{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Person",
  "@id": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/person/51684/mehcad-brooks",
  "name": "Mehcad Brooks",
  "url": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/person/51684/mehcad-brooks",
  "knownForDepartment": "Acting",
  "description": "Mehcad Jason McKinley Brooks (born October 25, 1980) is an American actor and former fashion model. He is known for his roles as NYPD Detective Jalen Shaw on NBC's Law & Order (2022-), James \"Jimmy\" Olsen / Guardian on the CBS/The CW series Supergirl, Terrance \"TK\" King in the USA series Necessary Roughness (2011-2013), \"Eggs\" Benedict Talley on HBO's True Blood, Jerome on The Game, and Matthew Applewhite on the second season of ABC's Desperate Housewives.",
  "birthDate": "1980-10-25",
  "birthPlace": "Austin, Texas, USA",
  "alternateName": [
    "Μεχκάντ Μπρουκς",
    "مهکاد بروکس"
  ],
  "image": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/s7Cu6Si9n5qsH64eLBVGXaf55bE.jpg",
  "sameAs": [
    "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1419635"
  ],
  "lastVerified": "3 May 2026",
  "filmography": [
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 2734,
      "title": "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit",
      "year": "1999",
      "role": "as Prince Miller",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7.937,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/iofokHZoUB4Qhik4PflvJl8TT6a.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/2734/law-order-special-victims-unit-1999"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 549,
      "title": "Law & Order",
      "year": "1990",
      "role": "as Jalen Shaw",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7.312,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/haJ9eHytVO3H3JooMJG1DiWwDNm.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/549/law-order-1990"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 693,
      "title": "Desperate Housewives",
      "year": "2004",
      "role": "as Matthew Applewhite",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7.899,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/sywYmV9c9Vj2U7ocqNyfDt2pz3r.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/693/desperate-housewives-2004"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 2004,
      "title": "Malcolm in the Middle",
      "year": "2000",
      "role": "as Big kid",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 8.461,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/uftxEWbn3OSykTy4DX4BrdVeiuv.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/2004/malcolm-in-the-middle-2000"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 1606,
      "title": "Ghost Whisperer",
      "year": "2005",
      "role": "as Justin Cotter",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 8.072,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/9ZtGupUFaHhws7mOcwhNTtRpRHC.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/1606/ghost-whisperer-2005"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 2171,
      "title": "Cold Case",
      "year": "2003",
      "role": "as Herman Lester",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7.771,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/5dmiNE8UdAqIyjjwZZWsjMhhV0b.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/2171/cold-case-2003"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 62688,
      "title": "Supergirl",
      "year": "2015",
      "role": "as James 'Jimmy' Olsen / Guardian",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7.281,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/cFO65xb0xiXKqk5BmgHawCXB1i0.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/62688/supergirl-2015"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 10545,
      "title": "True Blood",
      "year": "2008",
      "role": "as Eggs",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7.615,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/ktEp6fzL4xzCWsSVtrcH8JaQNQy.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/10545/true-blood-2008"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 2221,
      "title": "The View",
      "year": "1997",
      "role": "as Self",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 4.413,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/pEUNIxCMh2jFjUj7u09f4O5CcR4.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/2221/the-view-1997"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 931285,
      "title": "Mortal Kombat II",
      "year": "2026",
      "role": "as Jackson 'Jax' Briggs",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 8.5,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/lIsMeDbwntNXSUVHmWMMRXEZOVc.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/931285/mortal-kombat-ii-2026"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 106158,
      "title": "Law & Order: Organized Crime",
      "year": "2021",
      "role": "as Detective Jalen Shaw",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7.93,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/4AvB6Dg8eAbfWv5WOqzCCv2zS90.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/106158/law-order-organized-crime-2021"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 127,
      "title": "Boston Public",
      "year": "2000",
      "role": "as Russell Clark",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7.622,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/yUEMfetlqwab7mOzrZIoAOGwfKi.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/127/boston-public-2000"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 460465,
      "title": "Mortal Kombat",
      "year": "2021",
      "role": "as Jax",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 6.98,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/ybrX94xQm8lXYpZAPRmwD9iIbWP.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/460465/mortal-kombat-2021"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 431,
      "title": "One on One",
      "year": "2001",
      "role": "as Mustafa",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7.889,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/wrPeock4PW1VV2bw8k1TuGet8hX.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/431/one-on-one-2001"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 211,
      "title": "The Game",
      "year": "2006",
      "role": "Cast",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7.5,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/zmvRaCRcmi6lsriYxZmAR6uWHPS.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/211/the-game-2006"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 116450,
      "title": "And Just Like That…",
      "year": "2021",
      "role": "as Marion Odin",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7.26,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/2b6E0pN19IGsmxSv6HyTKydKKdb.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/116450/and-just-like-that-2021"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 14956,
      "title": "Dollhouse",
      "year": "2009",
      "role": "as Sam Jennings",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7.214,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/oq5WPzUn7R0YcIk7QGwpXqvgSWO.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/14956/dollhouse-2009"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 35339,
      "title": "Alcatraz",
      "year": "2012",
      "role": "as Matt Tanner",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 6.32,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/yES1yqjp6Jl2CEVKHdfwKrIsnqd.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/35339/alcatraz-2012"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 1387,
      "title": "Entertainment Tonight",
      "year": "1981",
      "role": "as Self",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 4.269,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/rVAMCmlyDqhw20NHg5jk9sMuMNg.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/1387/entertainment-tonight-1981"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 35348,
      "title": "Necessary Roughness",
      "year": "2011",
      "role": "as Terrence King",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 6.8,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/ch0k5IfqOan8YkVEnVebbK0Sk0n.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/35348/necessary-roughness-2011"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 31076,
      "title": "The Deep End",
      "year": "2010",
      "role": "as Malcolm Bennett",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 6,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/t9bZ4iam4HSpO2ngFt0T0cLdp2c.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/31076/the-deep-end-2010"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 10013,
      "title": "Do Over",
      "year": "2002",
      "role": "Cast",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 6.778,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/nnmyNjEb9PqnOZZs2WiOR6HXwyf.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/10013/do-over-2002"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 61508,
      "title": "Benched",
      "year": "2014",
      "role": "as George Grumbeigh Jr.",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 6.9,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/4wP2VhLfR196Qg49nVEj3yAOkbX.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/61508/benched-2014"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 3399,
      "title": "K-Ville",
      "year": "2007",
      "role": "Cast",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 6.75,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/3jflQr3CfvHhaOdL9FwCqp2yGwK.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/3399/k-ville-2007"
    }
  ]
}