Brendan Ford

Actor

For New Phoenix Theatre-LA: Mortimer Brewster in Arsenic & Old Lace; Boss Mangan in Heartbreak House; Trigorin in The Seagull; Oedipus in Oedipus Rex; Inspector Goole in An Inspector Calls; Sandy Tyrell in Hay Fever; Lord Leicester in Mary Stuart; Ben Hubbard, The Little Foxes; King Phillip in The Lion in Winter.

Los Angeles theater credits include Prince Richard in “A Lion in Winter” and Victor Fleming in Moonlight and Magnolias at The Colony Theatre (originating at the Laguna Playhouse and at the La Mirada Center for the Performing Arts). At Laguna Playhouse, he also played Declan in Many Happy Returns and Frank in Red Herring. He played Dominic in Amy’s View and Howie in Rabbit Hole, at North Coast Rep., Harper in One Slight Hitch at the Falcon Theater, Jamie in Long Day’s Journey at The Lyceum, Jack in Ernest in Love at the Fremont Theater, Arthur in Camelot at Fullerton CLO, The Captain in Anything Goes for Reprise!, Neville Craven in Secret Garden at South Bay CLO, Vincent Van Gogh in the world premiere of Break of Day at the Lillian Theatre, Torvald in A Doll’s House at L.A. Rep., Marco in the world premiere of Florinda at the Freud Playhouse, and at LATC, he played Laertes, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in the 6 actor Hamlet and Leslie in The Hostage.

Brendan grew up in New York City, where, among other roles, he played Laertes in Hamlet and Hastings in She Stoops to Conquer for the National Shakespeare Co., Claudio in Measure for Measure at Westbeth Theater Center, Romeo in Romeo and Juliet at Columbia Shakespeare Festival and Valere in Tartuffe at Westside Rep.

Films include: “Clear and Present Danger,” “The Net,” “George of the Jungle” and “If These Walls Could Talk.” He has had recurring roles on the television series “Big Love” and “Weeds.” Other TV credits include “Hawaii Five-O,” “Castle,” “Mr. Sunshine” and “CSI Miami.”

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