Brooklyn McLinn

American actor
Brooklyn McLinn
Born
Brooklyn L. McLinn

Inglewood, California
Alma materCalifornia State University, Northridge
OccupationActor
Years active1998–present

Brooklyn L. McLinn is an American actor and former basketball player.

Biography

Brooklyn McLinn was born in Inglewood, California, but was raised in Sherman Oaks. He grew up in a "two bedroom, one bathroom duplex" and had to share a room with three elder brothers. He started acting in school and studied hard to the point that he graduated high school by the age of 16.[1] He decided to pursue a basketball career and played professionally overseas in Taiwan and Mexico.[2]

McLinn decided to pursue acting instead and booked roles on television advertisements such as Gatorade, Coors and Domino's Pizza. He made appearances on major television series such as Justified, Days of Our Lives, Hawthorne, Parenthood and Rules of Engagement.[1]

In 2019, McLinn joined the cast of Marvel's Cloak & Dagger for season 2.[3]

Filmography

Film roles
Year Title Roles Notes
2000 Through Thick and Thin David Short film
2003 Ride or Die Direct-to-video
2004 Sleepover Bartender
2008 Smokeless Darius Short film
2009 Dough Boys Nate
2009 See Dick Run D-Man
2009 Nobody Knows Cinematography Short film
2010 The Company We Keep Harrison
2011 Friends with Benefits Policeman
2011 He's Mine Not Yours Randy
2015 Sister Code Rick
2020 After the Reign Matt, News Anchor
Television roles
Year Title Roles Notes
1998 Getting Personal Assistant director Episode: "Bring in 'Da Milo, Bring in 'Da Robyn"
Steve Episode: "The Wedding Zinger"
2002 The Shield Dmitri Episode: "Pilot"
2006 Eve Mike Episode: "Diva Day Care"
2007 All of Us Fitz Escoffrey Episode: "He's Got Game"
2007 Ghost Whisperer Rescue Crew Foreman Episode: "Weight of What Was"
2008 NCIS Sergeant Jim Gilroy Episode: "In the Zone"
2008 Rita Rocks Roger Episode: "You Gotta Have Friends"
2009 Meteor Medic Miniseries
2009 Three Rivers Medic 2 episodes
2009 Buppies Derek Recurring role
2009 Tyler Perry's House of Payne Karl the Bartender Episode: "Till Payne Do We Part"
2009-2010 Diary of a Single Mom Sam Sr. Recurring role
2010 Days of Our Lives Al 2 episodes
2010 Sons of Tucson Fireman Randy Episode: "Ron Quits"
2010 Hawthorne Evan Whitlock Episode: "Hidden Truths"
2010-2012 Rules of Engagement Dan 3 episodes
2010-2014 Parenthood Sekou Trussell Recurring role
2011 Lbs Mangnum Episode: "The Other Man"
2011 Justified Johnson Episode: "Save My Love"
2011 Champion Road the Series John Merser Miniseries
2011 Bones Flannigan Episode: "The Memories in the Shallow Grave"
2012 The Exes Walter Episode: "Cool Hand Lutz "
2012 Finding My Obama Terrance 1 episode
2012 CSI: NY Tony Davis Episode: "Misconceptions"
2012 Family Trap Barry TV Pilot
2013 The Haves and the Have Nots Detective Logan 4 episodes
2013 Rizzoli & Isles Tyrell Feeney Episode: "In Over Your Head"
2013 The Hustle Mark Main cast
2013 Love That Girl! Melvin Episode: "The Best Man for the Job"
2014 The Queen Latifah Show Hunky Fireman Episode: "Actor Eric Dane and "True Blood's" Ryan Kwanten!"
2014 Key & Peele Secret Service Episode: "Alien Impostors"
2015 Shameless Officer Klein Episode: "Crazy Love"
2015 Welcome to the Family Terrence TV movie
2016 Goliath Detective Kauzor Episode: "Beauty and the Beast"
2016 Black-ish Napoleon 2 episodes
2016 The Infamous Lamont Lake TV Pilot
2017 Happily Never After Nick TV Pilot
2019 Cloak & Dagger D'Spayre / Andre Deschaine Recurring role (season 2)
2023 Bel-Air Doc Hightower Recurring role (season 2)

References

  1. ^ a b Penn, Charli (May 13, 2013). "Eye Candy: Meet Actor And Motivator Brooklyn McLinn". Essence. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
  2. ^ "Brooklyn McLinn - Biography". Clear Talent Group. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
  3. ^ Booth, Kaitlyn (March 14, 2019). "Cloak and Dagger Season 2: Meet the New Faces Coming to New Orleans". Bleeding Cool News. Archived from the original on January 25, 2021. Retrieved March 14, 2019.

External links

  • Brooklyn McLinn at IMDb