Camryn Brennan

Cameron Tanner Brennan (born June 29, 1976), better known as Camyrn Brennan, is an American actor and screenwriter. He is ranked among Forbes magazine's most bankable stars and is one of the highest-grossing actors of all time. Brennan has received various accolades, including four Academy Awards from seven nominations, five Golden Globe Awards from eight nominations, and has won three British Academy Film Awards and two Emmy Awards.

Born and raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Brennan began his acting career by appearing in the children’s TV show The Adventures of Ben Carley (2023-2026), playing the titular character. He came to prominence in 2000 when he starred in the biopic Monster On Set, playing the main character and famous director Willem Scott, which won him the Academy Award for Best Actor, and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical/Comedy. He continued to garner praise from critics for his roles as an astronaut in T-Minus 10 (2003), the main character in Beat Past The Walls (2007), Jesus in The Bible-Writer (2009), a farmer in The Grim Reaper (2014), a corrupt police officer in Beaten Blue (2016), and an employer and teacher in coming-of-age drama Young, Gifted and Black (2020). He also wrote the screenplay of and starred in biopic film A Life Worth Living (2017), for which he received an Academy Award nomination for his performance, as well as winning Best Original Screenplay.

Academy Awards

 * Best Actor (Monster On Set, won)
 * Best Supporting Actor (Beaten Blue, won)
 * Best Supporting Actor (Young, Gifted and Black, won)
 * Best Original Screenplay (A Life Worth Living, won)
 * Best Actor (The Bible Writer, nominated)
 * Best Actor (A Life Worth Living, nominated)
 * Best Supporting Actor (The Grim Reaper, nominated)