Brendan Sexton, Jr. Filmography

Born:: February 21, 1980
Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: Following a featured role in the critically-accepted though little seen Hurricane Streets(1997), Brendan Sexton, Jr. officially entered a new brat pack of young actors on the rise. His previous film work as a troubled teen included a role in Welcome to the Dollhouse(1996) and Empire Records(1995)....Read More

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Black Hawk Down

Actors: Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Jason Isaacs, Tom Sizemore, Eric Bana, William Fichtner, Ewen Bremner, Sam Shepard

Synopsis: A quickly forgotten chapter in United States military history is relived in this harrowing war drama from director Ridley Scott, based on a series of Philadelphia Inquirer articles and subsequent book by reporter Mark Bowden. On October 3rd, 1993, an elite team of more than 100 Delta Force Read More

12/28/01
Session 9

Actors: Peter Mullan, David Caruso, Stephen Gevedon, Josh Lucas, Brendan Sexton, Jr., Paul Guilfoyle

Synopsis: Writer/director Brad Anderson, known for whimsical romantic comedies like Next Stop, Wonderland, was inspired by the astonishing, creepy visage of an abandoned mental hospital in Danvers, MA, to make the intense psychological horror film Session 9. The film stars the redoubtable Scottish actor Read More

8/10/01
Boys Don't Cry

Actors: Hilary Swank, Chloë Sevigny, Peter Sarsgaard, Brendan Sexton, Jr., Alison Folland

Synopsis: Based on a true story, this drama was adapted from the life of Brandon Teena, born Teena Brandon, a woman who chose to live her life as a man and suffered tragic consequences as a result. In 1993, 20-year-old Brandon (Hilary Swank) leaves Lincoln, Nebraska for the nearby community of Falls City Read More

10/8/99
Pecker

Actors: Edward Furlong, Christina Ricci, Mary Kay Place, Martha Plimpton, Brendan Sexton, Jr.

Synopsis: John Waters wrote and directed this $6.5 million satire on the Manhattan art world, a rags-to-riches comedy about 18-year-old amateur photographer Pecker (so named because he pecks at his food). Pecker (Edward Furlong) is a blue-collar kid who works in a Baltimore sandwich shop and takes snapshots Read More

9/25/98
Spark

Actors: Terrence Howard, Nicole Ari Parker, Brendan Sexton, Jr., Sandra Ellis Lafferty, Timothy McNeil

Synopsis: Garret Williams made his directorial debut with this tale of an urban black couple trapped in a desert town of rednecks. Byron (Terrence Howard) and Nina (Nicole Ari Parker) are driving a BMW from Chicago to L.A. when they experience a back-road breakdown. Teen Mooney (Brendan Sexton III) tows Read More

1998
Hurricane

Actors: Isidra Vega, Brendan Sexton, Jr.

Synopsis: A teenager tries to do the right thing with heavy odds stacked against him in this hard-hitting independent drama. Marcus (Brendan Sexton, Jr.) is a 14-year-old growing up in a tough section of New York City. Marcus' father is dead, and his mother is in prison; while she told him that it was for Read More

1997
Arresting Gena

Actors: Paul Lazar, Sam Rockwell, Summer Phoenix, Aesha Waks

Synopsis: Gena (Aesha Waks) is a 16-year-old girl whose mother has fallen into a coma; with her immediate family unable to watch over her, it's decided that she'll spend the summer with her Uncle John (Paul Lazar). Gena takes a part-time job at a beauty parlor and makes friends with a girl named Jane (Summer Phoenix Read More

1997
A, B, C . . . Manhattan

Actors: Lucy Knight, Erin Norris, Sara Paul

Synopsis: Three women living in New York City find their lives coming together as they try to resolve personal issues and (just as important) find an apartment. Colleen (Lucy Knight) is a single mother trying to support her daughter while getting her career as a photographer off the ground. Kacey (Erin Norris Read More

1997
Welcome to the Dollhouse

Actors: Eric Mabius, Heather Matarazzo, Daria Kalinina, Matthew Faber, Angela Pietropinto, Bill Buell

Synopsis: Twelve-year-old Dawn Wiener (Heather Matarazzo) is perhaps the most put-upon adolescent in film history in Todd Solondz's bitterly hilarious black comedy Welcome to the Dollhouse. Dawn is bright but awkward, both physically and socially, and is appallingly unpopular among her peers, to whom she's Read More

1995