Brian Anthony Wilson

Brian Anthony Wilson (born February 22, 1960) is an American film and television actor. He first appeared in the 1997 film The Postman as Woody.^[1] Wilson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He has been married to Greer M. Richardson since 2005.^[2]

Brian Anthony Wilson
Born	(1960-02-22) February 22, 1960 (age 65) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1997–present
Spouse	Greer M. Richardson ​ (m. 2005)​

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	The Postman	Woody
1998	Snake Eyes	Casino Security #2
1998	Rounders	Derald
1999	Cold Hearts	Spear
2000	Animal Factory	Poncie
2000	Keeping the Faith	T-Bone
2000	Let's Talk	Audience Member #14
2001	Diary of a City Priest	Loc
2001	Prison Song	Prison C.O.
2001	Down	Policeman #1
2001	Killer Instinct	Carl
2002	Crazy Little Thing	Phil
2002	For da Love of Money	Kelvin
2002	Ice Grill	Damon J
2002	Casanova's Demise	Judge
2003	The Good Thief	Louis
2003	Bad Boys II	Tapia Muscle Crew	Uncredited
2003	Dirty Laundry (Air It Out)	Jerome
2004	X, Y	Cox
2004	The Amazing Floydini	Willy
2005	White Men Can't Rap	Buck
2006	The Good Student	Detective Dick Moon
2006	Shadow: Dead Riot	Male Guard
2007	Eye See Me	KC's Attorney
2007	A Diamond in the Sky	Coach Michael Bailey
2008	Leaf	Mr. Joel
2008	Explicit Ills	Demetri's Dad
2008	The Happening	Arguing Man in Crowd
2009	Oral Fixation	Guard Jones
2009	Law Abiding Citizen	Homeland Security Supervisor
2009	The Mind	Big Daddy
2009	After You're Gone	Morgenthau
2010	6 Souls	Virgil
2010	See You in September	Cop
2010	The Best and the Brightest	Shareef	Uncredited
2010	The Bucks County Massacre	Bucks County Police Detective
2011	Another Happy Day	Jason - EMT#1
2011	Limitless	Detective
2011	Close-Up	The NA Mentor
2011	The Fields	Charlie
2011	The Red Corvette	Agent Murray
2011	99 Percent Sure	Rufus
2011	High Stakes	Trainer
2011	Booted	Frank Castilleano
2011	Bamboo Shark	Johnny X
2012	Safe	Shelter Security 2
2012	Changing the Game	McCormick
2012	6 Degrees of Hell	Officer Hendricks
2012	Silver Linings Playbook	Orderly	Uncredited
2012	We Made This Movie	Mr. James
2012	9-Ball	Red
2012	My Friends	Bookie Bob
2013	The Golden Scallop	Wilson
2013	All Around the World: Jermaine Jones	Music Executive #1
2013	Dreams	Ben Hodda
2014	Assumption of Risk	Thurgood Mitchell
2014	Apocalypse Kiss	The Wizard
2014	Myra's Angel	Detective Dutton
2014	Jersey Justice	Jules
2014	Time	Rick
2015	ZK: Elephant's Graveyard	Doc
2015	The Benefactor	Jesse
2015	Swooped	The Narrator
2015	A Place in Hell	Det. Wilson
2015	Creed	James
2015	Voiceless	Will Taylor
2015	Battle	Tony Formann
2016	Crooked & Narrow	Warren Mercer
2016	Medicine Bow	Odell
2016	Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea	Kelly
2017	Title VII	Charles Watson
2017	The Avenue	Antonio Butan
2017	How to Get Girls	Mr. Diaz
2017	Harvie and the Magic Museum	Grumpy	Voice
2017	Sinner City	Detective Parsons
2017	The Mint	Russell
2017	Jason's Letter	Mr. Willie
2018	They Are Strangers	Terry
2018	Ocean's 8	American Wing Guard
2018	Zeroes	Fred
2018	Without You	Mr. Davies
2018	The Unholy Disciple	Houston Fox
2019	Glass	Security Guard in Car
2019	Offstage Elements	Ozzie Dietrick
2019	Right Before Your Eyes	Ambrose
2020	The Arrangement	Senator Milton Howard
2020	The Jealous Mirror on My Wall	Larry
2020	Mirror on My Wall
2021	Love You Right: An R&B Musical	Will II
2021	Room 9	Zion Miller
2021	Shimmer	Captain Peter Rose
2021	Twenty-Nine	Steven Anders
2022	Nork	Jonah Ryan
2022	Mulatto	Big Ron
2022	Desert Dick	Bryan Dilkins
2024	They Turned Us Into Killers	Zion Miller	[3]
2025	825 Forest Road	Terrence
TBA	Abused Again!	Big John Security Guard

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Homicide: Life on the Street	Diener #1	Episode: "Identity Crisis"
2001	The Sopranos	Warren Dupree	Episode: "Fortunate Son"
2001	Proximity	Twin's father	Television film
2002	Hack	Raymond Henley	Episode: "Bad Choices"
2002–2008	The Wire	Vernon Holley	19 episodes
2003	As the World Turns	Crater	Episode #1.12162
2007, 2008	Law & Order: SVU	Det. Jawarski / Milton Sarlove	2 episodes
2009	Bleeder	Detective Gardner
2010	Outlaw	Pit Boss	Episode: "Pilot"
2010	Badges	Sarge	Television film
2011	Onion SportsDome	Pile Analyst #4	Episode #1.3
2011	Finders Keepers	Det. Grimes	Episode: "Thanks for Nothin' Grimes"
2011	Game Over	Doctor Watson	Episode: "Launch Party"
2011	Unforgettable	Bert	Episode: "Road Block"
2013	Do No Harm	Watts Sr.	Episode: "Six Feet Deep"
2013–2014	Atlantic City Chronicles	D.A. Garfield Armstrong	4 episodes
2014	Underground Kings	Ricardo 'Cuban' Martinez
2015	Broad City	Detective	Episode: "Mochalatta Chills"
2015	Allegiance	Maintenance Man	Episode: "Chasing Ghosts"
2016	Blue Bloods	Dino Mancini	Episode: "Back in the Day"
2016	Sell Out	Rick	Television film
2016	The Jim Gaffigan Show	Nick	Episode: "Ugly"
2017	Gotham	Harbor Master	Episode: "Heroes Rise: These Delicate and Dark Obsessions"
2017	Bloodline	Agent Kimball	Episode: "Part 33"
2018	Bull	Controller #3	Episode: "Keep Your Friends Close"
2018	Siren	Capt. Sean McClure	3 episodes
2018	Stages	Mayor Chad Warwick III	Miniseries
2018	Dietland	Bob the Builder	Episode: "Pilot"
2018	Cicatrix	Detective	Television film
2018	Land of Misfits	Sariel
2018	Green Piece	Detective B. Johnson
2019, 2021	Wu-Tang: An American Saga	Ron 'Fufu' Mott	2 episodes
2020	Dispatches from Elsewhere	Sal (Young) / Mr. Salazar
2020	Fluff	Cosmo	Television film
2021	FBI: Most Wanted	James Martin	Episode: "Anonymous"
2021	Mare of Easttown	Medic	Episode: "Poor Sisyphus"
2021	Phase 6	Charles Williams	4 episodes
2022	Servant	Exterminator	Episode: "Hive"
2022	American Masters	Orpheus Fisher	Episode: "Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands"
2022	We Own This City	Andre Davis	Episode: "Part Five"
2022	Interview with the Vampire	Andre Davis	Episode: "The Ruthless Pursuit of Blood with All a Child's Demanding"
2025	Tires	Customer #2	Episode: "Misery Has Company"

Narrative podcasts

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
2023	The Foxes of Hydesville	Father		[4]