Brent Huff is an award-winning actor, writer, and director, best known for his recurring roles in Shameless, The Rookie, The Rookie: Feds, Pensacola: Wings of Gold, and Black Scorpion. He has also written and directed numerous successful films.
Huff was a Theatre Major at the University of Missouri, where he was also on the basketball and track teams. After his junior year, he decided to pursue an acting career full-time and moved to New York City to study at the famed H.B. Studios.
Huff's first major film role was in the French cult film, The Perils of Gwendoline, in 1984, where he played the rugged action hero opposite Tawny Kitean. He has since had the unique opportunity to work as an actor and director around the globe in countries such as France, Italy, Austria, South Africa, Argentina, Brazil, Russia, Serbia, Thailand, and Morocco.
During the Padua Hills Playwrights Festival in 1988, Huff appeared on stage in Susan Champagne's highly anticipated Honeymoon, which was a critical success. He won the coveted role of John Mellencamp's troubled brother in the film, Falling from Grace, in 1992.
Huff wrote and directed his first feature film, We the People, in 1994, which was produced by his friend, James Brolin. Several of his films have been film festival winners.
In 2012, Huff directed the documentary, Behind the Orange Curtain, which addresses the opioid addiction crises in America. The film continues to screen across the country and has been endorsed by numerous policy makers. In 2013, his documentary, Chasing Beauty, which pulled back the curtain on the modeling industry, shocked Hollywood when it became the #1 documentary on iTunes as well as the #1 fashion documentary on IMDb.
Huff just completed directing the family film, A Genie's Tail, which stars YouTube sensation, Jake Paul, as well as Laura Marano and Kevin and John Farley. He is in post-production on the documentary films, Creating Giants and The Jackie Stiles Story, which profiles Harvard professor, Steve Jarding, and basketball legend, Jackie Stiles, respectively.
Huff has also directed three award-winning short films, including Lapdancing, Hero, and Helpless. As an in-demand writer, he has sold numerous produced screenplays, including Black Rose, Magic Man, Face of Terror, and Power Play. Known for his low, gravelly voice, Huff has been heard in hundreds of TV and radio commercials.
Huff is married to actress Shawn Huff.
