Brent Briscoe

Brent Briscoe (May 21, 1961 – October 18, 2017) was an American character actor and screenwriter. He was best known for his role as JJ on Parks and Recreation (2011–2015).

Brent Briscoe
Born	(1961-05-21)May 21, 1961 Moberly, Missouri, U.S.
Died	October 18, 2017(2017-10-18) (aged 56) Burbank, California, U.S.
Occupations	Actor, writer
Years active	1991–2017

Early life

Briscoe was born in Moberly, Missouri. After completing his education at the University of Missouri, Briscoe launched his career as a theater actor.

Career

He then segued into screenwriting and acting in feature films. He moved to Los Angeles permanently after working with Billy Bob Thornton on Sling Blade. He also frequently worked with Mark Fauser, who was his college roommate.^[1]

Death

Briscoe was hospitalized in October 2017 after suffering a fall. It led to internal bleeding and heart complications that resulted in his death on October 18, 2017, at the age of 56.^[2]

Filmography as actor

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Ghost Brigade	Raider #2
1996	Sling Blade	'Scooter' Hodges
1997	U Turn	Boyd
1998	Another Day in Paradise	Clem
	Break Up	County Sheriff #2
	A Simple Plan	Lou Chambers
1999	The Minus Man	Chief of Police
	The Thirteenth Year	John 'Big John' Wheatley	Television film
	Crazy in Alabama	Jury Foreman, Voice of Chester Vinson
	The Green Mile	Bill Dodge
	Man on the Moon	Heavyset Technician
2000	Beautiful	Lurdy
2001	Double Take	Junior Barnes
	Madison	Tony Steinhardt
	Driven	'Crusher'
	Say It Isn't So	Detective Vic Vetter
	Mulholland Drive	Detective Neal Domgaard
	The Majestic	Sheriff Cecil Coleman
2002	It's All About You	Bathroom Patron
	Waking up in Reno	Russell Whitehead
	Journey of Redemption	Badge
2003	The Big Empty	Dan
2004	Spider-Man 2	Garbageman
2005	Twitches	Painter	TV movie
	House	The Farmer	Episode: "Three Stories"
2006	Bon Cop, Bad Cop	Judd
	Bachelor Party Vegas	Mel 'Big Gut Mel'	Video
2007	The Messengers	Plume
	In the Valley of Elah	Detective Hodge
	Mr. Woodcock	Barber #2
	Home of the Giants	Prock
	Randy and the Mob	Griff Postell
	National Treasure: Book of Secrets	Michael O'Laughlen
2008	Crazy	Doug Johnson
	Black Crescent Moon	Earl
	Yes Man	Homeless Guy
2009	The Smell of Success	Shotgun Farmer
	The Grind	Brent B.
	Extract	Phil
2010	The Killer Inside Me	Bum / The Stranger / Visitor
	Bloodworth	Coble
	Dirty Girl	Officer Perry
2011–2015	Parks and Recreation	JJ	Recurring role
2012	Jayne Mansfield's Car	Bobby
	The Dark Knight Rises	Veteran Cop
	Born Wild	Kyle Rich
	Ambush at Dark Canyon	Morgan Heinz
2013	Beneath	Mundy
2013-2014	Hell on Wheels	Jimmy 'Two Squaws'	Guest role
2014	Zombeavers	Winston Gregorson
	Atlas Shrugged Part III: Who Is John Galt?	Dispatcher
	Hello, My Name Is Frank	Puggis Tripp
2015	Justified	Luther Kent	Episode: "Noblesse Oblige"
2016	Term Life	Officer Murphy
	Goliath	Beach Bum
2017	Twin Peaks	Detective Dave Macklay	Recurring role
2017	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	Matthew Langdon	Last role Episode: "Crime and Punishment"
2019	5th of July	Dakota

Filmography as writer

• Evening Shade (2 episodes, 1994)
• The Right to Remain Silent (1996) (teleplay)
• Waking Up in Reno (2002)