Brandon Flynn
American actor (born 1993)
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- Brandon Paul Flynn (born October 11, 1993) is an American actor known for his role as Justin Foley in the Netflix teen drama series 13 Reasons Why (2017–2020).
- Early life and education Flynn was born and raised in Miami, Florida, where he attended high school at New World School of the Arts.
- Flynn graduated from the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, with a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts, and later trained as an actor at the Globe Theatre's Shakespeare Conservatory in London.
- In 2018, Flynn was cast in the third season of True Detective as Ryan Peters in a recurring capacity.
- Foley, one of the lead characters through all four seasons, is a troubled yet ultimately redemptive character who starts as a popular high school jock with a traumatic home life and spirals into homelessness, addiction, and sex work.
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WikipediaBrandon Paul Flynn (born October 11, 1993) is an American actor known for his role as Justin Foley in the Netflix teen drama series 13 Reasons Why (2017–2020). His work in film and television includes the series Manhunt (2024), Ratched (2020), and True Detective (2019), and the films The Parenting (2025) and Hellraiser (2022).
Flynn was born and raised in Miami, Florida, where he attended high school at New World School of the Arts. He has two sisters.
Flynn graduated from the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, with a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts, and later trained as an actor at the Globe Theatre's Shakespeare Conservatory in London.
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