Randy Brooks (actor)

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Frederick Randolph "Randy" Brooks (born January 30, 1950 in New York City ) is an American actor who is best known for his appearances in soap operas and television films. His most famous role to date is that of Detective Holdaway in Reservoir Dogs .

biography

He made his first television appearance in the series Another World . After several small roles, he took on the 1979 sitcom Brothers & Sisters for the first time a major supporting role by portraying the student Ronald Holmes III . The series was discontinued after one season and 12 episodes and Brooks was cast in sometimes larger, sometimes smaller supporting roles in television series or films in the following years. In 1982 he characterized the undercover agent Eagle in the six-part television series The Renegades .

In 1986, Brooks played Willie "Chance" Walker in the adaptation of the novel 8 Million Ways to Die , which was his first feature film with a major supporting role and marked a leap in his career as he was henceforth frequently cast in feature films. In 1992 he got his most famous role to date in Quentin Tarantino's cult film Reservoir Dogs . In it he takes on the role of Holdaway , a criminal investigator who prepares Mr. Orange (played by Tim Roth ) for his assignment as an undercover agent. Brooks 'appearance in the film was originally supposed to be longer, but Tarantino and Lawrence Bender later decided to cut out two scenes with Brooks, so that Brooks' role in the film is shorter than originally planned. The cut scenes last a total of about six minutes and can be viewed today on the Internet or on the DVD of the film.

Between 1992 and 1994, Brooks starred in six episodes of Nathan Hastings in the hit soap offering Shadow of Passion, and between 2000 and 2005 he made several brief appearances on the TV series The West Wing . His last major role was as Billy Bart in the low-budget horror film Sorority Sister Slaughter , which appeared in 2007.

He was married to fellow actress Karyn Parsons , and they divorced in the 1990s.

Filmography

Feature films

  • 1970: Halls of Anger
  • 1976: The Monkey Hustle
  • 1981: Underground Aces
  • 1986: 8 Million Ways to Die
  • 1987: The Assassination
  • 1988: Colors - Colors of violence (Colors)
  • 1990: Black Snow
  • 1991: Defenseless
  • 1992: Reservoir Dogs (Reservoir Dogs)
  • 2002: Redemption
  • 2005: Don't Touch If You Ain't Prayed
  • 2006: VooDoo Curse: The Giddeh
  • 2006: House of Grace
  • 2007: Sorority Sister Slaughter

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Short films

  • 2009: Arrhythmia
  • 2012: Ana's Story
  • 2016: Dreamtime

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personal data
SURNAME Brooks, Randy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brooks, Frederick Randolph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH January 30, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , United States