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Mehcad Brooks 
Born Mehcad Jason McKinley Brooks
October 25, 1980
Austin, Texas, USOccupation Actor Years active 2002—present Mehcad Jason McKinley Brooks (born October 25, 1980) is an American actor and former fashion model.
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Early life
Brooks was born and raised in Austin, Texas, where he attended L.C. Anderson High School. After graduating from high school in 1999, he attended the University of Southern California's School of Cinema-Television. Brooks mentioned on a September 2010 episode of The Wendy Williams Show that he turned down basketball scholarships and offers from Ivy League schools in favor of going to USC. He then left to pursue an acting career.
Career
Brooks' early work includes being a Calvin Klein underwear model.
From 2005 to 2006, Brooks played the role of Matthew Applewhite on the ABC TV drama Desperate Housewives. He appeared in Glory Road, portraying Harry Flournoy, an athlete at Texas Western University. He acted in the 2007 film In the Valley of Elah. He guest starred opposite Tia Mowry as her boyfriend, Jerome, on the TV series The Game in 2008. In 2009 he appeared on FOX's TV series Dollhouse. Brooks played Benedict "Eggs" Talley in the second season of HBO's True Blood. Beginning January 2010, he appeared as attorney Malcolm Bennet in the now-canceled ABC series The Deep End. He plays the "new boyfriend" in a recent State Farm Insurance television commercial alongside former The Game co-star Gabrielle Dennis.
Brooks appeared in the ABC documentary-style dramedy television series My Generation, which premiered in Fall 2010. The show was canceled after only two episodes.[1] He is among the cast on the USA Network series Necessary Roughness which debuted on June 29, 2011.[2] Brooks guest starred in the episode "Personal Fouls" of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Prince Miller, a basketball superstar who was once one of his coach's (Dan Lauria) prodigies, the coach under suspicion of being a sexual predator.
In the media
He appeared in July 2010 issue of GQ, alongside Emanuela de Paula.[3]
Awards and nominations
Year Award Category TV Show Result 2006 Image Awards Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Desperate Housewives Nominated 2006 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series Desperate Housewives Won 2007 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series Desperate Housewives Nominated 2010 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series True Blood Nominated Personal life
He is the son of former NFL Wide Receiver Billy Brooks.
Brooks has stated in an interview with IGN that he is an avid player of video games, including the Call of Duty, Medal of Honor (series), and Madden series.[4]
Mehcad dated Breakout Kings actress Serinda Swan for several years. In October 2011, Brooks was photographed out and about with Italian television personality/model Elisabetta Canalis leading many to assume that the two are now dating.
References
- ^ "ABC Unveils 2010-11 Primetime Schedule". The Futon Critic. May 18, 2010. http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2010/05/18/abc-unveils-2010-11-primetime-schedule/20100518abc01/. Retrieved May 29, 2010.
- ^ "Mehcad Brooks IMDB Profile". IMDB. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1419635/. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
- ^ http://www.gq.com/style/wear-it-now/201007/mehcad-brooks-gq-swimsuits#slide=2
- ^ John, Gaudiosi. "Necessary Roughness Star Mehcad Brooks Talks Games". Interview. IGN Entertainment. http://games.ign.com/articles/119/1194738p1.html. Retrieved 2011-09-16.
External links
- Mehcad Brooks at the Internet Movie Database
- Mehcad Brooks at AllRovi
- Interview at LIFETEEN.com
Categories:- 1980 births
- Actors from Texas
- African American actors
- American film actors
- American male models
- American television actors
- Living people
- People from Austin, Texas
- University of Southern California alumni
- Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Screen Actors Guild Award winners
- American screen actor, 1980s birth stubs
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