Brandon Alan Heitkamp (born April 29, 1985) is an American actor, producer, and owner of the production company New Heits Entertainment. He is best known for the following films: Valley of Bones (2017), Bad Frank (2017), Dirty Dead Con Men (2017), and Oxenfree (2016). Brandon was born on April 29, 1985 in Aurora Colorado, the oldest child of Alan W. Heitkamp, a salesman and ultimately regional sales manager for a food distribution company, and Trish Heitkamp, an administrative assist and photographer. His younger brother, Jerod, was born in 1986. His upbringing in North Dakota, in the blue collar state, he was always a daydreamer and storyteller. As a teen, he joined theater and emersed himself in the arts. At 17, went to Australia for a cross country competition and fell in love with travel. In 2003, he enrolled at Dickinson State University which was the only college that accepted him, later transferring to MSU Moorhead where he majored in theater. During that period, Brandon was involved in every single production either on stage or behind the scenes. He left MSU Moorhead in 2007 and moved to Los Angeles. He initially couldn't afford anything other than bills. A friend was looking for a chef and he offered to cook dinner for her as long as she would buy the food and they would eat together. He would eat once a day unless she decided to go out to eat for the first eight months of living in LA. For the first few year's he would do local theater projects in the LA area until he auditioned for his first feature through Facebook. Everything changed when he met Choice Skinner and his acting school Breakin Through Acting Workshop. Skinner instilled confidence in Brandon and allowed him the opportunity to be an actor and producer in multiple films.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Actor and producer
- 4 on MovieCove · 7 credits in all
What are Brandon Heitkamp's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 2
Grounded 2 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 3
Steady 0 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 2
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 1
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 2
Resolved 1 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1
Roles they play
- Allyas Dutch in Wingman Inc. (2015)
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 Brandon Heitkamp's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Brandon Heitkamp'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
7 credits, 4 with a MovieCove page.
Vampire Burt's Serenade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Dirty Dead Con Men(2018)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
Valley of Bones (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Bad Frank(2017)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Oxenfree(2016)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Wingman Inc.(2015)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
The Bloody Indulgent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Career shape
Star power in the 2nd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 6 titles from 2014 to 2020.
Film career
- 2018Screen debut· Dirty Dead Con Men
How do Brandon Heitkamp's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 15th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 18th percentile for acclaim.
- 50th to 74th1
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 4 titles are Mixed.
- Divisive1
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the acting 66/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 15. 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.
Who does Brandon Heitkamp work with?
People who share at least 2 of Brandon Heitkamp's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Tony Germinario shares the most, 3.
Writers
- Tony GerminarioShared titles: Dirty Dead Con Men (2018), Bad Frank (2017), Wingman Inc. (2015)See all 3 shared titles with Tony Germinario
- Kevin InterdonatoShared titles: Dirty Dead Con Men (2018), Bad Frank (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Kevin Interdonato
Actors
- Amanda ClaytonShared titles: Dirty Dead Con Men (2018), Bad Frank (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Amanda Clayton
Producers
- Joseph SernioShared titles: Dirty Dead Con Men (2018), Bad Frank (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Joseph Sernio
- Peter DobsonShared titles: Dirty Dead Con Men (2018), Bad Frank (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Peter Dobson
