Shannon Brown

Shannon Brown is an award-winning actor, producer, director, and casting director. He started his professional acting career in 1999 in Los Angeles, CA. He was fortunate to experience success rather quickly, booking an episode of NBC's hit sitcom, Friends. Soon after that, he also booked an episode of FOX's sitcom Action. As a result, Shannon was considered a "must join" and became a member of SAG very early in his career. Shannon was able to find consistent work in the LA market for the next four years. Although his career was on the upswing, Shannon was forced to move back to Chicago to deal with a family tragedy. Upon his return to his home market, Shannon put his acting career on hold with the intention of moving back to the west coast to pick up where he left off. Life happens and seven years later, Shannon was still in Chicago. In 2010, he couldn't put his passion on the back burner any longer. He got back into the business and did so with great vigor. Shannon is thrilled to be working consistently in his home town of Chicago, while also being based out of LA. He has worked all across the country in various markets. Shannon has starred in films that were shot in Chicago, LA, New York, Florida, Michigan and Arizona. Since his return in 2010, Shannon's résumé features projects ranging from TV and commercials to short and feature films. One of his recent films recently enjoyed a national release in theaters, a financial thriller starring Minnie Driver, Frank Grillo, John Leguizamo and Maggie Q, among others, titled The Crash. Shannon was also cast as the lead in the other two features, Halloweed and Smothered by Mothers. He also had the opportunity to work with great talent in these two films, including Tom Sizemore, Danny Trejo, Burt Young, Heather Matarazzo, Simon Rex, Jason Mewes, Jim O'Heir, Alice Amter, Burt Young, Robert Craighead, Jamie Bernadette, Andy Milonakis and Ray Wise, among others.