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Brent Huff

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Brent Huff
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Brent Huff, is an award-winning actor, writer and director best known for his recurring roles in Shameless, The Rookie, The Rookie: Feds, Pensacola: Wings of Gold and Black Scorpion. Huff has also written and directed numerous successful films such as, The Jackie Stiles Story (2022), A Genie's Tail (2022) ) It's a Rockabilly World, (2016) Chasing Beauty, (2013) Behind the Orange Curtain, (2012) Cat City, (2008) Welcome to Paradise, (2007) and 100 Mile Rule, (2002)

Huff had a passion for acting early on and was a Theatre Major at the University of Missouri, where he was also on the basketball and track teams. After his junior year at Mizzou, Huff decided to pursue an acting career full time and moved to New York City to study at the famed H.B. Studios.

Huff's first major film role was in the French cult film, The Perils of Gwendoline, (1984) where he played the rugged action hero opposite Tawny Kitean. At the time, The Perils of Gwendoline was one of the most expensive films ever made in France.

After the success of The Perils of Gwendoline (1984) Huff starred in numerous action films. Huff has had the unique opportunity to work as an actor and director around the globe in countries such as, France, Italy, Austria, South Africa, Argentina, Brazil, Russia, Serbia, Thailand and Morocco.

During the Padua Hills Playwrights Festival in 1988 Huff appeared on stage in Susan Champagne's highly anticipated Honeymoon. The play was a critical success and the L.A. Times called Huff's performance, "a masterful show of brute force.

In 1992, Huff won the coveted role of John Mellencamp's troubled brother in the film, Falling from Grace (1992). The film was written by Larry McMurtry and directed by Mellencamp. Roger Ebert call the film "Powerful".

In the 90's, Huff wrote and directed his first feature film, We the People, (1994 . The film was produced by Huff's friend. James Brolin. Several of Huff's films have been film festival winners.

In 2012, Huff directed the documentary, Behind the Orange Curtain, (2012) which addresses the opioid addiction crises in America. The film continues to screen across the country and has been endorsed by numerous policy makers. In 2013, Huff's documentary Chasing Beauty, (2013) which pulled back the curtain on the modeling industry, shocked Hollywood when it became the #1 documentary on iTunes as well as the #1 fashion documentary on IMDb. BuzzFeed and Image magazine called Chasing Beauty, one of the top fashion documentaries of all time.

Huff just completed directing the family film, A Genie's Tail, (2020) that stars Youtube sensation, Jake Paul, as well Laura Marano and Kevin and John Farley.

Huff is in post production on the documentary films, Creating Giants (2020) which profiles Harvard professor, Steve Jarding as well as, The Jackie Stiles Story, (2020) the inspirational story of basketball legend, Jackie Stiles, who broke the Women's all-time NCAA scoring record.

Huff has also directed three award-winning short films that include, Lapdancing (2003), Hero (2010), and Helpless (2010). As an in-demand writer, Huff has sold numerous produced screenplays such as, Black Rose, (2014) Magic Man, (2010) Face of Terror, (2004) and Power Play (2003). Known for his low, gravelly voice , Huff has been heard in hundreds of TV and radio commercials. Huff voice-over clients include: Raytheon, Jack Daniels, E Entertainment and Visa, to name a few.

Huff is married to actress Shawn Huff.

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Known for

William H. Macy, Steve Howey, Cameron Monaghan, Shanola Hampton, Jeremy Allen White, Ethan Cutkosky, and Emma Kenney in Shameless (2011)
Shameless
8.6
TV Series
  • Major Keefe
  • Major Samuel Keefe
Chasing Beauty (2013)
Chasing Beauty
6.0
  • Director
  • 2013
Nathan Fillion, Richard T. Jones, Eric Winter, Alyssa Diaz, Melissa O'Neil, and Mekia Cox in The Rookie (2018)
The Rookie
8.0
TV Series
  • Quigley Smitty
  • Officer Smitty
Cat City (2008)
Cat City
5.1
  • Director
  • 2008

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Actor

  • A Snowy Day in Oakland
    • Post-production
  • Deadly Draw
    • Post-production
  • In-Between
    • Completed
  • Nathan Fillion, Richard T. Jones, Eric Winter, Alyssa Diaz, Melissa O'Neil, and Mekia Cox in The Rookie (2018)
    The Rookie
  • Niecy Nash in The Rookie: Feds (2022)
    The Rookie: Feds
  • Disaster Man (2022)
    Disaster Man
  • Amy Smart, Major Dodson, Barkhad Abdi, and Layla Felder in Tyson's Run (2022)
    Tyson's Run
  • John Farley, Kevin P. Farley, Hero, Elisa Eliot, Sheila Oaks, Jake Paul, Hunter Payton Mendoza, Riley Jackson, Brady Bond, and Merrick Hanna in A Genie's Tail (2022)
    A Genie's Tail
  • Edward Asner, Jason Kravits, Nicole Ansari-Cox, Drew Bell, Ross Benjamin, Rachelle Carson-Begley, Kim Delgado, Neil Dickson, Lianne X. Hu, Brent Huff, Loren Lester, Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Patty McCormack, Fred Melamed, Mauricio Mendoza, Rick Podell, Michele Scarabelli, Pete Sepenuk, Micke Spreitz, Mary Stavin, Michael Swan, Kate Vernon, Lou Wagner, Zoi Kottas, and Chloe Wu in Barking Mad (2021)
    Barking Mad
  • Shameless Hall of Shame (2020)
    Shameless Hall of Shame
  • Patrika Darbo, Kathy Grable, and Shawn Huff in The Christmas Pause (2019)
    The Christmas Pause
  • William H. Macy, Steve Howey, Cameron Monaghan, Shanola Hampton, Jeremy Allen White, Ethan Cutkosky, and Emma Kenney in Shameless (2011)
    Shameless
  • Chris Kato, Jason Andrew Ashby, Joey Sinko, and Veronica Marie in Ghostbusters: Station 6 (2017)
    Ghostbusters: Station 6
  • Neil Dickson in Atwill at Large (2017)
    Atwill at Large
  • Brent Huff, Loren Lester, and Kate Vernon in Chicanery (2017)
    Chicanery
  • Killing Lazarus (2016)
    Killing Lazarus
  • William Baldwin and Michael Campion in Christmas Trade (2015)
    Christmas Trade
  • Atwill Web Series (2014)
    Atwill Web Series

Director

  • Purpose Found
    • Post-production
  • The Jackie Stiles Story (2022)
    The Jackie Stiles Story
  • John Farley, Kevin P. Farley, Hero, Elisa Eliot, Sheila Oaks, Jake Paul, Hunter Payton Mendoza, Riley Jackson, Brady Bond, and Merrick Hanna in A Genie's Tail (2022)
    A Genie's Tail
  • Creating Giants (2021)
    Creating Giants
  • Welcome to the Beyond (2017)
    Welcome to the Beyond
  • It's a Rockabilly World! (2016)
    It's a Rockabilly World!
  • Chasing Beauty (2013)
    Chasing Beauty
  • Behind the Orange Curtain (2012)
    Behind the Orange Curtain
  • Key Art - "It's a Kid's World" (2011)
    It's a Kid's World
    • (segment Helpless)
  • Tom Berenger, James Brolin, Peter Coyote, Tatum O'Neal, Patrick Muldoon, and William Shockley in Last Will (2011)
    Last Will
  • Hero (2010)
    Hero
  • Helpless (2010)
    Helpless
  • Serbian Scars (2009)
    Serbian Scars
  • Cat City (2008)
    Cat City
  • Brian Dennehy and Crystal Bernard in Welcome to Paradise (2007)
    Welcome to Paradise
  • Alexander Nevsky in Treasure Raiders (2007)
    Treasure Raiders

Writer

  • Purpose Found
    • Post-production
  • The Jackie Stiles Story (2022)
    The Jackie Stiles Story
  • Creating Giants (2021)
    Creating Giants
  • Welcome to the Beyond (2017)
    Welcome to the Beyond
  • It's a Rockabilly World! (2016)
    It's a Rockabilly World!
  • Kristanna Loken and Alexander Nevsky in Black Rose (2014)
    Black Rose
  • Chasing Beauty (2013)
    Chasing Beauty
  • Behind the Orange Curtain (2012)
    Behind the Orange Curtain
  • Bai Ling, Billy Zane, Armand Assante, Alexander Nevsky, and Estelle Raskin in Magic Man (2010)
    Magic Man
  • Cat City (2008)
    Cat City
  • Brian Dennehy and Crystal Bernard in Welcome to Paradise (2007)
    Welcome to Paradise
  • Ricky Schroder and Eric Balfour in Face of Terror (2004)
    Face of Terror
  • Alison Eastwood and Dylan Walsh in Power Play (2003)
    Power Play
  • Robert Davi, Ralf Moeller, and Roddy Piper in The Bad Pack (1997)
    The Bad Pack
  • We the People (1994)
    We the People
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Brent Huff - Directors Reel-2023
Demo Reel 5:15
Brent Huff - Directors Reel-2023
It's a Rockabilly World - Trailer
Demo Reel 2:16
It's a Rockabilly World - Trailer
Welcome to Paradise trailer
Demo Reel 0:50
Welcome to Paradise trailer
Serbian Scars trailer
Demo Reel 1:34
Serbian Scars trailer
Treasure Raiders trailer
Demo Reel 1:37
Treasure Raiders trailer
Hero Trailer
Demo Reel 1:13
Hero Trailer
Chasing Beauty
Demo Reel 2:10
Chasing Beauty
It's a Rockabilly World
Demo Reel 2:16
It's a Rockabilly World
Serbian Scars
Interview 2:04
Serbian Scars
Serbian Scars
News 1:52
Serbian Scars
Trailer
Trailer 2:41
Trailer
Official Trailer
Trailer 1:30
Official Trailer

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    • Shawn Huff1989 - present (1 child)
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    Was one of the the top male models of the 80s. Worldwide print campaigns included Versace, Armani, Calvin Klein and L&M cigarettes.
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