Brendan Sexton III Biography
Brendan Sexton III (Brendan Eugene Sexton III) is an American actor. He made his first film appearance in Todd Solondz’s Welcome to the Dollhouse.
In the film, he played the troubled bully Brandon McCarthy. For his role, he was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. He also played the lead in Hurricane Streets and Desert Blue. Additionally, he has appeared in Boys Don’t Cry, Black Hawk Down, and Just Like the Son, as well as the cult films Empire Records and Pecker.
Brenda also starred in The Marconi Bros. alongside Dan Fogler. He also made a starring appearance 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”.
In 2002, Brendan Sexton III 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.
Sexton wrote an article in 2002 where he called the US Army’s “School of the Americas, the U.S. Army’s own terrorist training camp for Latin America” and said that Black Hawk Down failed to explain the reasons behind the Somali population’s opposition to the U.S. military presence in their country:
Brendan Sexton III Age
Brendan Sexton III was born in Staten Island, New York, United States Of America. He was born on 21st February, 1980. His current age is 39 years old as od 2019.
Brendan Sexton III Net Worth
Brendan Sexton III has accumulated a sizable amount of fortune from his career as an actor. He made his first film appearance in Todd Solondz’s Welcome to the Dollhouse.
In the film, he played the troubled bully Brandon McCarthy. For his role, he was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. He also played the lead in Hurricane Streets and Desert Blue.
Additionally, he has appeared in Boys Don’t Cry, Black Hawk Down, and Just Like the Son, as well as the cult films Empire Records and Pecker. His net worth however, is currently under review. It is however approximated that he has a net worth of something above $1 million.
Brendan Sexton III Father
Brendan Sexton III is a pretty secretive actor. He has kept his personal life away from the media. Brendan comes from a divorced family. His parents split when he was still a kid. After his family got separated, Brendan was separated from some of his siblings.
He has nine siblings in total – two brothers named David and Eben & seven sisters namely Tara, Ilona, Lisa, Amber, Carinna, Zoe, and Oona.
He however has another on screen family. “When Stan got out, he brought Belko with him,” says Brent Sexton, the burly actor who plays grieving father Stan Larsen. Are Brendan Sexton III and Brent Sexton are not related.
When asked he says, “No relationship, but there were scenes where Brent, Brandon [Jay McLaren] and Brendan were all in the same scene together and it got really confusing for people. So I insisted people call me Belko.”
Brendan Sexton III Wife Rachel Fisher
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Brendan Sexton III Movies And Tv Shows | Brendan Sexton III Black Hawk Down | Brendan Sexton III Russian Doll | Brendan Sexton III Three Billboards
- 2019 Russian Doll (TV Series)
- 2018 American Nightmares
- 2016-2018 Drunk History (TV Series)
- 2017 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- 2015 Feral Mix (Short)
- 2015 Addiction: A 60’s Love Story
- 2015 Welcome to Happiness
- 2013 Mob City (TV Series)
- 2013 The Trials of Cate McCall
- 2013 The Odd Way Home
- 2012 Seven Psychopaths
- 2011-2012 The Killing (TV Series)
- 2007 Let Them Chirp Awhile
- 2006 Just Like the Son
- 2001 Black Hawk Down
- 1997 The Devil & the Angel
- 1997 Arresting Gena
- 1995 Welcome to the Dollhouse
Brendan Sexton III Interview
Q: Did you base Belko on anyone specific?
Brendan Sexton III: I didn’t based him on anybody and I don’t have a muse for Belko, but because of the way the last episode of the first season ended, everyone started calling me Travis Belko in honor of Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver. Everyone was kind of half hoping that I’d shave my head — I think Joel [Kinnaman] was hoping I’d shave my head. It all started with Joel.
Q: You get a little roughed up during the interrogation scene (in Episode 10, “I’ll Let You Know When I Get There”). Was that fun to act out?
Brendan Sexton III: Yeah, it was a lot of fun. Joel likes to throw his weight around when he can, so I got pretty banged up during one of the takes. I just laughed about it afterward.
Q: How did you get banged up?
Brendan Sexton III: Joel roughed me up and threw me into the chair and I didn’t land correctly. There was a stunt coordinator and I’m grateful he was there, but we wanted to do our own thing. We wanted to choreograph it ourselves. I have enough trust in Joel and he has enough trust in me that he won’t hurt me.
Q: Who would be the fiercer interrogator in real life: Mireille Enos or Joel Kinnaman?
Brendan Sexton III: Actually, I wouldn’t be able to look at Mireille. She’s quieter. She leaves you guessing, whereas Joel would put it out on the table too quickly. Mireille would just become more stealthy. She wouldn’t even ask you a question, you’d just break on your own.
Q: What was it like filming the scene (in Episode 9, “Undertow”) where Belko and Stan assault Bennet Ahmed? Did you work with a fight choreographer to prepare?
Brendan Sexton III: Absolutely there was a fight choreographer… It was record-breaking cold the night we shot it, and I believe there was a low fog hovering off the ground. It was just an intense night and we did scores and scores of takes. It was incredibly draining for all three actors.
Q: Whose idea was it for Belko to start pounding the rock? Was that improvised?
Brendan Sexton III: That piece actually was directed. Only a handful of people knew about it — Veena, the director [Agnieska Holland] and myself. Nobody else knew, so when we did the first take, all the producers and writers were watching the scene on video on the monitors and they all held their breath and gasped. They had no idea what was happening. All of a sudden the kid who’s laughing and cracking jokes on set is punching a rock furiously.
Q: So you’re kind of a joker on set?
Brendan Sexton III: Yeah. I mean I do whatever I need to do to get into character. Sometimes it’s being incredibly quiet and sometimes it’s being loose and goofy. There’s quite a few goofballs on set. I would say I’m one of he bigger goofballs. I love to laugh and dance. That’s kind of my nature, though I end up always playing these angry depressing characters.
Q: Who are some of the other goofballs on set?
Brendan Sexton III: Joel was definitely a goofball. Probably the biggest one was Jamie Anne Allman, and then Joel’s running in close second. And Eric Ladin of course has biting dry humor. I believe half the things he says, even though I know better.
Q: Have you been noticed on the street by fans of the show? What do they say to you?
vWhile the season was still airing, people were more just sharing their admiration for the show. But now that the first season is over, people have come up to me and offered me bribes to tell them who did it, saying they have to know.
Q: You’ve mostly worked on movies in the past. How has working on The Killing been different?
Brendan Sexton III: The pace. Essentially what we’re doing is making a feature film every three weeks. And not just any feature film, but with a handheld cam, trying to catch what you can catch. It’s a very ambitious project with big, sweeping beautiful camera moves, so as an actor you have to be prepared and be on point.
Q: You have the same last name as Brent Sexton, who plays Stan. Any relation at all?
Brendan Sexton III: No relationship, but there were scenes where Brent, Brandon [Jay McLaren] and Brendan were all in the same scene together and it got really confusing for people. So I insisted people call me Belko.
SOURCE: www.amc.com