Brendan James Penny (born November 9, 1978) is a Canadian film and television actor who first became well known to TV audiences as A.J. Varland in the first season of Whistler that aired in Canada from 2006–2008. He is perhaps best known as Detective Brian Lucas in Motive, a Canadian crime drama centred on a team of Vancouver homicide detectives, also starring Kristin Lehman, Louis Ferreira and Lauren Holly, which aired from 2013–2016. Brendan currently stars as Kevin O'Brien in the Hallmark Channel family drama series Chesapeake Shores, which premiered on August 14, 2016. He has also been the hero of a number of Hallmark originals.
37 movies · 10 shows
Texas Two-Step
2026·8.0
The More the Merrier
2025·6.3
Merry Christmas, Ted Cooper!
2025·7.3
A Novel Noel
2024·6.8
Love on the Danube: Kissing Stars
2024·7.4
Family Practice Mysteries: Coming Home
2024·8.6
A Season for Family
2023·6.2
The Wedding Cottage
2023·7.1
In Merry Measure
2022·6.7
Time for Them to Come Home for Christmas
2021·6.4
Beverly Hills Wedding
2021·6.6
A Little Christmas Charm
2020·6.9
The Secret Ingredient
2020·6.7
Easter Under Wraps
2019·6.4
Valentine in the Vineyard
2019·6.0
Pride, Prejudice and Mistletoe
2018·6.1
Fifty Shades Freed
2018·6.7
Magical Christmas Ornaments
2017·6.0
Summer in the Vineyard
2017·5.6
A Dash of Love
2017·6.2
Autumn in the Vineyard
2016·6.1
'Tis the Season for Love
2015·5.8
Gourmet Detective: A Healthy Place to Die
2015·6.7
Along Came a Nanny
2014·6.1
Heavenly Match
2014·5.5
The Virginian
2014·4.7
The Wedding Chapel
2013·5.3
The A-Team
2010·6.4
Hard Ride to Hell
2010·4.7
Tooth Fairy
2010·5.5
Held Hostage
2009·4.4
I Love You, Beth Cooper
2009·6.0
Christmas Crash
2009·4.1
Christmas Cottage
2008·6.3
Poison Ivy: The Secret Society
2008·4.6
John Tucker Must Die
2006·6.1
When Jesse Was Born
2005·10.0