Versatile in his dramatic and comedic timing, starring in everything from off Broadway musicals to short films and web series, Brandon is poised to establishing a brand that projects quality as well as longevity. Recently he was a supporting actor in the Inner City South stage play Mind Games, for which he won Best Supporting Actor in a Stage Play at Diversity on Stage And Film’s third annual award ceremony in Memphis,TN. Also most notably Brandon was featured in The Preacher and Favorites, two top 10 shorts, respectively, in the third annual Memphis Film Prize Film Festival 2017. This past year alone he was honored to be a part of an-going web series entitled Not My Friends.
His theatre credits include an off broadway production of Sarafina!, as an ensemble member and supporting cast, the hit musical Grease, as Sonny; both playing to audiences at Hattiloo Theatre. In addition he played a lead role, Young Ebenezer, in Hattiloo Theatre’s original production of If Scrooge Was a Brother, written and directed by Ekundayo Bandele.’
Brandon also had a supporting role in the off Broadway production of Lin Manuel’s magnum opus, In The Heights, where he played the role of Graffiti Pete in 2015.
With the on the job education Brandon received in Theatre Brandon realized he was onto something great. In between a few theatre roles, he was cast as “Roderick,” in TV One’s hit re-enactment thriller, Fatal Attraction, as the love-truck middle aged man from Dallas who is killed by his best friend.
Brandon has recently taking to voraciously reading everything he can about script writing, storytelling and character development, because as anyone in the theatre and film world know after a few years, you cannot just sit and wait for roles in between down times.. You must become a student of your craft. This serves a two-fold purpose. 1. You learn how to create your own works which keep you as the artist working in your passion. 2. Creates opportunities for others and thus gives you credibility, greater work ethic (if you’re committed and focused) and gives you a broader picture of the innards of the film, theatre and internet media world.
When he is not studying to better his acting and/or writing skills, Brandon can easily be found binge-watching any and everything drama or comedy based, especially Orange Is The New Black, Marlon, and his favorite, Insecure.
Brandon tweets (twitter.com/unwrappedvision) often and with quicker wit as the days go by. He loves to trek his hometown of Memphis frequenting Live music venues and familiar haunts. He often discovers new one’s, especially when carrying passengers to and from their destinations while using his Uber Driver app.
Brandon has been an Uber Partner for 2 years and says he would do it full time if he could. He has a 4.92+ rating and has performed over 1700 trips in his 2.5 years of service. He describes his driver experience as “Saturday Night Live without the budget.”