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Jefferson Brown

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Jefferson Brown
Born (1976-06-11) June 11, 1976 (age 48)[1]
Fredericton, New Brunswick
OccupationActor
Years active2000–present

Luis Jefferson Brown (born 1976) is a Canadian actor.

Life and career

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Brown was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick.[2] At the age of seven, Brown's family moved to Newmarket, Ontario.[2] He graduated from the Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick, and later began acting career on stage.[3] He made his screen debut appearing in the 2000 Lifetime Television movie The Stalking of Laurie Show and later made several appearances in television series Queer as Folk. In 2004, Brown made his big screen debut starring in the comedy-drama film, The Right Way.[4] He later appeared in a number of made-for-television movies and had recurring roles on television series such as Slings & Arrows, MVP, Sophie and Being Erica.

Brown had supporting roles in films Red (2010), Silent Hill: Revelation (2012), Carrie (2013) and Make Your Move (2013).[5] Starting in March 2015, he appeared in a series of television commercials for Intact Insurance, promoting the company's policy on opening claims for clients within thirty minutes of being notified (he portraying the claimant). From 2010 to 2014 he had a recurring role as Dex Slade in the ABC police drama series, Rookie Blue. From 2015 to 2017 he had a recurring role of Ben Patterson in the Hallmark Channel fantasy comedy-drama series, Good Witch. Brown also guest-starred on Reign, Private Eyes, Designated Survivor, Baroness Von Sketch Show, Hudson & Rex and Murdoch Mysteries.

Brown played the male lead in the 2014 Hallmark Channel made-for-television movie The Christmas Parade opposite AnnaLynne McCord.[6] He appeared in the several Lifetime movies, include The Perfect Stalker (2016), Snowed-Inn Christmas (2017), Revenge Delivered (2021), and Left for Dead: The Ashley Reeves Story (2021). Brown starred in the Netflix horror anthology series Slasher from 2016 to 2023, playing five different roles. From 2019 to 2021 he co-starred in the Hallmark Channel Western series, When Hope Calls and in 2023 was cast as Colton Landry, Andie MacDowell's character' late husband, in the Hallmark Channel fantasy drama series, The Way Home.[7][8]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2002 If Wishes Were Horses Del
2004 The Right Way David [9]
2005 Cake Clifford
2007 Dead Mary Matt
2007 Pigs Miles [10]
2009 Shark City Kenny
2009 At Home by Myself...With You Dentist's Brother
2010 The Town FBI Taskforce Agent 1
2010 Red Fred
2012 Please Kill Mr. Know It All Albert [11][12]
2012 Mr. Viral Simon
2012 Silent Hill: Revelation Detective Santini
2013 Make Your Move Michael Griffiths
2013 Stag Henry McCarthy
2013 Carrie Mr. Ulmann
2014 Dirty Singles Gordo [13][14]
2014 Shelby Edward Parker
2018 Ordinary Days Eddie Tannen

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2000 The Stalking of Laurie Show Charlie Haber Television film
2001–2005 Queer as Folk Birthday Boy #3 / Party Guy / Stud #1 3 episodes
2004 Doc Photographer / Busby 1 episode
2004 Show Me Yours Noel 1 episode
2005 Cheap Draft Mike Pringle Television film
2005 Descent Seth Television film
2005–2006 G-Spot Duff / Director 4 episodes
2006 Slings and Arrows Chris Norton 3 episodes
2006 'Til Death Do Us Part Joe Lohman 1 episode
2007 KAW John Television film
2008 MVP Chase James 3 episodes
2008 Sophie Dr. Jesse Torres 3 episodes
2009 My Pal Satan Satan Recurring role[15]
2009 12 Men of Christmas Eric Television film
2009–2011 Being Erica Scott Galvin 3 episodes
2010 The Bridge Les Hedford 1 episode
2010 Haven Tobias 1 episode
2010 Men with Brooms Jamie 1 episode
2010–2011 Life Unjarred Randy Mathews Main role
2010–2014 Rookie Blue Dex 7 episodes
2011 Good Dog Sales Guy 1 episode
2011 Salem Falls Wes Television film
2011 Witchslayer Gretl Abyss Television film
2011 XIII: The Series Duke 1 episode
2012 The L.A. Complex Sam Peterson 2 episodes
2012 Mayday NTSB Investigator Greg Feith 2 episodes
2012 Degrassi: The Next Generation Brett Burnett 2 episodes
2013 Cracked Connor McKenzie 1 episode
2013 The Listener John Burrows 1 episode
2013 Murdoch Mysteries Lincoln Prescott 1 episode
2013 Played Victor 1 episode
2014 The Christmas Parade Beck Thomas Television film[16]
2014 Dear Viola Russ Television film
2015–2017 Good Witch Ben Recurring role
2016 Slasher: The Executioner Trent McBride Recurring role
2017 Snowed-Inn Christmas Andrew Television film
2017 Slasher: Guilty Party Gene 1 episode[17]
2018 Baroness Von Sketch Show: Is That You Karen? Alan 1 episode
2019 Slasher: Solstice Wyatt Recurring role[18]
2019; 2021 When Hope Calls Joe Moody Recurring role
2023–present The Way Home Colton Landry Recurring role

References

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  1. ^ "Jefferson Brown | Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com.
  2. ^ a b Jefferson Brown's bio at www.hallmarkchannel.com
  3. ^ https://www.hallmarkchannel.com/christmas-island/cast/jefferson-brown [bare URL]
  4. ^ "The Right Way | Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com.
  5. ^ Chang, Justin (19 April 2014). "Film Review: 'Make Your Move'". Variety. Archived from the original on June 29, 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  6. ^ "The Christmas Parade (2014) | Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com.
  7. ^ Moser, Zachary (March 31, 2024). "The Way Home Cast & Character Guide: Who Plays Who In The 2023 Hallmark Channel Show". ScreenRant.
  8. ^ Rice, Lynette (November 17, 2022). "'The Way Home': Hallmark Announces Premiere Date, Drops Trailer For New Series Starring Andie McDowell, Chyler Leigh".
  9. ^ "Taking the wrong roads in the suburbs" by Kamal Al-Solaylee at www.theglobeandmail.com
  10. ^ "It wasn't easy getting these Pigs on the screen" by Jay Stone, CanWest News (25 Oct, 2007) Retrieved from ProQuest 461252912
  11. ^ "Mochrie joins Please Kill Mr. Know It All" by Etan Vlessing at playbackonline.ca
  12. ^ "Lara Jean Chorostecki gets first feature film lead" by Etan Vlessing at playbackonline.ca
  13. ^ "Feature film Dirty Singles begins production" by Danielle Ng See Quan at playbackonline.ca
  14. ^ "Reel Brief: Mini reviews of Matt Shepard is a Friend of Mine, Siddharth, The Wrecking Crew and Dirty Singles" by Bruce DeMara at www.thestar.com
  15. ^ "Zany series flourishing on the web" by Bill Brioux at www.thestar.com
  16. ^ "Christmas movies filmed in Hamilton" by Daniel Nolan at www.thestar.com
  17. ^ "Slasher returns for a second season" by Jordan Pinto at playbackonline.ca
  18. ^ "Slasher: Solstice’s Paula Brancati reflects on playing Violet" by Greg David at www.tv-eh.com
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