits

Mayday poster
8.2

Major real-life air disasters are depicted in this series. Each episode features a detailed dramatized reconstruction of the incident based on cockpit voice recorders and air traffic control transcripts, as well as eyewitnesses recounts and interviews with aviation experts.

Mayday

2003

The Boys poster
8.4

A group of vigilantes known informally as “The Boys” set out to take down corrupt superheroes with no more than blue-collar grit and a willingness to fight dirty.

The Boys

2019

The Expanse poster
8.1

A thriller set two hundred years in the future following the case of a missing young woman who brings a hardened detective and a rogue ship's captain together in a race across the solar system to expose the greatest conspiracy in human history.

The Expanse

2015

Designated Survivor poster
7.2

Tom Kirkman, a low-level cabinet member is suddenly appointed President of the United States after a catastrophic attack during the State of the Union kills everyone above him in the Presidential line of succession.

Designated Survivor

2016

Queer as Folk poster
8.3

Brash humor and genuine emotion make up this original series revolving around the lives, loves, ambitions, careers and friendships of a group of gay men and women living on Liberty Avenue in contemporary Pittsburgh, PA. The show offers an unapologetic look at modern, urban gay and lesbian lives while addressing the most critical health and political issues affecting the community. Sometimes racy, sometimes sensitive and always straight to the heart.

Queer as Folk

2000

Impulse poster
7.6

16-year-old Henry Coles is an outsider in her new town of Reston, New York. With a major chip on her shoulder and no friends, she remains withdrawn and isolated, but everything changes when a traumatic encounter with a classmate triggers something deep within Henry— unleashing a power she cannot control.

Impulse

2018

Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen poster
6.6

A bride has a feeling that something horrifying will happen at her wedding — and the closer to the altar she gets, the worse it becomes.

Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen

2026