Brent Bailey

Brent Bailey is an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter born in Tucson, Arizona. Bailey has appeared in television series such as Criminal Minds, Rizzoli & Isles, and Hart of Dixie. He also played Alex Knightley in the web series Emma Approved,^[1][2] which won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Interactive Program in 2015.^[3][4] He played John F. Kennedy's speechwriter Ted Sorensen in the film LBJ, directed by Rob Reiner.^[5]

Brent Bailey
Bailey in February 2019
Born	(1983-07-04) July 4, 1983 (age 42) Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
Occupations	Actor director producer screenwriter
Years active	2006–present
Known for	My Synthesized Life Emma Approved

Filmography

• The Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down (2006) as Kissing Guy
• Fear Is a Lot Like Love (2006 short) as Sunbather
• The Last Sentinel (2007) as Action Drone
• Waiting (2007 short) as College Guy #1
• Privileged (1 episode, 2008) as Antione
• Life (1 episode 2009) Andy Diller
• Suspension of Disbelief (2009 Short) as Sam
• Leaving Bliss (8 episodes, 2009) as Madison
• Life with Kat & McKay (1 episode, 2009) as Thor
• Relish (2009) as Mike
• It's Not About Coffee (2010) as Chris
• Ship in a Bottle (2010) as The Captain
• Continental Divide (2010 Short) as Will
• We're Not Together (2011) as Brandon
• Going Down in LA-LA Land (2011) as Dean
• Think Like a Man (2012) as Waiter
• Love-Stupid (2 episodes, 2012) as Derek
• Whitney (1 episode, 2013) as Matt
• Threshold (2013) as Alex
• My Synthesized Life (11 episodes, 2013) as Jimmy Bales
• The Republic of Two (2013) as Tim
• Crimson Winter (2013) as Fearghas
• Criminal Minds (1 episode, 2013) as Scotty Delfino
• Precipitation (2014) as Jordan
• Vid_687337 (2014) as David (and as director)
• Emma Approved (52 episodes, 2013–2014) as Alex Knightley
• Ru (2014) as Justin G.
• Classic Alice (2 episodes, 2014) as Anthony White, Hot TA
• Hart of Dixie (1 episode, 2014) as Zack
• Passport (2014) as Jimmy
• Bella and the Bulldogs (1 episode, 2015) as Bella's Dad
• Rizzoli & Isles (1 episode, 2015) as Tony
• Karma's a B*Tch - The Series (1 episode, 2015) as Chuck
• Soundproof (2015) as Andy
• Palo Alto (2 episodes, 2015) as Sam Cohen
• Her Dinner Party (2015) as Benjamin
• LBJ (2016) as Ted Sorensen
• Girlfriends of Christmas Past (2016) as Carter Bolton
• Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2 episodes, 2018) as Agent Thomas
• Coop & Cami Ask the World (1 episode, 2019) as Eric Wrather
• A Cape Cod Christmas as Christian (December 4, 2021)
• Maggie as Spencer (July 6, 2022)
• The Holiday Dating Guide as Michael (December 17, 2022)
• The Idea of You (2024) as Todd
• Commercial for Target Corporation (2024) - Commercial Actor as Kris K.^[6]

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As writer/director/producer

• Vid_687337 (2014) as David (also as cinematographer. editor)
• Kids with Adult Problems (12 episodes, 2014)

Recognition

Awards and nominations

• 2014, Indie Series Awards nomination as 'Best Lead Actor' for My Synthesized Life^[8]
• 2014, Streamy Awards nomination for 'Best Male Actor in a Comedy Web Series' for Emma Approved^[9]
• 2014, International Academy of Web Television award co-nomination for 'Best Ensemble Performance' for Emma Approved^[10]