#298: Brennan Brown - Flow State

Funny In Failure

Brennan Brown is a stage and screen actor known for portraying complex and multifaceted characters. After graduating from Yale School of Drama, he landed roles on Broadway in revivals of Shaw's Major Barbara, and Stoppard's The Real Inspector Hound and The Fifteen Minute Hamlet, and in leading theatres throughout America.

On screen Brennan has worked with such visionary directors including Tim Hooper on HBO's "John Adams", John Requa and Glenn Ficarra on both of their films, I Love You Phillip Morris, and Focus, State of Play (dir. Kevin Macdonald), Detachment (dir. Tony Kaye), Midway (dir. Roland Emmerich), The Wolf Hour, and Not Okay.

He has appeared in dozens of primetime shows most notably as antique dealer Robert Childan on the acclaimed Amazon series "The Man in the High Castle", Edward Biben on "Mozart in the Jungle", Agent Donnelly on "Person of Interest", and for the past ten seasons as Dr. Sam Abrams on "Chicago Med". He also appears in the upcoming Netflix series "The Beast In Me". Other appearances on long running shows including "Madam Secretary","Elementary","The Blacklist","Damages","Bull", "Ugly Betty","The Good Wife", "Breaking Bad" and others.

We chat about being an introvert, flow state, his medallion on circle cinemas walk of fame, moving around a lot as child, sobriety, auditioning, the Man in the High Castle, Chicago Med, perfectionism and wanting to get it 'right', unlearning, meditation + plenty more!

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