Brad Leland

Bradley "Brad" Leland (born September 15, 1954 in Lubbock , Texas ) is an American actor who became famous for the role of Buddy Garrity from the television series Friday Night Lights .

life and career

Brad Leland is from Lubbock, Texas, who later attended Plano High School , where he was part of the school football team, the Plano Wildcats . In 1980 he graduated from Texas Tech University with a bachelor's degree in acting and directing. After college, he moved to Dallas , where he took part in a number of plays. In the series of the same name he had one of his first appearances in front of the camera.

Leland has been involved in numerous feature films since the beginning of his career, including Silverado , Square Dance - Reunion in Texas , Shy People - Threatening Silence , Under Cover - A cop wants revenge , Blaze - A dangerous love , Jack Ruby - In the network of the Mafia , Love and a .45 , The other side of the coin , Second-hand love , The Patriot - Fight for Survival , The Operator , American Outlaws , Michael Bay's Texas Chainsaw Massacre , Friday Night Lights - Touchdown on Friday , Being there is everything , The Retur , Hancock , The Möbius Affair , The Song or Deepwater Horizon .

In addition to his film appearances, Leland can also be seen regularly in television series, as a guest actor in In the Heat of the Night , The Young Riders , Scharfe Waffen - Hot curves , Comanche Moon , Trauma , The Cleveland Show , Parks and Recreation , Killer Women , The Leftovers , Justified , Last Man Standing or Angie Tribeca . He played serial supporting roles in Walker, Texas Ranger , in which he was seen in various roles from 1994 to 1998. He gained greater fame primarily through the role of Buddy Garrity , whom he played in Friday Night Lights from 2006 to 2011 . From 2009 to 2010 he played a small role as John Sullivan in CSI: Miami . Between 2012 and 2016, he was Senator Bill O'Brian on the cast of the HBO series Veep - The Vice President .

Leland works more often with director Peter Berg , who cast him in Friday Night Lights, Hancock and Deepwater Horizon. Privately, he has been married to Ramsey Williams since 1978 , who also appeared in several acting roles. Together they are parents of three children. Leland has been involved in over 80 film and television productions to date.

Filmography (selection)

• 1985: Code of Vengeance (TV movie)
• 1985: Silverado
• 1986: Dalton: Code of Vengeance II (TV movie)
• 1986: Dallas (TV series, episode 10x06)
• 1987: Square Dance - Reunion in Texas (Square Dance)
• 1987: Cross Riders - Devils on Hot Machines (Winners Take All)
• 1987: Blood Rage
• 1987: Shy People (Shy People)
• 1987: Under Cover (Under Cover)
• 1988: In the Heat of the Night ( In the Heat of the Night , television series, Episode 1x04)
• 1989: The Young Riders (TV series, episode 1x07)
• 1989: Blaze (Blaze)
• 1991: Perry Mason and the unscrupulous sensational reporter ( Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter , TV movie)
• 1991: The Race with Death ( Stranger at My Door , TV movie)
• 1992: Jack Ruby - In the Mafia Network (Ruby)
• 1992: An American Story (TV movie)
• 1992: Trucker 2 (TV movie)
• 1992: Unnatural Pursuits (TV series, episode 1x02)
• 1993: Dangerous Curves (TV series, episode 2x11)
• 1994: Execution live - the beast must die! ( Witness to the Execution , TV movie)
• 1994: Torches in the Storm ( Heaven & Hell: North & South, Book III , mini-series, 3 episodes)
• 1994: Love and a .45
• 1994–1998: Walker, Texas Ranger (TV series, 7 episodes, various roles)
• 1995: The Killer in Her Bed ( Texas Justice , Movie made for TV)
• 1995: the other side of the coin (Underneath)
• 1996: Cadillac Ranch
• 1997: Second Hand Love (The Only Thrill)
• 1997: The Corpse in the Trunk (Painted Hero)
• 1997: The Curse of Inferno
• 1998: Dallas: Fight to the Knife ( Dallas: War of the Ewings , TV movie)
• 1998: The Patriot (The Patriot)
• 1999: Abilene
• 2000: The Operator
• 2000: 75 degrees in July
• 2001: American Outlaws
• 2002: The Anarchist Cookbook
• 2003: Rolling Kansas
• 2003: Michael Bay's Texas Chainsaw Massacre
• 2004: World Without Waves
• 2004: Friday Night Lights - Touchdown on Friday (Friday Night Lights)
• 2005: Being there is everything (The Ringer)
• 2006: Inside Man
• 2006: The Return
• 2006–2011: Friday Night Lights (TV series, 73 episodes)
• 2008: Comanche Moon (mini-series, episode 1x01)
• 2008: Hancock
• 2008: Buffalo Soldiers '44 - The Miracle of St. Anna
• 2009: Trauma (TV series, episode 1x01)
• 2009–2010: CSI: Miami (TV series, 4 episodes)
• 2010: The Cleveland Show (TV series, episode 1x20, voice)
• 2012: Parks and Recreation (TV series, episode 4x20)
• 2012–2016: Veep - The Vice President ( Veep , TV series, 6 episodes)
• 2013: The Sixth Gun (TV movie)
• 2013: The Möbius Affair (Möbius)
• 2013: The Bystander Theory
• 2014: Killer Women (TV series, episode 1x01)
• 2014: Flutter
• 2014: The Leftovers (TV series, episode 1x01)
• 2014: The Song
• 2014: The One I Wrote for You
• 2014: Cane Creek (short film)
• 2015: Justified (TV series, 3 episodes)
• 2015-2016: Bureau of Legends ( Le Bureau des Légends , TV series, 12 episodes)
• 2016: Camp Abercorn (TV series, episode 1x01)
• 2016: Deepwater Horizon
• 2017: Last Man Standing (TV series, episode 6x17)
• 2017: Angie Tribeca (TV series, episode 3x03)
• 2018: The Domestics
• 2019: The Last Whistle

Web links

• Brad Leland in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Brad Leland in the German dubbing file

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Brad Leland - Biography . In: IMDb.com . Retrieved January 20, 2018.