![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Actor Born: February 21, 1980 in Staten Island, NY Biography:Since his 1995 debut as "Heather Matarazzo"'s would-be rapist in "Welcome to the Dollhouse", Brendan Sexton III has become a fixture on the independent film circuit. Often playing troubled and/or alienated young men, he has steadily established himself as one of the more compelling, hard-edged actors of his generation.
Nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Debut Performance for his work in Dollhouse (the award ultimately went to his co-star, Matarazzo), the Staten Island native immediately began to attract notice in the indie film arena. Following a small role as another troubled boy in that same year's "Empire Records", he went on to appear in a number of independent features, including 1997's "Arresting Gena" and "A, B, C . . . Manhattan". In 1998, "John Waters" cast him as the shoplifting friend of "Pecker"'s titular hero; that same year, Sexton led a cast of up-and-comers... Full Biography
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