Brandon Molale
- Acting
- November 24, 1971 · Pocatello, Idaho, USA
Biography
Brandon Molale (born November 24, 1971, in Pocatello, Idaho) is an American actor and stuntman, 6′ 4″ tall, and a former college and pro football player. He earned a B.A. in advertising and marketing from Fresno State University, studied improvisation with the Groundlings, and trained in acting with Patsy Rodenburg and Richard Lawson. He moved to Los Angeles in 1998, began as a stunt performer, and is a SAG-AFTRA member. He currently coaches JV football at Mira Costa High School. His most recognized roles are Kevin Ward in Mr. Deeds (2002, with Adam Sandler) and Blazer in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004, with Vince Vaughn). Other film credits include The Longest Yard (2005), Collateral (2004), Mission: Impossible III (2006, with Tom Cruise), Bone Tomahawk (2015), and Trust (2011, with Clive Owen). On television he is best known as Bucky Featherstone in True Blood (2011, HBO) and Major Slim Kirkpatrick in Granite Flats (2013–2015), with over 200 total screen credits.
Known for
Filmography
- The Stranger
- Reno 911!: The Hunt for QAnon · Huge Q Dude
- Space Force · Clarke Luffinch
- Reno 911! · Big guy in underwear
- Run Sweetheart Run · Cop
- Grand Hotel · Thomas
- The Rookie · Bigger (uncredited)
- City of Lies · Strip Club Bouncer
- grown-ish · Police Officer
- S.W.A.T. · Trucker
- Raven's Home · Security Guard
- 48 Hours to Live · Tony the Wolf
- Lethal Weapon · Guard
- Colony · Deportation Center Redhat
- Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life
- Bone Tomahawk · Noseless Troglodyte (uncredited)
- Blackhat · Sort Guard
- Scorpion · Joe, Stunts
- Henry Danger · Big Oscar
- Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. · Main Guard, Smith
- Gangster Squad · Jimmy 'Bockscar' Knox
- The Collection · Lin
- Wedding Day · Cody
- Scandal · Capitol Policeman
- American Horror Story · 1969 Institution Guard
- Honey 2 · Officer Gordon
- Happy Endings · Brandon
- Body of Proof · SWAT #1
- Working Class
- Little Murder · Barry's Bodyguard
- Suite 7 · Brandon
- Glory Daze · Wrestler
- Hawaii Five-0 · Guard
- Trust · Volleyball Coach
- The Chosen One · Cop # 1
- The Dead Undead · Team Leader
- Magic Man · Darryl
- Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant · Vampaneze (uncredited)
- Better Off Ted · Extraction Guy #1
- Farm House · Man
- Trunk · Police Officer
- The Mentalist · Mervin
- True Blood · Bucky Featherstone
- Meet Dave · Security Guard
- Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles · Big Cop
- Big Stan · Piken
- Chuck · Ivan
- iCarly · Officer Platt
- Balls of Fury · Male Courtesan #1
- The Guild · Brandon Molale
- Reno 911!: Miami · Kevlar Guy
- Area 57 · Armed Soldier
- The Guardian · Navy Guy
- Mission: Impossible III · Torturer (uncredited)
- Bones · Alan Bates
- It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia · Big Eric
- The Longest Yard · Guard Malloy
- Grey's Anatomy · Beefy Patient
- Boston Legal · Mike
- Desperate Housewives · Guy
- Collateral · Limo Driver
- DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story · Blazer
- Arrested Development · Guard Duck
- The Rundown · Goon (uncredited)
- Coupling · Chad
- NCIS · Jack Reynolds
- Reno 911! · Nighthawk, Bartender
- The Master of Disguise · Doorman
- She Spies · Stunts
- Mr. Deeds · Kevin Ward
- One on One · Policeman
- Forbidden Highway · Big Boy
- The Huntress
- Whatever It Takes · Utility Stunts
- Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me · Muscled Guy at Pool (uncredited)
- Charmed · Rocco
- That '70s Show · Karate Instructor
- MADtv · Stone Cold Edie Austin
- Boy Meets World · Rocco