Brendan Penny
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances

Time for Them to Come Home for Christmas
as Paul
2021

The Wedding Cottage
as Evan Stanford
2023

Held Hostage
as Chris Clark
2009

Hard Ride to Hell
as Danny
2010

I Love You, Beth Cooper
as Sean
2009

Christmas Crash
as Matt
2009

A Season for Family
as Paul
2023

The Virginian
as Owen Walton
2014

Along Came a Nanny
as Dean Bartons
2014

In Merry Measure
as Adam
2022

Fifty Shades Freed
as Co-Pilot Beighley (Grey Jet)
2018

Heavenly Match
as David Swenson
2014

Family Practice Mysteries: Coming Home
as Detective Jack Quinn
2024

'Tis the Season for Love
as Dean Hubert
2015

Tooth Fairy
as Josh
2010

The A-Team
as C130J Pilot #1
2010

Autumn in the Vineyard
as Nate DeLuca
2016

Love on the Danube: Kissing Stars
as Tripp
2024

A Dash of Love
as Paul Dellucci
2017

Summer in the Vineyard
as Nate DeLuca
2017
TV Appearances

Chesapeake Shores
as Kevin O'Brien
2016

Motive
as Detective Brian Lucas
2013

Supernatural
as Steve
2005

Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures
as Claude
2010

Supernatural
as Demon
2005

The Assistants
as Danny Newell
2009

Stargate Atlantis
as Male Wraith
2004

Smallville
as Wagner
2001

Stargate Atlantis
as Todd the Wraith
2004

Ring of Fire
as Eric Vascer
2012

Jake 2.0
as Rollerblader
2003
