Neil Brown Jr. Biography

Neil Brown Jr. born as Cornelius C. Brown Jr. is an American actor best known in his appearance in the television series The Walking Dead as Guillermo, and on the short-lived South Beach on the former UPN. He also appeared in the 2015 biopic, Straight Outta Compton, and on the CBS show SEAL Team in 2017.

Neil Brown Jr. Age

Brown Jr. was born on 19 June 1980 in Orlando, Florida, United States. He is 38 years old as of 2018

Neil Brown Jr. Family | Neil Brown Jr. Parents | Neil Brown Jr Wife

He was born to parents of mixed African American descent is the son of Carrie Brown and Cornelius Brown. He is married to his high school girlfriend, actress Catrina Robinson Brown. The couple married on April 23, 2000, and has two sons; Colin Brown and Bishop Brown

Neil Brown Jr Seal Team

Brown Jr. was cast as Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator Raymond “Ray” Perry, the longest-tenured member of the team and Jason’s most trusted friend in the American military drama television series “SEAL Team.” He was reassigned to Green Team at the end of Season 1 but went back to Bravo in “The Worst of Conditions” at his friend “Jason’s” request during his leave of absence.

Neil Brown Jr Walking Dead

Brown Jr was cast as Guillermo in the AMC’s American post-apocalyptic horror television series “The Walking Dead.”

Neil Brown Jr Insecure

Brown Jr. was cast as Chad Kerr, Lawrence ‘s friend in the American comedy-drama television series “Insecure.” In Season 2 of the film, his friend Lawrence is Tasha’s boyfriend, he stays with Chad during weekdays and only stays with his girlfriend on weekends

Neil Brown Jr Straight Outta Compton

Brown Jr. as N.W.A member Antoine “DJ Yella” Carraby in the 2015 American biographical drama film “Straight Outta Compton.” He was also nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Awards as the Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture alongside Neil Brown Jr., Paul Giamatti, Corey Hawkins, Aldis Hodge, Jason Mitchell, and O’Shea Jackson Jr. in his role on the film

Neil Brown Jr Dirk Gently

Brown Jr. was cast as Det. Estevez, Zimmerfield’s partner and a missing persons detective in Season 1 of the BBC America comic science fiction detective television series “Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency”

Neil Brown Jr Net Worth

Brown Jr. is a hardworking man who has mad a good fortune from his acting career. His net worth is not yet estimated but it must be over a million dollars

Neil Brown Jr Movies And Tv Shows

       Year   Movies | Tv Shows 2016 – 2019

• 2019   City of Lies
• 2019   Bayou Tales
• 2017   Pope
• 2017   Naked
• 2016   Sand Castle

   Year   Movies | Tv Shows 2007 – 2015

• 2015   Straight Outta Compton
• 2012   Kidnapped Souls
• 2011   Battle: Los Angeles
• 2009   Fast & Furious
• 2009   Just Another Day
• 2009   Scare Zone
• 2008   Never Back Down
• 2007   Fear Itself

   Year   Movies | Tv Shows 2000 – 2006

• 2006   This That Hang from Trees
• 2004   Mr. 3000
• 2003   Out of Time
• 2000   Tigerland

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BWW Interview: Neil Brown Jr. Talks Film Roles, TV & Love for HAMILTON

Source: broadwayworld.com

Neil Brown Jr. (Insecure, SEAL Team) has built up an impressive acting resume over his career. He took time out of his busy filming schedule to discuss his current shows, acting process, and love for Hamilton.

I know you started out with martial arts and then moved into acting, is there a particular moment when you knew that acting is what you wanted to do?

Yeah, my first show, which I got through my martial arts-I did Muay Thai, Shotokan Karate, and boxing since I was a little kid-since I was 4. And I won some championships: ISKA, JKA, and the youth championship. I was 14 and they came into the dojo and there was this producer Patti Thomas-Robinson who needed a kid to be in this T.V. show called WMAC Masters.

Originally it was called Quest for the Dragon Star and they brought me into Universal Studios and allowed me to audition with a bunch of other kids who were also pretty far along in their respective arts. Everything was great and then they gave us all lines and I could memorize stuff really quickly so I did it and got the part on the spot. Once I shot it that day on set, I knew I was with Erik Betts and Herb Perez-Herb Perez was a Taekwondo champion and Betts is a stuntman who also did kung fu and all that and I was with those guys and I just knew I wanted to do it forever, right then and there.

I was on set, I caught the bug, and that was it for me. It took a while for it to really set in and for me to get into the minutiae of what it takes to be an actor but I was ready to go full force and Patti Thomas-Robinson and Shannon Thomas-Stewart, her daughter, they got me some headshots and introduced me to an agent in Florida and I was acting ever since.

You’ve been acting since you were a kid and have built up an impressive resume, is there a certain project you’ve worked on that stands out to you or that is your favorite?

I’ve learned so much from each one of them. In terms of “favorite,” I don’t have a favorite project; I have a favorite learning experience. Dirk Gently was a huge learning experience for me working with Richard Schiff. I learned so much from playing his partner that I actually started to use what I learned in all of the shows I did afterward, including Insecure and what I’m doing now on SEAL Team.

Straight Outta Compton was probably the most fun because we got to learn how to DJ and to perform live in front of a crowd and feel the energy of the crowd. So each movie I’ve done-they’ve all been my favorite, I mean, it would probably be easier to think of THE ONE where I had the worst time as opposed to the favorite one because I learned so much from each one and they’re all like paintings, I couldn’t decide which one was my favorite painting. I just learned different things from each one but Dirk Gently really helped me with the different projects that I did afterwards-I really learned a lot from Richard.

What was it like to audition for and then book Straight Outta Compton? Do you remember where you were or what you were doing when you booked it?

Yeah, I remember exactly where I was. My first audition for it went nowhere. Three months later I got a call from my manager saying “I have a great audition for you” and I said “What is it?” and she said “Straight Outta Compton” and I was like “Oh so it’s a callback” and she was like “No it’s a re-do.” And it was for Vicky Thomas. At that time her dad commissioned her to find the DJ Yella and MC Ren parts because they had the other two parts already cast.

I went in for Vicky and it was a great experience. She put me through the works, kept telling me to do less. I was like, “What do you want me to do, nothing?” and she said “Exactly!” So I did that and by the time I got home, a friend of mine hit me up randomly and said, “Hey man they really like you so you’re going to get a meeting with F. Gary Gray and so embody Yella all this weekend.” And I was like “What!” and my manager called me and then I went in with F. Gary Gray a couple of days later.

But before I met with him I was outside with the other guys O’Shea [Jackson Jr.], Jason Mitchell, and Corey Hawkins. We were just there for hours talking outside, you know, chopping it up, laughing, and having a good time. And then we went in and auditioned together and I think it was supposed to be a week but two or three days later I was at home and I got the call. I was with my best friend and I was like “Yo, I got it!” We started buggin’ out and my wife was on the way home and she didn’t know so I kept it a secret from her.

I put on the record-I put on “Straight Outta Compton” so when she walked inside the house I had it blasting and she was like “Why is the music so loud?!” and I kept looking at her, I was like “Do you get it?!” and she was like “Oh my god, oh my god!” I cried like a baby, I was very, very happy.