Wren T. Brown

Wren Troy Brown (born June 11, 1964) is an American actor, film producer, theatre director and a musical theatre director, known for his work in film, television, and voice. He is also the producing artistic director of "the first and only African-American professional Equity theatre company in Los Angeles," the award-winning Ebony Repertory Theatre (ERT), which he and theatre director Israel Hicks co-founded in 2007 to create a "world-class professional theatre rooted in the experience of the African Diaspora." Most recently, in his debut book The Family Business, Four Generations of One Black Family's Artistic Odyssey, Brown shares the story of his family's more than 100-year journey in the arts, offering a look at the lasting impact of Black artists on American culture.

Film acting His film acting has included work in Hollywood Shuffle, co-written by Robert Townsend and Keenen Ivory Wayans in 1987; Forest Whitaker's 1995 Waiting to Exhale, and David Mamet's Edmond in 2007, which he appeared in with William H. Macy. Theatre Under his artistic direction, the Ebony Repertory Theatre has produced award-winning productions including August Wilson's Two Trains Running; Crowns, featuring the late Paula Kelly; A Raisin in the Sun, directed by Tony winner Phylicia Rashad; and the musicals The Gospel at Colonus and Five Guys Named Moe. In 2018, Brown's "theatre directing debut was made at Colorado's Lone Tree Arts Center with August Wilson's Fences."

Film producer Brown served as associate producer on the Apartheid drama Boesman & Lena'' (2000), starring Danny Glover and Angela Bassett. Directed by John Berry, the film was praised for its stars "powerhouse" performances and "an unusually physical approach to theatrical material." His second was a concert film of Dianne Reeves' Grammy Award-winning album, In The Moment: Live in Concert.

Married to wife Anne since October 12, 1991, the couple has three children together.