Brian J. White Biography
Summary
"Brian J. White" (born April 21 1975) is an American actor, dancer, football player, lacrosse player, stock broker and youth activist.
Personal life
Brian Joseph White was born near Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Estelle, a financial advisor, and Jo Jo White, a basketball player for the Boston Celtics and sports executive. He is the oldest of six children. White, a graduate of Dartmouth College, was a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. He resides in Los Angeles, California.
Career
White has played in both the NFL (New England Patriots) and the NLL (lacrosse), earned his certifications as a licensed stock broker (series 6, 7, 63 and 65) and co-founded the professional dance company/community youth outreach organization Phunk Phenomenon Urban Dance Theater. He is also the President of Celebrity Relations for Warm2Kids (www.warmfoundation.org), which connects socially conscious celebrities, corporations and community organizations to create a support network that helps teens, families and youth leaders reach their full potential. Additionally White is a founding partner along with director, Sylvain White of Media 3 Films, LLC (www.media3films.com), a full-service film, television and broadband production company based in Los Angeles, CA.
White began acting on the small screen, displaying a strong presence in a number of television series such as "Moesha", "The Parkers", MTV's "Spyder Games", UPN's comedy "Second Time Around" and 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 as Sylvester, the leader of the Theta Nu Theta fraternity 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. His most recent roles opposite of Dwayne Johnson aka 'The Rock' was in Disney's box office hit "The Game Plan". In 2008, he also starred alongside Jason Statham in the fantasy-adventure epic "In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale" and had a recurring role as Lt. Carl Davis on Producer, Joel Silver's award winning drama series, "Moonlight for CBS.
In 2009, he appeared opposite Channing Tatum and Terrance Howard in Rogue Pictures "Fighting" and also alongside World Wrestling Entertainment superstar, John Cena in the Fox Atomic film "12 Rounds". White next starred in Tyler Perry's "I Can Do Bad All By Myself", opposite Taraji P. Henson, which opened on September 11, 2009.
In 2010, he will appear alongside Academy Award Nominee, Richard Jenkins and Emmy Award Winner, Bradley Whitford in the Joss Whedon/Drew Goddard horror "The Cabin in the Woods" and in a series regular role alongside TV veterans, Ray Romano, Andre Braugher and Scott Bakula in the new drama series, "Men of a Certain Age" for TNT.
External links
(Brian J. White's offical website)
Credit
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