title: Brent Bailey
text: # Brent Bailey
  
  Brent Bailey is an American film and television actor, director, producer, and screenwriter born in Tucson, Arizona. Bailey has appeared in television series such as Criminal Minds, Rizzoli & Isles and Hart of Dixie. Bailey also played Alex Knightley in the webseries Emma Approved, which won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Interactive Program in 2015. He played John F. Kennedy's speechwriter Ted Sorensen in the film LBJ, directed by Rob Reiner.
  
  ## Filmography
  
  * The Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down (2006) as Kissing Guy
  * Fear Is a Lot Like Love (2006 short) as Sunbather
  * The Last Sentinel (2007) as Action Drone
  * Waiting (2007 short) as College Guy #1
  * Privileged (1 episode, 2008) as Antione
  * Life (1 episode 2009) Andy Diller
  * Suspension of Disbelief (2009 Short) as Sam
  * Leaving Bliss (8 episodes, 2009) as Madison
  * Life with Kat & McKay (1 episode, 2009) as Thor
  * Relish (2009) as Mike
  * It's Not About Coffee (2010) as Chris
  * Ship in a Bottle (2010) as The Captain
  * Continental Divide (2010 Short) as Will
  * We're Not Together (2011) as Brandon
  * Going Down in LA-LA Land (2011) as Dean
  * Think Like a Man (2012) as Waiter
  * Love-Stupid (2 episodes, 2012) as Derek
  * Whitney (1 episode, 2013) as Matt
  * Threshold (2013) as Alex
  * My Synthesized Life (11 episodes, 2013) as Jimmy Bales
  * The Republic of Two (2013) as Tim
  * Crimson Winter (2013) as Fearghas
  * Criminal Minds (1 episode, 2013) as Scotty Delfino
  * Precipitation (2014) as Jordan
  * Vid_687337 (2014) as David (and as director)
  * Emma Approved (52 episodes, 2013–2014) as Alex Knightley
  * Ru (2014) as Justin G.
  * Classic Alice (2 episodes, 2014) as Anthony White, Hot TA
  * Hart of Dixie (1 episode, 2014) as Zack
  * Passport (2014) as Jimmy
  * Bella and the Bulldogs (1 episode, 2015) as Bella's Dad
  * Rizzoli & Isles (1 episode, 2015) as Tony
  * Karma's a B*Tch - The Series (1 episode, 2015) as Chuck
  * Soundproof (2015) as Andy
  * Palo Alto (2 episodes, 2015) as Sam Cohen
  * Her Dinner Party (2015) as Benjamin
  * LBJ (2016) as Ted Sorensen
  * Girlfriends of Christmas Past (2016) as Carter Bolton
  * Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2 episodes, 2018) as Agent Thomas
  * Coop & Cami Ask the World (1 episode, 2019) as Eric Wrather
  * A Cape Cod Christmas as Christian (December 4, 2021)
  * Maggie as Spencer (July 6, 2022)
  * The Holiday Dating Guide as Michael (December 17, 2022)
  
  ## As writer/director/producer
  
  * Vid_687337 (2014) as David (also as cinematographer. editor)
  * Kids with Adult Problems (12 episodes, 2014)
  
  ## Recognition
  
  ### Awards and nominations
  
  * 2014, Indie Series Awards nomination as 'Best Lead Actor' for My Synthesized Life
  * 2014, Streamy Awards nomination for 'Best Male Actor in a Comedy Web Series' for Emma Approved
  * 2014, International Academy of Web Television award co-nomination for 'Best Ensemble Performance' for Emma Approved
  