Mehcad Brooks

Mehcad Brooks
Birth name:	Mehcad Jason McKinley Brooks
Gender:	Male
Roles:	Actor
Date of birth:	October 25th, 1980
Place of birth:	Austin, Texas
Notable works:	Desperate Housewives My Generation Necessary Roughness Supergirl True Blood

Mehcad Jason McKinley Brooks is a television actor born in Austin, Texas on October 25th, 1980. His first credited work on a television series was playing Shawn Hodges in the "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" episode of Do Over. His first work in a recurring role was as Russell Clark on four episodes of the series Boston Public. His first billed role was in 2006 when he played Matthew Applewhite during season two of Desperate Housewives. In 2008 he appeared in seven episodes of The Game as a character named Jerome. Mehcad then went on to play "Eggs" Benedict Talley on season two of the HBO series True Blood. Following that, he had a recurring role on The Deep End as Malcolm Bennett. He played Rolly Marks on several episodes of My Generation before landing the role of Terrence King on the USA Network sports series Necessary Roughness. In 2015, Mehcad was cast a series regular on the CBS TV series Supergirl. Mehcad took on the role of veteran photojournalist James "Jimmy" Olsen, who moves from Metropolis to National City where he becomes a sidekick and friend to Supergirl.

Credits

Series credits

Series	Episodes/Seasons	Role
Desperate Housewives	23 episodes	Matthew Applewhite
The Game	7 episodes	Jerome
True Blood	13 episodes	Eggs Talley
The Deep End	6 episodes	Malcolm Bennett
My Generation	8 episodes	Rolly Marks
Necessary Roughness	All episodes	Terrence King

Episode credits

Series	Episode	Role

Notes & Trivia

• Mehcad Brooks shares a birthday with True Blood co-star Mariana Klaveno, who was born in 1979.

External Links

• Mehcad Brooks at IMDB
• Mehcad Brooks at the TV IV
• Mehcad Brooks at Wikipedia
• Mehcad Brooks at TV.com guide
• Mehcad Brooks at TV Rage.com
• Mehcad Brooks at the True Blood Wiki

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