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Brad Leland

Brad Leland

Actor · Born September 15, 1954 (72) · Lubbock, Texas, USA

Graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Acting and Directing from Texas Tech University. Owns Turnkey Productions II, a full-service production company specializing in events, festivals, and shows of all types. An avid golfer and sports enthusiast, he is loyal to the Plano Wildcats(where he was a member of the State Champion football team in 1972), the Texas Tech Red Raiders, and the Dallas Cowboys. Began performing at the Crazy Horse Saloon in Disneyland in 1959 after returning from Japan with his parents, Bill and Shirley Williams. Brad is an avid golfer and enjoys supporting the annual "Beyond the Lights" Celebrity Golf Classic held in Austin, Texas, to help those with spinal cord injuries. Wife's name is Freda, who is also an actor, has two daughters, Thea and Leah. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Brad Williams

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
September 15, 1954 (72)
From
Lubbock, Texas, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
55 on MovieCove · 68 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Down 13% in 30 days

What are Brad Leland's films like?

Across their 19 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.

Genres

Drama6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 29th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 56th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Action3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 14th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Horror2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 27th percentile
: browse their Horror movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
25%
Self
21%
Bonds
19%
Society
16%
Survival
14%
Power
4%
Ideas
2%
Family bonds6 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity5 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival4 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption3 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma3 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSacrifice2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 18 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 16 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 4 · Charged 10 · Intense 4

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 9 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 13 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 1

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 10 · Even-paced 8 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 10 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 1

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 13 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

5 analyzed roles
Trickster
1 of 5
Herald
1 of 5
Hero
1 of 5
Threshold guardian
1 of 5
Shadow
1 of 5

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
12
Melancholic
10
Hopeful
9
Bittersweet
4
Contemplative
4
Other
13

How their films linger

Bittersweet10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy7
  • Bittersweet7
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous4

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Brad Leland's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 40 of their 55 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (18).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Brad Leland's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

68 credits, 55 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • The Gates(2026)

    as Christopher

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Casey Makes a Mixtape(2025)

    as Poppy

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Long Shot(2025)

    as Councilman Hager

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • LaRoy, Texas(2023)

    as Adam Ledoux

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Accidental Texan(2023)

    as Max Dugan

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Love & Death(2023)

    Show 3 episodes · as Chief Royce Abbott

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • The Last of Us(2023)

    Show 1 episode · as Mr. Adler

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • Hostile Territory(2022)

    as Frank Smith

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Land(2021)

    as Colt

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Big Sky(2020)

    Show 1 episode · as Mickey Prescott

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows

  • The Last Whistle(2019)

    as Coach Victor Trenton

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • The Great Alaskan Race(2019)

    as Mayor Maynard

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • The Domestics(2018)

    as Pit Boss Gambler

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Deepwater Horizon(2016)

    as Robert Kaluza

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Angie Tribeca (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 1 episode · as Arnold Waifer

  • The Bureau(2015)

    Show 12 episodes · as YouKnowWho

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Open 24 Hours (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Murph

  • The Song(2014)

    as Mr. Harrison

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • The Leftovers(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as Congressman Witten

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • Killer Women(2014)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all shows

  • The Bystander Theory(2013)

    as Seamus Fuller

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • The Sixth Gun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Constantine

  • Möbius(2013)

    as Agent CIA Möbius

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Veep(2012)

    Show 6 episodes · as Bill O'Brien

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • The Hill Chris Climbed: The Gridiron Heroes Story(2012)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Justified(2010)

    Show 3 episodes · as Calhoun Schreier

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Trauma (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Cleveland Show(2009)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all shows

  • Parks and Recreation(2009)

    Show 1 episode · as Fester Trim

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Miracle at St. Anna(2008)

    as Trueheart Frazier

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Hancock(2008)

    as Executive

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Comanche Moon(2008)

    Show 1 episode · as Militia Commander

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows

  • Walking Tall: The Payback(2007)

    as Mitch

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • The Return(2005)

    as Mr. Marlin

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Friday Night Lights(2006)

    Show 60 episodes · as Buddy Garrity

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Inside Man(2006)

    as Ronnie

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • The Ringer(2005)

    as Mr. Henderson

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Friday Night Lights(2004)

    as John Aubrey

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre(2003)

    as Big Rig Bob

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Rolling Kansas(2003)

    as Dot the Waitress

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • CSI: Miami(2002)

    Show 4 episodes · as John 'Sully' Sullivan

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows

  • American Outlaws(2001)

    as Sheriff

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • 75 Degrees in July (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Highway Policeman

  • The Operator (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Husband

  • The Patriot(1998)

    as Big Bob

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • The Only Thrill(1997)

    as Louis Quillet

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • The Curse of Inferno(1997)

    as Vince Clark

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • The Underneath(1995)

    as Man Delivering Money

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Texas Justice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Stan Farr

  • Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Cop

  • Walker, Texas Ranger(1993)

    Show 2 episodes · as Bobby · as Carl Wade · as Deputy Roy · as Horton · as Joey Dunbar · as Luke · as Ridgeway

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows

  • Revenge on the Highway(1992)

    as Jimmy Fortune

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • An American Story(1992)

    as Andy Buckley

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • Trial: The Price of Passion(1992)

    as Officer Manley

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Ruby(1992)

    as Patrolman

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Stranger at My Door (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Alan Fletcher

  • Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter(1991)

    as Fire Captain

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Blaze(1989)

    as Dufee

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Longarm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Range

  • Shy People(1987)

    as Larry

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Under Cover (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Terry Ray Gray

  • Blood Rage(1987)

    as Teen Boy at Drive-In

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Square Dance(1987)

    as Drunk Cowboy

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • Dalton: Code of Vengeance II(1986)

    as Deputy Hackett

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • North & South: Book 1, North & South(1985)

    Show 3 episodes · as Beaufort

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • Silverado(1985)

    as Trooper (as Brad Williams)

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Show Actor

  • One in a Million (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 96th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 67 titles, 66 of them dated from 1951 to 2026; peak year 2007.

Biggest box office

The Return (2005)

$12M worldwide

Highest rated

Friday Night Lights (2006)

Midcredits 98th

Film career

19512026

Peak 2007 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting67 of 67: 67 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score47th

By decade

1950s1 · acting1980s9 · acting1990s13 · acting2000s18 · acting2010s15 · acting2020s10 · acting

Billing

usually 11th · top billed in 0% of 21 roles
850010

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Brad Leland's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 43rd percentile, the median of all 40; across their 18 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 38th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

38thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 18

Approval · how many liked their films

34thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 18

Reach · how many have seen their films

68thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 18

Midcredits score across 55 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up14
  • 50th to 74th13
  • 25th to 49th17
  • Below 25th11

Shape of the crowd

21 of their 55 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved9
  • Universally Panned2
  • Divisive2
  • Cult Classic3
  • Crowd Pleaser13
  • Broadly Agreed5
  • Mixed21

Most divisive · actor

The Hill Chris Climbed: The Gridiron Heroes Story (2012)

98th percentile spread · 38% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Bureau (2015)

Midcredits 98th · 93% liked

Reviewers score the acting 61/100 in their films, across 16 reviewed titles; fans 76, detractors 37. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Brad Leland's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 35 · mildMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity4 titlesmedian 38 · moderateMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 32 · mildMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 42 · moderateMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 33 · mildMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Brad Leland work with?

People who share at least 2 of Brad Leland's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Christian Sosa shares the most, 3.

Directors

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers