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Brad Leland is an American film and television actor best known for his role as Buddy Garrity in the NBC/DirecTV series Friday Night Lights. He has appeared in over 100 feature films and television shows and numerous theater performances.
Brad Leland. Actor: Deepwater Horizon. Brad Leland was born in Lubbock, Texas in 1954. After living in Japan he returned to the states where he first appeared onstage at Disneyland at 6 years old in a Wild West show. That began his dream of being an entertainer.
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- Lubbock, Texas, USA
- Brad Leland in When You're Lost in the Darkness (2023)
- Brad Leland in Hancock (2008)
- Troy Anthony Hogan, Brad Leland, Lawrence Varnado, and Dana Wheeler-Nicholson in Friday Night Lights (2006)
- Kyle Chandler and Brad Leland in Friday Night Lights (2006)
- David Caruso, Brad Leland, and Adam Rodriguez in CSI: Miami (2002)
- Veep—“Senator Bill O’Brien”
- Parks and Recreation—“Fester Trim”
- The Patriot (1998)—“Big Bob”
- Silverado (1985)—“Trooper” Dallas—Various
- Rolling Kansas (2003)—“Dot The Waitress”
- Mafia Iii(2016)—“Lou Marcano”
BL: I don’t get to be there as much, but it’s been a joy to continue to go back. You know everybody, and everybody feels the same. “Where you been? We’ve been talking about you behind your back for the whole season! For five episodes, we’ve been annihilating you. It’s good to finally see you.” And I’m like, “Well, what did you guys say?” “Oh, you’l...
AVC: There’s a bit of overlap between Senator O’Brien on Veep and city council candidate Fester Trim on Parks And Recreation. BL: And a dream come true in a way. For some reason as a kid growing up in Lubbock, Texas, I always thought I was going to go to UCLA. I think it was because they had such great sports teams, and it was in California, where ...
AVC: How did working with Chuck on Walker compare to working with Steven Seagal on The Patriot? BL: They were both very nice gentlemen. Steven Seagal was a much different—we were in Montana, and he was very quirky, but very kind to me. And, again, beat the crap out of me. It was one of those things where he hit me 25 times in 10 seconds, knocked me...
BL: That was my first job on TV. Got my union card on Dallas. AVC: How did that come about? BL: I had been doing plays. I was doing One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, playing McMurphy, being very physical. In those days, as odd and horrifying as it may be to the readers, Buddy Garrity was in a thong, playing McMurphy in Cuckoo’s Nestwith the audience...
BL: The story that goes behind that was Thomas Haden Church was directing, his first directing job, and I went in to read for another role. I was supposed be reading for a cop or some regular guy that I always read for. Beth Sepko [who cast Friday Night Lights] was the casting director, and Tom whispered something to her ear, and suddenly Beth goes...
AVC: You have a few voice acting credits on your résumé. Is that an area you’re interested in pursuing further? BL: Most recently, I’m in a new game, Mafia III. But it’s not just a voice. I’m the whole character, which has been animated, and we do the full suits that you do, and they animate it. That was a 1968 mafia New Orleans sound, which I had ...
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Aug 29, 2023 · Brad, known for his memorable roles in films such as Friday Night Lights, Hancock and Deepwater Horizon, gives us an intimate look into his start in the industry, transition into television and...
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Sep 24, 2021 · Welcome to the 22nd episode of #ALISTERS my guest today is Brad Leland. If you're not familiar with him he is an actor from series like Dallas, Walker Texas Ranger and most known from the TV show...
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- AListProductions
Scott Porter, Zach Gilford & Mae Whitman chat with Brad Leland aka "Buddy Garrity"! The gang talks to Brad about how he got his start acting, Brad's football...
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- It's Not Only Football Friday Night Lights Podcast
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Jul 15, 2011 · The man behind Buddy is Brad Leland, a Texas native who played football at Plano High School and now lives in Allen. So with the last-ever episode of the series set to air on NBC tonight at 8 pm...
