Brendan Sexton III (born February 21, 1980, in Staten Island, New York, USA) is an American actor whose work has included primarily independent films. Brendan made his debut in Todd Solondz's Welcome to the Dollhouse playing the troubled bully Brandon McCarthy, for which he was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. He was the lead in Hurricane Streets and Desert Blue and also appeared in Boys Don't Cry, Black Hawk Down, and Just Like the Son, as well as the cult films Empire Records and Pecker. He most recently starred in The Marconi Bros. alongside Tony Award winner Dan Fogler, and in Jonathan Blitstein's Let Them Chirp Awhile alongside Justin Rice.