Brian Avers

A wide-ranging character actor, writer and director, Brian's best known for Broadway and TV performances including stage premieres of Florian Zeller's The Father, Rock N Roll by Tom Stoppard (opposite Brian Cox, Rufus Sewell & Alice Eve), Poor Behavior by Theresa Rebeck, Completeness by Itamar Moses, and as Edgar in King Lear at the Public Theater, opposite Kevin Kline and Logan Marshall-Green, along with memorable appearances on popular TV series including NCIS (2003) & NCIS: Los Angeles (2009) as Special Agent Mike Renko, the Castle (2009) pilot for ABC, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) & more. Film appearances include Julie & Julia (2009) and Gigantic (2008) (opposite Paul Dano & Zooey Deschanel). In 2013, Brian directed improvisational indie comedy The Weekend (2013), which was shot in only 3 days, with a gifted ensemble of New York actors and writers including Heather Lind, Amber Gray, Bhavesh Patel, Stacey Yen, Julie Sharbutt and Carson Elrod. From 2012-2016, Brian produc