Brian J. White

Infobox actor

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birthdate = birth date and age|1975|4|21
birthplace = Boston, Massachusetts
occupation = Actor, Producer, Model
yearsactive = 2000–present
website = http://brianwhiteonline.com

Brian J. White (born April 21 1975) is an American actor, dancer, football player, lacrosse player and youth activist.

Biography

Personal life

White was born near Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Estelle, a financial advisor, and Jo Jo White, a basketball player for the Boston Celtics and sports executive. [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/84/Brian-J-White.html Brian J. White Biography (1975-) ] ] He is the oldest and only male of six children. White, a graduate of Dartmouth College at Dartmouth, was a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. He resides in Los Angeles, California.

Career

White has played in both the NFL (New England Patriots) and the NLL (lacrosse), earned his certifications as a licensed stock broker (series 6, 7, 63 and 65) and co-founded the professional dance company/community youth outreach organization Phunk Phenomenon Urban Dance Theater. He is also the President of Celebrity Relations for Warm2Kids (www.warm2kids.org), an online membership community dedicated to inspiring teens and young adults to make positive life decisions and to ensure that no young person or family suffers in silence. Additionally White is a founding partner along with director, Sylvain White of White, LCC (www.whitellc.com) and Media 3 Films, LLC (www.media3films.com), full-service film, television and broadband finance and production companies both based in Los Angeles, CA.

White began acting on the small screen, displaying a strong presence in a number of television series such as "Moesha", "The Parkers", MTV's "Spyder Games", UPN's comedy "Second Time Around" and most notably, as Detective Tavon Garris on the award-winning FX crime drama, "The Shield". White moved to film roles. Some of his more notable ones were in Tom Bezucha's "The Family Stone", opposite an all-star cast, Rian Johnson's Independent Spirit Award-nominated film, "Brick" and as Sylvester, the leader of the Theta Nu Theta fraternity in the musical-drama "Stomp the Yard", about a young man who, after the death of his brother, is sent to live in Atlanta where he is introduced to college and fraternity life. His most recent roles opposite of Dwanye Johnson aka "The Rock" was in Disney's box office hit "The Game Plan". In 2008, he also starred alongside Jason Statham in the fantasy-adventure epic "" and had a recurring role as Lt. Carl Davis on Producer, Joel Silver's award winning drama series, "Moonlight for CBS.

In 2009 he will appear opposite Channing Tatum and Terrance Howard in Rogue Pictures "Fighting" and also alongside World Wrestling Entertainment superstar, John Cena in the Fox Atomic film 12 Rounds. He also will appear in a series regular role alongside TV veterans, Ray Romano, Andre Braugher and Scott Bakula in the new drama series, "Men Of a Certain Age (TV series) for TNT.

Year Title Role Notes 2008 The Trunk (film) Anthony Blackmon pre-production Mama Black Widow Otis Tilson pre-production Men of a Certain Age Marcus TV series 12 Rounds Det. Hank Carver Completed (Awaiting Release) Fighting Evan Hailey Completed (Awaiting Release) 2007 Moonlight Lt. Carl Davis TV series Football Wives Kyle Jameson TV series In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale Commander Tarish The Game Plan Jamal Webber Stomp the Yard Sylvester Motives 2 Donovan Cook 2006 The Heart Specialist Dr. Ray Howard DOA: Dead or Alive Zack In Justice Scott Burrows TV series 2005 The Family Stone Patrick Thomas Dirty Detective Sayed Brick Brad Bramish 2004 Mr. 3000 T-Rex Trois 3: The Escort Trent Meyer The Shield Det. Tavon Garris TV series Second Time Around Nigel Muse TV series

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References

External links

*imdb name|id=0924552
* [http://www.brianwhiteonline.com Brian J. White's website]
* [http://www.media3films.com Media 3 Films, LLC's website]
* [http://www.whitellc.com White, LLC's website]