Actor
Brendan Penny
November 9, 1978 · Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Brendan James Penny (born November 9, 1978) is a Canadian film and television actor who first became well known to TV audiences as A.J. Varland in the first season of Whistler that aired in Canada from 2006–2008. He is perhaps best known as Detective Brian Lucas in Motive, a Canadian crime drama centred on a team of Vancouver homicide detectives, also starring Kristin Lehman, Louis Ferreira and Lauren Holly, which aired from 2013–2016. Brendan currently stars as Kevin O'Brien in the Hallmark Channel family drama series Chesapeake Shores, which premiered on August 14, 2016. He has also been the hero of a number of Hallmark originals.
Notable work
8.3Supernatural (2005)
as Steve and as Demon
6.7Fifty Shades Freed (2018)
as Co-Pilot Beighley (Grey Jet)
6.4The A-Team (2010)
as C130J Pilot #1
8.2Smallville (2001)
as Wagner
5.5Tooth Fairy (2010)
as Josh
6.1John Tucker Must Die (2006)
as Teammate #1
8Stargate Atlantis (2004)
as Male Wraith and as Todd the Wraith
6I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009)
as Sean
Often works with
Jared Padalecki
2 titles together
Supernatural, Christmas Cottage
Jensen Ackles
2 titles together
Supernatural, Smallville
Eric Johnson
2 titles together
Fifty Shades Freed, Smallville
Marcia Gay Harden
2 titles together
Fifty Shades Freed, Christmas Cottage
Arielle Kebbel
2 titles together
Fifty Shades Freed, John Tucker Must Die
Aaron Ashmore
2 titles together
Smallville, Christmas Cottage
Full filmography · 46
Texas Two-Step
as Luke
2026
The More the Merrier
as Dr. Brian Davis
2025
Merry Christmas, Ted Cooper!
as Ken
2025
A Novel Noel
as Sawyer
20246.7
Love on the Danube: Kissing Stars
as Tripp
2024
Family Practice Mysteries: Coming Home
as Detective Jack Quinn
2024
A Season for Family
as Paul
2023
The Wedding Cottage
as Evan Stanford
20237.2
In Merry Measure
as Adam
2022
Time for Them to Come Home for Christmas
as Paul
20216.4
Beverly Hills Wedding
as Cory
20216.6
A Little Christmas Charm
as Greg Matthews
20206.9