Brendan Penny
Acting
Biography
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.
As actor 48
Supernatural
2005
Smallville
2001
Stargate Atlantis
2004
Fifty Shades Freed
2018
Chesapeake Shores
2016
Motive
2013
The A-Team
2010
Tooth Fairy
2010
John Tucker Must Die
2006
I Love You, Beth Cooper
2009
Jake 2.0
2003
Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures
2010
The Assistants
2009
Ring of Fire
2012
Poison Ivy: The Secret Society
2008
Christmas Cottage
2008
Pride, Prejudice and Mistletoe
2018
The More the Merrier
2025
A Season for Family
2023
Valentine in the Vineyard
2019
Magical Christmas Ornaments
2017
Texas Two-Step
2026
A Dash of Love
2017
The Virginian
2014
Time for Them to Come Home for Christmas
2021
The Wedding Chapel
2013
Held Hostage
2009
Family Practice Mysteries: Coming Home
2024
Love on the Danube: Kissing Stars
2024
A Novel Noel
2024
Easter Under Wraps
2019
Christmas at Sea
2025
In Merry Measure
2022
Merry Christmas, Ted Cooper!
2025
Along Came a Nanny
2014
'Tis the Season for Love
2015
Heavenly Match
2014
Autumn in the Vineyard
2016
Hard Ride to Hell
2010
Gourmet Detective: A Healthy Place to Die
2015
Beverly Hills Wedding
2021
The Wedding Cottage
2023
The Secret Ingredient
2020
When Jesse Was Born
2005
A Little Christmas Charm
2020
Summer in the Vineyard
2017
Christmas Crash
2009
Mr. & Mrs. Christmas
2026