Brendan Penny is an actor with an extensive list of television and film credits, known for his co-lead role on Hallmark Channel’s family drama Chesapeake Shores, which aired for six seasons.  Other recent Hallmark credits include the original movies Private Princess Christmas, A Novel Noel, Family Practice Mysteries: Coming Home, Love on the Danube: Kissing Stars, The Wedding Cottage and In Merry Measure.  He also starred in the anthology of Vineyard movies opposite Rachael Leigh Cook, and in Hallmark Mystery’s Time for Them to Come Home for Christmas and A Little Christmas Charm (for which he received a 2021 Leo nomination).

Outside of the Hallmark world, Penny heavily recurred on the BH90210 remake as Jennie Garth’s love interest.  Prior to that, he was a series lead in all four seasons of the award-winning CTV/ABC crime drama Motive, from the producers of Dexter and The Mentalist.  Additional television credits include the Reelz Channel mini-series Ring of Fire, The N’s The Assistants opposite Michael B. Jordan and guest starring roles on numerous series including CBS’ Flashpoint, AMC’s The Killing and The CW’s Supernatural.