Brett Rice
Acting in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
Biography
Brett Rice was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the oldest of four children. He attended a number of schools until finally, he was sent to Marist Military Academy in Atlanta, after which he had a short spell in the Army. One day Brett went with a friend to the theater building to wait as he auditioned for a show. While he waited the director asked him if he wanted to audition. He landed a role and from that moment on lived, ate and drank the theater. For the next five years he went to every theater in Atlanta and auditioned for almost everything that came along. This included a TV pilot for The Catlins (1982) which led to a two year contract. He got a part in The Bear (1984), with Gary Busey and then a role in a TV movie called Poison Ivy (1985), with 'Michael J. Fox', 'Adam Baldwin' and…
Filmography
- Glory Road as George McCarty
- Forrest Gump as High School Football Coach
- Remember the Titans as Coach Herb Tyrell
- The Choice as Dr. McCarthy
- Edward Scissorhands as Reporter
- Monster as Charles
- The Blind Side as Cousin Bobby
- The Ultimate Gift as Bill Stevens
- Sully as Carl Clarke
- Frankenstein as Detec. Frye
TV
- 9-1-1: Lone Star as Wayne Gettinger
- Criminal Minds as Det. Bates
- One Tree Hill as Detective
- The Mentalist as Chief Burt Anson
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Ben Gerard
- Lie to Me as Chief Jack Morrow
- Insatiable as Robert Armstrong
- True Blood as Paul Mills
- The Good Doctor as Mr. Wilks
- Longmire as Tucker Baggett