Brendan Sexton III


Brendan Eugene Sexton III is an American actor.

Early life

Sexton was born in Staten Island, New York.

Career

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.
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

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995Welcome to the DollhouseBrandon McCarthy
1995Empire RecordsWarren
1997Hurricane StreetsMarcus
1997Arresting GenaSoldier
1997A, B, C... ManhattanBob
1997The Devil & the AngelStreet Thug #1
1998SparkMoony
1998PeckerMatt
1998Desert BlueBlue Baxter
1999Boys Don't CryTom Nissen
2000Muse 6Dez
2000Herschel Hopper: New York RabbitHerschel
2001Session 9Jeff
2001Black Hawk DownPVT Richard "Alphabet" Kowalewski
2004Winter SolsticeRobbie
2005Love, LudlowLudlow
2005Hide and SeekStore ClerkUncredited
2005This RevolutionDaniel Symptom
2006Just Like the SonGrant
2006Little FugitiveFrank
2007The Girl in the ParkStuart
2007The Secret (Si j'étais toi )Ethan
2007Neal CassadyLittle Big
2007Let Them Chirp AwhileScott
2008The Marconi Bros.Anthony Marconi
2008B.O.H.I.C.A.Fish
2009The MessengerRecruiter Olson
2009Winter of Frozen DreamsJerry Davies
2009Everybody's FineMugger
2010The RunawaysDerek
2010The TruthGabriel Doyle
2010FootstepsDouglas Denenberg
2011In My PocketEric
2012Seven PsychopathsYoung Zachariah
2012YellowNowell
2013The Odd Way HomeDave
2013The Trials of Cate McCallRusty Burkhardt
20137EClyde
2014Glass ChinJimmy Musial
201410 Cent PistolDonny
2014Beautiful GirlWilliam
2015Welcome to HappinessNyles
2015Addiction: A 60's Love StoryJay Klein
2015DarkJohn
2017Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, MissouriCrop-Haired Guy
2017New MoneySteve Purdy
2018White OrchidJames
2018American NightmaresTommy Deuchet
2019El Camino: A Breaking Bad MovieKyle
2019The VoicesDavid
2020Juke Box HeroAllan
2020Chronicle of a Serial KillerHenry Brolin
2021FacelessGeorge
2021Don't Breathe 2Raylan
2022Sniper: Rogue MissionGildieDirect-to-video
2023God Is a BulletGranny Boy
2024Shelby OaksRobert Walker