Brandon Jay McLaren

Brandon Jay McLaren is a Canadian actor. He made his first screen appearance in the television series Just Cause. He has been known for his main and supporting roles in shows such as Graceland, Power Rangers S.P.D., Ransom, Harper's Island, The Rookie, and Slasher. He has also had roles in the feature films She's the Man, Tucker & Dale vs. Evil, and Dead Before Dawn.

In 2005, McLaren gained prominence with the main role of Jack Landors, the Red Ranger in Power Rangers S.P.D.. Since then, he has had a variety of roles in several films and television series.

Early life McLaren was born to Ira and Denise McLaren. He graduated from Johnston Heights Secondary School in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, and received a bachelor's degree in Human Biology from the University at Albany, SUNY in New York State. McLaren attended SUNY on an athletic scholarship and was part of the school's NCAA Division I soccer team.

Career McLaren was a guest star in the episode "Bloodlines" of Blade: The Series and was featured throughout the first season of The N original television series The Best Years as Devon Sylver, the love interest of lead character Samantha Best. He is also well known to Canadian audiences for his role of Lenin, Sam's love interest, in the popular show Being Erica, and he portrayed Jamil Dexter as a recurring role on TNT's Falling Skies. He also starred as U.S. Customs agent Dale Jakes on Graceland, Marco on Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce, Danny Booker on Chicago Fire and Bennet Ahmed on The Killing. He also played the role of Xavier Wilson in the Disney+ series, Turner & Hooch.

Personal life McLaren was previously married to Miekka Tennent. They divorced in 2014.

Awards McLaren was awarded the Golden Maple Award for Best Actor in a TV series broadcast in the U.S. in 2015, for his role on Graceland.

Filmography

Films Year Film Role Notes 2003 D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear Eye Witness TV movie 2004 Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed Skater Dude #2 Perfect Romance Rude student TV movie Have You Heard? Secret Central Eddie Edwards Video 2006 She's the Man Toby 2007 Ashes Fall Owen Short Hybrid Ashmore TV movie Scar Howard 2008 Love Sick: Secrets of a Sex Addict Gabriel Vice Gangbanger Driver Yeti: Curse of the Snow Demon Rice TV movie Sea Beast Drew TV movie 2009 Dr. Dolittle: Million Dollar Mutts Brandon Turner Video Love Happens Mohawk Cole Clay Messages Deleted Dude up Front 2010 Tucker & Dale vs. Evil Jason Ratko: The Dictator's Son Juwaan Hard Ride to Hell Dirk Video 2011 Two Knots Devon Short 2012 Dead Before Dawn Ricky "Dazzle" Darlington 2013 Plush Butch Hopkins Seasick Sailor Big Guy Short 2015 Almost Anything Will Romantically Speaking Dave TV movie 2020 Marry Me This Christmas Daniel English TV movie

Television Year Title Role Notes 2002 Just Cause Maurice Episode: "Blackboard Jungle" 2003 Black Sash Antoine Episode: "Snapshots" 2004 The Chris Isaak Show Clerk Episode: "The Little Mermaid" Smallville Delivery Man Episode: "Covenant" The Collector Posse Member #1 Episode: "The Rapper" The Days Trey Morgan Recurring Cast 2005 Reunion Anthony Marjorino Episode: "1992" Power Rangers S.P.D. Jack Landors/Red S.P.D. Ranger Main Cast 2006 Blade: The Series Run Run Episode: "Bloodlines" Smallville Yance Episode: "Fallout" 2007–09 The Best Years Devon Sylver Main Cast: Season 1, Guest: Season 2 2009 Kyle XY College Student Episode: "Welcome to Latnok" Harper's Island Danny Brooks Main Cast CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Anthony Samuels Episode: "The Lost Girls" 2010 Human Target Omar Episode: "Run" 2010–11 Being Erica Lenin Recurring Cast: Season 3-4 2011 R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour Major Mayhem Episode: "Game Over" 2011–12 The Killing Bennett Ahmed Recurring Cast: Season 1, Guest: Season 2 2012 Falling Skies Jamil Dexter Recurring Cast: Season 2 2013–15 Graceland Dale Jakes Main Cast 2015 Motive Lee Ward Episode: "The Suicide Tree" Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce Marco Recurring Cast: Season 1-2 2016 Slasher Dylan Bennett Main Cast: Season 1 Chicago Fire Danny Booker Recurring Cast: Season 4 2017 Criminal Minds Adrian Scott Episode: "Blue Angel" 2017–19 Ransom Oliver Yates Main Cast 2018 UnREAL Dr. Simon Recurring Cast: Season 3 2020 The Twilight Zone Frisch Episode: "8" 2021 Firefly Lane Travis Recurring Cast: Season 1 Turner & Hooch Xavier Wilson Main Cast 2021–26 The Rookie Elijah Stone Recurring Cast: Season 4-5, Guest: Season 8 2022 Everything's Trash Hamilton Hayes Recurring Cast 2022–23 Snowfall Beau Buckley Recurring Cast: Season 5-6 2023 The Rookie: Feds Elijah Stone Episode: "Payback" 2024 The Cleaning Lady Jeremy Dolan Recurring Cast: Season 3 2025 Wayward Dwayne Andrews Recurring Cast 2026 Chicago Med Jason Walker Recurring Cast: Season 11