Bradford Haynes is an award-winning actor-producer with 60+ screen credits across studio features and hit series. He portrayed Mr. (Charles) Sinclair in Netflix's Stranger Things, recurred as the New York Hawks assistant coach on USA's Necessary Roughness, and appeared on FOX's The Following opposite Kevin Bacon. Feature highlights include Chuck Russell's Paradise City (sharing the screen with Bruce Willis and John Travolta) and War of the Worlds: Annihilation (as Captain Brennen). Before acting full-time, Haynes played professional baseball for six-seven years in the U.S., Australia, and Japan, after starring at Wofford College-where he began booking national commercial work. Public bios note he was recognized among Top 100 pro prospects, and his off-field endorsements (e.g., Nike/Pepsi) helped spark the transition from athletics to entertainment. He later signed with Wilhelmina and amassed dozens of national spots for major brands. A former three-sport standout and team leader, Haynes often brings grounded authority and quiet intensity to roles-frequently cast as law-enforcement officers, attorneys, or physicians. Off camera, he produces independent features and collaborates closely with directors to align character work with commercial storytelling. He is the oldest of four, the son of a respected residential/commercial contractor and an educator-roots he credits for his work ethic and on-set professionalism.
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Biography from IMDb.
- December 18, 1981 (44)
- Georgia, USA
- Actor, also producer
- 8 on MovieCove · 13 credits in all
What are Bradford Haynes' films like?
Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 6
A split, not a type: Light 3 · Serious 0 · Dark 3
A split, not a type: Grounded 4 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1
A split, not a type: Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 3
Steady 3 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 1
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 2
Casual 3 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 3 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 3
Resolved 6 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Mentoras Father Thomas in Five Blocks Away (2019)
- Heroas Mitch Jennings in Undefiled (2024)
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- Bittersweet1
- Ambiguous2
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 Bradford Haynes' films?
As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Bradford Haynes' 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
13 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page.
NASCAR vs. Navy: The San Diego Mini Movie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Saint Nick of Bethlehem(2024)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
A Nurse's Revenge(2024)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Undefiled(2024)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films
Best Summer Ever(2020)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Reversal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Five Blocks Away(2019)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Agency (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
The Change-Up(2011)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Slice 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The Body Sculptor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 13th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 13 titles, 11 of them dated from 2011 to 2026.
Film career
- 2021Screen debut· War of the Worlds: Annihilation
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.
How do Bradford Haynes' films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 40th percentile, the median of all 8; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 43rd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th4
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 8 titles are Divisive.
- Divisive4
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the acting 55/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 19. 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 Bradford Haynes work with?
People who share at least 2 of Bradford Haynes' MovieCove titles; Stelio Savante shares the most, 2.
- Stelio SavanteShared titles: Saint Nick of Bethlehem (2024), Undefiled (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Stelio Savante
