Acting
Brendan Penny
Brendan James Penny (born November 9, 1978) is a Canadian film and television actor who first became well known to TV audiences as A.J. Varland in the first season of Whistler that aired in Canada from 2006–2008. He is perhaps best known as Detective Brian Lucas in Motive, a Canadian crime drama centred on a team of Vancouver homicide detectives, also starring Kristin Lehman, Louis Ferreira and Lauren Holly, which aired from 2013–2016. Brendan currently stars as Kevin O'Brien in the Hallmark Channel family drama series Chesapeake Shores, which premiered on August 14, 2016. He has also been the hero of a number of Hallmark originals.
Filmography
Texas Two-Step
Film · 2026
Mr. & Mrs. Christmas
Film · 2026
The More the Merrier
Film · 2025
Merry Christmas, Ted Cooper!
Film · 2025
Christmas at Sea
Series · 2025
Family Practice Mysteries: Coming Home
Film · 2024
Love on the Danube: Kissing Stars
Film · 2024
A Novel Noel
Film · 2024
The Wedding Cottage
Film · 2023
A Season for Family
Film · 2023
In Merry Measure
Film · 2022
Time for Them to Come Home for Christmas
Film · 2021
Beverly Hills Wedding
Film · 2021
The Secret Ingredient
Film · 2020
A Little Christmas Charm
Film · 2020
Valentine in the Vineyard
Film · 2019
Easter Under Wraps
Film · 2019
Fifty Shades Freed
Film · 2018
Pride, Prejudice and Mistletoe
Film · 2018
A Dash of Love
Film · 2017
Summer in the Vineyard
Film · 2017
Magical Christmas Ornaments
Film · 2017
Autumn in the Vineyard
Film · 2016
Chesapeake Shores
Series · 2016
'Tis the Season for Love
Film · 2015
Gourmet Detective: A Healthy Place to Die
Film · 2015
The Virginian
Film · 2014
Along Came a Nanny
Film · 2014
Heavenly Match
Film · 2014
The Wedding Chapel
Film · 2013
Motive
Series · 2013
Ring of Fire
Series · 2012
Hard Ride to Hell
Film · 2010
Tooth Fairy
Film · 2010
The A-Team
Film · 2010
Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures
Series · 2010
Held Hostage
Film · 2009
I Love You, Beth Cooper
Film · 2009
Christmas Crash
Film · 2009
The Assistants
Series · 2009
Christmas Cottage
Film · 2008
Poison Ivy: The Secret Society
Film · 2008
John Tucker Must Die
Film · 2006
When Jesse Was Born
Film · 2005
Supernatural
Series · 2005
Supernatural
Series · 2005
Stargate Atlantis
Series · 2004
Stargate Atlantis
Series · 2004
Jake 2.0
Series · 2003
Smallville
Series · 2001