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Brad Leland

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  • Producer
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Brad Leland
In post-civil war America, when a Union soldier is presumed dead, his children are mistakenly sent away on the orphan train. This is a wild-west story of people uniting for the greater good, and children forced to grow up quickly.
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Brad Leland was born in Lubbock, Texas in 1954. After living in Japan he returned to the states where he first appeared onstage at Disneyland at 6 years old in a Wild West show. That began his dream of being an entertainer. He is most well-known as the beloved favorite and iconic character of Buddy Garrity Sr. from the television series "Friday Night Lights" (NBC, Direct TV). After four decades of stage, film and television, he has appeared in scores of feature films and plays, and hundreds of television shows. Notable television includes Dallas, Walker Texas Ranger, In the Heat of the Night, Perry Mason, Veep, Justified, Parks and Recreation, CSI Miami, The Leftovers, Last Man Standing, The Cleveland Show, North and South, The Young Riders, and Le Bureau de Legendes.

Feature films include Silverado, Deepwater Horizon, Hancock, Friday Night Lights, Land, The Orphan Train, Mobius, The Ringer, Love and a .45, Blaze, The Great Alaskan Race and many others. One his most favorite filming experiences was the starring role in the football feature film, The Last Whistle, directed by Rob Smat.

Brad lives in Dallas, Texas and has been married to actress Freda Ramsey for 41 years. They have two daughters, Thea and Leah.

Brad graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Acting and Directing from Texas Tech University. An avid golfer and sports enthusiast, he is loyal to the Plano Wildcats (where he was a member of the State Champion football team in1972), the Texas Tech Red Raiders, and the Dallas Cowboys.

Brad enjoys supporting the annual "Beyond the Lights" Celebrity Golf Classic held in Austin, Texas, to help those with spinal cord injuries.

Brad is represented in show business by his long-time friend and agent, Shawn West of The Wayne Agency. 310-894-0802
BornSeptember 15, 1954
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BornSeptember 15, 1954
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  • Awards
    • 1 win & 1 nomination

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Brad Leland in When You're Lost in the Darkness (2023)
Brad Leland and Wendy Gorling in When You're Lost in the Darkness (2023)
Brad Leland in Hancock (2008)
Brad Leland and Dana Wheeler-Nicholson in Friday Night Lights (2006)
Brad Leland and Dana Wheeler-Nicholson in Friday Night Lights (2006)
Troy Anthony Hogan, Brad Leland, Lawrence Varnado, and Dana Wheeler-Nicholson in Friday Night Lights (2006)
Brad Leland in Blood Rage (1987)
Brad Leland in Friday Night Lights (2006)
Kyle Chandler and Brad Leland in Friday Night Lights (2006)
David Caruso, Brad Leland, and Adam Rodriguez in CSI: Miami (2002)
Brad Leland in Friday Night Lights (2006)
Brad Leland in Friday Night Lights (2006)

Known for

Mark Wahlberg in Deepwater Horizon (2016)
Deepwater Horizon
7.1
  • Bob Kaluza
  • 2016
Connie Britton, Kyle Chandler, Timothy F. Crowley, Blue Deckert, Brad Leland, Jesse Plemons, Louanne Stephens, Minka Kelly, Zach Gilford, Adrianne Palicki, Aimee Teegarden, Taylor Kitsch, Kate Krause, Gaius Charles, Scott Porter, Kate Melton, Derek Phillips, Stacey Oristano, Omaka Omegah, and Sarah Kate Allsup in Friday Night Lights (2006)
Friday Night Lights
8.7
TV Series
  • Buddy Garrity
Will Smith in Hancock (2008)
Hancock
6.4
  • Executive
  • 2008
Friday Night Lights (2004)
Friday Night Lights
7.2
  • John Aubrey
  • 2004

Credits

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Actor

  • Love & Death
    • Chief Royce Abbott
    • Completed
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2023
  • And Anne
    • Randy
    • Pre-production
  • LaRoy
    • Adam Ledoux
    • Post-production
  • Chocolate Lizards
    • Max Dugan
    • Post-production
  • Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey in The Last of Us (2023)
    The Last of Us
    • Mr. Adler
    • TV Series
    • 2023
  • Reba McEntire, Jensen Ackles, Katheryn Winnick, and Kylie Bunbury in Big Sky (2020)
    Big Sky
    • Mickey Prescott
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Hostile Territory (2022)
    Hostile Territory
    • Frank Smith
    • 2022
  • Alisters (2021)
    Alisters
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Robin Wright in Land (2021)
    Land
    • Colt
    • 2021
  • Texas High School Football (2019)
    Texas High School Football
    • Juddy Haywood
    • TV Movie
    • 2019
  • Brad Leland and Eric Nelsen in The Last Whistle (2019)
    The Last Whistle
    • Victor Trenton
    • 2019
  • The Great Alaskan Race (2019)
    The Great Alaskan Race
    • Mayor Maynard
    • 2019
  • Jeanne Tripplehorn and Ray McKinnon in Exeter (2018)
    Exeter
    • Stokes
    • Podcast Series
    • 2018
  • Kate Bosworth and Mike P. Nelson in The Domestics (2018)
    The Domestics
    • Pit Boss Gambler
    • 2018
  • Jere Burns, Rashida Jones, Deon Cole, Hayes MacArthur, Andree Vermeulen, and Jagger in Angie Tribeca (2016)
    Angie Tribeca
    • Arnold Waifer
    • TV Series
    • 2017
  • Tim Allen and Nancy Travis in Last Man Standing (2011)
    Last Man Standing
    • Wayne
    • TV Series
    • 2017
  • Mafia III (2016)
    Mafia III
    • Lou Marcano (voice)
    • Video Game
    • 2016
  • Mark Wahlberg in Deepwater Horizon (2016)
    Deepwater Horizon
    • Bob Kaluza
    • 2016
  • Mathieu Kassovitz in The Bureau (2015)
    The Bureau
    • YouKnowWho
    • TV Series
    • 2015–2016

Producer

  • Camp Abercorn (2016)
    Camp Abercorn
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2016
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

Videos8

Deepwater Horizon
Clip 0:34
Deepwater Horizon
Official Trailer
Trailer 1:40
Official Trailer
Official Trailer
Trailer 2:31
Official Trailer
The Great Alaskan Race
Trailer 2:22
The Great Alaskan Race
The Last Whistle
Trailer 1:49
The Last Whistle
The Bystander Theory
Trailer 2:33
The Bystander Theory
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Trailer 2:19
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Deepwater Horizon
Featurette 1:13
Deepwater Horizon

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Brad LeLand
  • Height
    • 6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
  • Born
    • September 15, 1954
    • Lubbock, Texas, USA
  • Spouse
    • Ramsey WilliamsMarch 18, 1978 - present (3 children)

Did you know

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    Often works with director Peter Berg. Berg cast him in both the film and television versions of "Friday Night Lights", and gave him a cameo in "Hancock".
  • Quotes
    [on his Friday Night Lights (2006) character Buddy Garrity] One thing that we've learned about our show is that Canadians will come up to me and say, "Oh, I knew a Buddy Garrity in Canada," except it was hockey. And in the Midwest it was basketball, and in England it was soccer, and we've had people from Australia who watch our show and talk about rugby. And they know all those coaches, they know the people of Dillon, and yet they grew up in Australia. People don't realize the show is that far-reaching because it's really not a show about football, but more just about coaches and teachers and kids. There's only one minute of football per episode, so it's not really about football.

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