Hitting the audition process hard at the sweet age of fourteen; character actor, Brent Austin Tarnol takes the industry by storm. Since starting out on the stage as the comic relief role in his first stage performance, Brent has molded into fine, funny, young actor. Trained by acting coaches Josh Adell and the great Joe Palese, Brent has learned to tighten his skills with the Strausberg, Stanislavksy and Meisner methods. With only a half a decade in the business, Brent has booked over twenty-professional roles. With two nationwide commercials (T-mobile and Del-Taco) and TV credits which include guest spots on television shows Heroes, How I Met Your Mother, Women's Murder Club, Samantha Who and recurring roles on Raising the Bar, and Disney Channel's: Sonny with a Chance...along with many others. As Brent continues to practice his craft as an actor he continues to build his production company called: Banana Tree Pictures. Along with acting and producing, Brent writes his own screenplays, two, which have been sold, and about a half of a dozen, which he had produced. Brent Austin Tarnol plans to be in the industry as long as the industry will have him.
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Biography from IMDb.
- September 2, 1987 (39)
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Actor, writer and producer
- 14 on Motif · 18 credits in all
What are Brent Tarnol's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Survival.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
A split, not a type: Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 2
A split, not a type: Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1
A split, not a type: Gentle 1 · Charged 1 · Intense 2
Steady 0 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 3
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 1
Casual 1 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 0
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
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 Brent Tarnol's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 10 of their 14 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Brent Tarnol's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Motif 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
18 credits, 14 with a Motif page.
Snag(2023)
Motif score: 13th percentile of all films
Motif score: 1st percentile of all films
Reach(2018)
Motif score: 44th percentile of all films
See You in Valhalla(2015)
Motif score: 24th percentile of all films
April Apocalypse(2013)
Motif score: 19th percentile of all films
Stripped(2013)
Motif score: 21st percentile of all films
Blackout (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2012)
Project X(2012)
Motif score: 71st percentile of all films
Barrio Tales (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2012)
Difficult to Stay Alive and Die (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2011)
Monster Heroes (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2010)
Sonny with a Chance(2009)
Motif score: 29th percentile of all shows
Samantha Who?(2007)
Motif score: 56th percentile of all shows
Heroes(2006)
Motif score: 73rd percentile of all shows
Ghost Whisperer(2005)
Motif score: 38th percentile of all shows
How I Met Your Mother(2005)
Motif score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Weeds(2005)
Motif score: 86th percentile of all shows
Drake & Josh(2004)
Motif score: 85th percentile of all shows
Career shape
Star power in the 73rd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 18 titles from 2004 to 2023; peak year 2012.
Film career
Peak 2012 · fewer prominent film roles lately. 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.
- 2012Screen debut· Project X
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 Motif score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on Motif, shown from 5 scored.
How do Brent Tarnol's films land?
Their typical Motif film has a Motif score in the 21st percentile, the median of all 7; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 22nd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th5
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 14 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Divisive1
- Cult Classic2
- Crowd Pleaser5
- Mixed5
Reviewers score the acting 48/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 71, detractors 33. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; 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 Motif score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their Motif 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.
Who does Brent Tarnol work with?
People who share at least 2 of Brent Tarnol's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jarret Tarnol shares the most, 2.
Directors
- Jarret TarnolShared titles: See You in Valhalla (2015), April Apocalypse (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Jarret Tarnol
Editors
- Joseph D. CarellaShared titles: See You in Valhalla (2015), April Apocalypse (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Joseph D. Carella
Producers
- Bernie GewisslerShared titles: See You in Valhalla (2015), April Apocalypse (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Bernie Gewissler