Brian Carpenter

bricarp@post.harvard.edu

Quickie Demo

Here's a one-minute demo (10.2MB) showing highlights of five of the roles I've done recently: Boston Legal, The Sarah Silverman Program, Close to Home, Desperate Housewives (all TV), and Yesterday Was A Lie (film).

What's New
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I just shot a co-star on the hit series, "Mad Men." It's the second episode of the third season, called "Love Among the Ruins." I'll post the air date soon. I can't say anything more about it except that I was in a scene with series regulars Michael Gladis and Vincent Kartheiser. My character looks something like this:

We are remounting an Equity production of the play I did last summer, "The Accomplices." It's a World War II drama, set in the United States, about the struggle of one man to establish an agency to save Jewish refugees. It runs from Saturday, April 25, through Sunday, June 14, at The Odyssey Theatre, 2055 S Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90025. I play Undersecretary of State, Breckinridge Long (the villain of the piece):

Photos by Ed Krieger

Here's a montage of my moments in the recently-aired "Kath & Kim." on NBC. I play opposite Molly Shannon, Maya Rudolph, Jennifer Coolidge, and John Michael Higgins. I'm a "fussy" community theatre director who's auditioning actors for a musical. Three of them end up singing a rollicking version of a show tune that ends, literally, in fireworks!

Shooting wrapped recently on a two-character short film, "Three Faces of Evelyn," in which I play a troubled psychiatrist treating a multiple-personality patient (Kathryn Taylor). The finished film should be available for the festival circuit shortly. Here are some stills from the set:

Headshots
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Click on the thumbnail to see the full-sized photo:

Photos 1-16 by Joshua Gates. Photos 17-18 by Thomas Richter.

Film & Television
JLA Talent (Jarett)-- (323) 932-2500
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In the sitcom 'Til Death, I played a kindly minister opposite series regular Brad Garrett:

Minister (12.5MB)

In the 4th episode of The Sarah Silverman Program, I had a scene with Sarah Silverman in which I played the fussy judge of the Little Miss Rainbow contest, a beauty pageant for prepubescent girls:

Beauty Pageant Judge (8.8MB)

I appeared on Boston Legal in the episode "Fat Burner," playing a medical expert witness, "Dr. Farrell," opposite series regular Rene Auberjonois:

Dr. Farrell (6.7MB)

I did a scene as a '50's TV shrink in the award-winning noir feature, Yesterday Was A Lie, directed by James Kerwin. The following clip is raw footage: in the final cut of the film, there will be audience sound effects (applause) and the audio will be "aged" to sound like a '50's TV broadcast:

TV Shrink (1MB)

On a huge sound stage at Universal Studios, we wrapped the upcoming feature, Evan Almighty, starring Steve Carell and John Goodman. I play a U.S. Congressman in one of the film's final scenes, which involved hundreds of extras, live elephants, and alpaca spit!

In the final two-hour final episode of ABC's Desperate Housewives last season, I played a jewelry clerk in a (very short) scene with Richard Burgi (Karl) and Jamie Denton (Mike).

Jewelry Clerk (2.2MB)

In the Jerry Bruckheimer/CBS crime drama Close to Home last season, I played Judge Myers in the episode, The Shot. Here are several short clips:

THE CALL
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"The Call" is the story of solitary telemarketer Ike Lundquist, whose humdrum existence is dramatically altered when, under the terms of a new Constitutional Amendment, he is required to perform a devastating"citizen's duty."

Here are some scenes from the film:

Cold Call (6.5MB)

Summons (7MB)

Talking to Sam (5.1MB)

Prison (9.8MB)

WE WERE SOLDIERS
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The following is my scene opposite Mel Gibson in the DVD of "We Were Soldiers." (It is in the "Deleted Scenes" section: "Moore debriefed by McNamara and Westmoreland." ) The first voice in the clip is that of Academy Award-winning director Randall Wallace, who comments,"This is another scene that was terrific...I thought the acting job was tremendous, Brian Carpenter playing Robert McNamara..."

Other film and television work:
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The Mullets (1.3MB)

East of Eden 1 (7MB)

East of Eden 2 (5.7MB)

Mi Casa Es Su Casa (5.6MB)

Follow Your Heart (6.2MB)

Dr. Quinn, MedicineWoman (3.5MB)

Commercial
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LendingTree.Com:

"Suiting Up"

"Helping Hands"

"Grill"

Crunch Gym (7.8MB) directed by Thomas Richter

AT&T One Rate (3MB)

Great Indoors (4MB)

Coolboarders (8.3MB) directed by Thomas Richter

Industrial
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Homewood Customer (English Version) (1.8MB)

Homewood Customer (Spanish Version) (1.8MB)

Voiceover
AKA Talent Agency (Arlene)--(323) 965-5600

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I play one of the voices (the male one!) of a box of wilted flowers in a new floral service commercial:

flowersvo.mp3

Contacts
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You can reach me via my AGENTS for theatrical, commerical, voiceover, or print work:

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