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- Benjamin Bryant is an Emmy-nominated film, television, radio, and news/communications professional with more than 70 credits as writer, director, actor, producer, and himself. Co-host of the award-winning travel docuseries Journeys Beyond (2020) and investigative podcast The Brink with Benjamin Bryant's Intersections (2019), Bryant is also an accomplished voice actor, portraying troubled hotelier "Gregory Marshall" on the audio serial Forever and a Day (2020) since the show's first season, as well as a besotted Prince Nolan Nutcracker in the JLJ Media holiday special "The Sugar Plum Fairy and the Nutcracker Prince," and its follow-on series, "The Grown Up Adventures of the Tooth Fairy." In 2020, Bryant wrote and directed his first feature film, the psychological drama Station to Station (2021), and the sports mockumentary "Aidy Kane (Really Wants You to Love Him)." Previously, Bryant served as Senior Producer and Co-Executive Producer of the Daytime Emmy-winning (6x nominated) series Anacostia (2009).
Though Bryant's first experience on a feature film set was in the mid-1990s (as a background player in Ed Zwick's Courage Under Fire (1996)) he spent the first half of his career as an accomplished communications professional, including stints working in global public relations, crisis communications, and as in senior roles on high-profile government commissions, working groups, and task forces for the Pentagon and Barack Obama administration (including the Fort Hood Shooting Task Force and "Don't Ask, Don't Tell Working Group" that recommended and guided repeal of the controversial military policy). During that time he frequently appeared in the news as a spokesperson, subject matter expert, or guest contributor and served as a speech- and ghostwriter for senior corporate and government figures. The vast majority of his work in film, television, and digital media has come in since 2016, when Bryant first sought to balance the demands of his government and corporate work with various artistic endeavors. Both sides of Bryant's life came together for the Vietnam veteran tribute special "Welcome Home! Honoring Your Legacy," for which Bryant was nominated for a 2024 Capital Emmy by the NCCB chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Bryant's additional work includes work as writer, director, producer, and announcer of live and virtual benefits and cultural celebrations, featuring high-profile celebrities and politicians, often highlighting Bryant's military roots and African- and/or Asian- American heritage, including DNC AAPI Caucus Heritage Month Celebration (2021).
Bryant lives in the Washington, DC metro area, working most frequently in Las Vegas, New York, Los Angeles, and multiple cities throughout the world.- IMDb Mini Biography By: E. Marini
- Parents
- RelativesLori Bryant Woolridge(Aunt or Uncle)Veronica Bryant(Sibling)Paco Bryant(Sibling)Gillian Bryant Toellner(Sibling)
- Gender / Gender identityMale
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- Race / EthnicityAsian, Black / African American
- Nationality / Religious or Ethnic identityAmerican
- He was once the youngest manager of a mid-/major- market commercial radio station in Texas when a 19-year old Bryant was named Program Director for KJCE 1370, K-Juice Radio, in 1996.
- Named one of the Austin American-Statesman newspaper's "Most Memorable" stories of 1996, noting Bryant's ascendancy from news intern to on-air talent, program manager, and rising local celebrity that year.
- He is from a high-profile military family. His father and both grandfathers are Army generals and his brother is an Army ranger. His mother is a former military families' advocate. One sister is a military historian and another is an Army officer and graduate of the United States Military Academy.
- He is also a professional writer and painter. In addition to his creative works, he has served as a writer and editor for several high profile government reports, including the Pentagon's Fort Hood shooting investigation and "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" report, recommending repeal of the controversial policy, among others.
- He is the son of famous Army general Albert Bryant, Jr, the former Chief of Western Hemisphere Operations on 9/11 and Chief of Staff of NATO's Kosovo Force.
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