Hallmark Actor: Brennan Elliott
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Brennan Elliott
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Brennan Elliott is a Canadian actor who was born on March 24, 1975. Most people know him as an actor in the Hallmark movies, but his first professional acting job was in Tom Cochrane: Life Is a Highway music video in 1991. Since then, he has appeared in many television shows before making his mark on the Hallmark Channel.
Brennan has appeared in episodes of familiar American television shows such as Castle, Criminal Minds, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Desperate Housewives, The 4400, Cold Case, What About Brian, Monk, House M.D., Grey's Anatomy, Ghost Whisperer, Private Practice and Flight 93. The beloved actor's first leading role was in the Lifetime medical drama series, Strong Medicine from 2000 to 2004.
Brennan started acting in Hallmark movies in 2008. Then there was a gap of five years before he was in the Cedar Cove series in 2013. As they say, "The rest is history."
When you look through the list below of Brennan's Hallmark movies, you will see that he was in recurring roles in three familiar series:
- Cedar Cove with Andie MacDowell
- Flower Shop Mystery series with Brooke Shields
- The Crossword Mysteries with Lacey Chabert
You will also see that Elliott and Chabert have appeared in a total of nine Hallmark movies together. They really do make good co-stars.
Source: Hallmark Channel
Brennan Elliott's Hallmark Movies
| MOVIE/PREMIERE DATE | CO-STAR | BRIEF SYNOPSIS |
|---|---|---|
The Nanny Express, July 11, 2008 | Vanessa Marcil | A widower of two young children is desperate for a new nanny who will stay. His children have already chased away six nannies. |
Cedar Cove Season 1, July 20-October 12, 2013 | Elliott in supporting role with Andie MacDowell and Dylan Neal | Brennan Elliott plays Warren Saget, a Cedar Cove land developer and villian. |
Cedar Cove Season 2, July 19-October 4, 2014 | Elliott in supporting role with Andie MacDowell and Dylan Neal | Brennan Elliott plays Warren Saget, a Cedar Cove land developer and villian. |
All of My Heart, February 14, 2015 | Lacey Chabert | A young woman and man inherit half of a house, and an unexpected friendship develops. |
Cedar Cove Season 3, September 18-September 26, 2015 | Elliott in supporting role with Andie MacDowell and Dylan Neal | Brennan Elliott plays Warren Saget, a Cedar Cove land developer and villian. |
Christmas Melody, December 19, 2015 | Lacey Chabert, Mariah Carey | Brennan Elliott co-stars with Lacey Chabert and Mariah Carey where love, music and Christmas make a good combination. |
Flower Shop Mystery: Mum's the Word, January 17, 2016 | Brooke Shields | Abby is determined to track down the driver who crashed into her flower shop before something more dangerous happens. |
Flower Shop Mystery: Snipped in the Bud, April 24k, 2016 | Brooke Shields | When a flower shop owner delivers an anonymous bouquet of black roses to a professor, she discovers the dead body of another professor and her former courtroom adversary. |
Flower Shop Mystery: Dearly Depotted, June 26, 2016 | Brooke Shields | A wedding crasher is murdered. Abby not only supplies the flowers for the wedding, but she also works to find out who killed the wedding crasher. |
Love You Like Christmas, December 11, 2016 | Bonnie Somerville | A man helps a marketing executive after she has car trouble and is stranded in a small town for the Christmas season. |
All of My Heart: Inn Love, October 7, 2017 | Lacey Chabert | Brian and Jenny are engaged and preparing for the grand opening of their bed and breakfast. A storm hits the town and their plans are challenged. |
Christmas Encore, December 8, 2017 | Maggie Lawson | An actress is performing in her last Broadway show before giving up and moving home. She needs a Christmas miracle to save the theater. |
All of My Heart: The Wedding, September 29, 2018 | Lacey Chabert | Financial issues continue to plague an engaged couple as their wedding day approaches. They have to decide to give up their ownership of the country inn they inherited. |
Christmas at Grand Valley, December 21, 2018 | Danica McKellar | An artist returns home in Grand Valley just in time for Christmas, but It will take the spirit of the season to open her heart to the love around her. |
Crossword Mysteries: A Puzzle to Die For, March 10, 2019 | Lacey Chabert | A crossword puzzle editor teams up with a detective to find a killer after several of her puzzles are linked to the murder of an art gallery owner, |
All Summer Long, August 24, 2019 | Autumn Reeser | A woman's dream job of captaining a dining cruise is challenged when her ex is hired as the restaurant's chef. |
Crossword Mysteries: Proposing Murder | Lacey Chabert | Logan and Tess work together to find out who killed one of Tess' friends on the day he was going to propose to his unsuspecting girlfriend. |
Crossword Mysteries: Abracadaver: January 5, 2020 | Lacey Chabert | During her birthday celebration, at a magic show, the magician is murdered. Tess and Logan investigate his death. |
Christmas in Vienna, November 14, 2020 | Sarah Drew | An American diplomat and his children helps a concert violinist who has lost her passion when she visits Vienna for Christmas. |
Crossword Mysteries, Terminal Descent, February 14, 2021 | Lacey Chabert | Logan and Tess look for answers to a murder before they become the next victims |
Crossword Mysteries: Riddle Me Dead, April 11, 2021 | Lacey Chabert | When the host of a popular game show is murdered, Tess and Detective Logan O'Connor work together solve the case. |
Open by Christmas, November 12, 2021 | Alison Sweeney, Erica Durance | Many years after high school, Nicky finds an unopened Christmas card from a high school secret admirer. She is surprised when she discovers who sent it. |
The Perfect Pairing, January 15, 2022 | Nazneen Contractor | Anonymous food and wine critic Christina falls on ice while visiting a winery, and no one knows who she is. Single father Michael and his family take her. |
Brennan's Statement About Hallmark
In an interview with Moments with Mercy, Brennan stated why he enjoys acting in Hallmark movies. He said he really believes in the content, and he believes it really touches a nerve when it comes to family entertainment and the heart of television.
The popular actor added, "Hallmark shows the side of life that we all want to feel, whether it's love, friendship, family, or the Christmas movies."
Brennan Ellitott, wife, son and daughter
Source: Brennan Elliott's Instagram
Personal Life
Brennan was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He was educated at the well-known Actors Studio at the Juilliard School in New York City.
The actor met his wife Cami through mutual friends in the 1990s. After dating for a long time, they got married on September 15, 2011. The couple lives in Los Angeles with their son and daughter. They occasionally show family photos on their Instagram accounts. Some people have commented that his wife looks like Danica McKellar, his co-star in their movie Christmas at Grand Valley which premiered on December 21, 2018.
