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Name: Brian J. White
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Date of Birth:
April 21, 1975
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Place of Birth:
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Mini-bio:
Brian J. White is an American actor. White was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and currently resides in Los Angeles, California. White began acting on the small screen, displaying a strong presence in ...( read more)a number of television series such as Moesha, MTV's Spyder Games, UPN's comedy Second Time Around, most notably, as Detective Tavon Garris on the award-winning FX crime drama, The Shield.
White moved to film roles. Some of his more notable ones were in Tom Bezucha's The Family Stone, opposite an all-star cast, Rian Johnson's Independent Spirit Award-nominated film, Brick and DOA: Dead or Alive, the movie adaptation of the best-selling video game series, directed by Corey Yuen (The Transporter).
His most recent role is in the musical-drama Stomp the Yard, about a young man who, after the death of his brother, is sent to live in Atlanta where he is introduced to college and fraternity life. White will play Sylvester, the leader of the Theta Nu fraternity.
Upcoming projects include a starring role alongside Jason Statham in the fantasy-adventure epic In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale. He will also co-star with The Rock in Disney's The Game Plan and opposite Gabrielle Union in Tyler Perry's Daddy's Little Girls.