Brian White
BRIAN WHITE (Commander Tarish) starred in the 2007 hit Stomp the Yard as Sylvester, chapter leader of a step-dancing fraternity. However, he may be best known for playing Detective Tavon Garris in 10 episodes of FX’s award-winning police drama, “The Shield.” White was recently seen in Disney's smash hit The Game Plan, with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, and plays the lead role of Brandon Woods in the forthcoming feature Hollywood Chaos. White is a recurring character on the new CBS series about a vampire private investigator, “Moonlight,” and just wrapped shooting on the feature Fighting, opposite Terrence Howard and Channing Tatum.
The eldest and only boy of six siblings, White was born in Boston to a professional basketball player father (legend JoJo White of the Boston Celtics) and a financial advisor mother, who he credits as his hero. Brian is no stranger to hard work or success. A graduate of Dartmouth College, White has played both professional football (for the New England Patriots) and lacrosse (NLL’s Boston Blazers), earned his certifications as a licensed stock broker (series 7, 63 and 65) and co-founded the professional dance company/community youth outreach organization Phunk Phenomenon Urban Dance Theater.
White’s film credits include DOA: Dead or Alive, a film adaptation of the best-selling video game series that was directed by Corey Yuen (The Transporter); Tom Bezucha's The Family Stone, with an all-star cast including Diane Keaton, Sarah Jessica Parker, Luke Wilson, Rachel McAdams and Claire Danes; the Independent Spirit Award-nominated film Brick, with Joseph Gordon-Levitt; Dirty, with Cuba Gooding Jr. and Clifton Collins Jr.; MR. 3000, with Bernie Mac and Angela Bassett; The Movie Hero, with Jeremy Sisto and Peter Stormare; Artisan Entertainment's drama Redemption and the romantic comedy Me & Mrs. Jones. White also makes a cameo appearance opposite Gabrielle Union in Tyler Perry's latest film, Daddy’s Little Girls.
The actor has established a strong presence on the small screen, starring in a number of television series such as "Moesha," MTV's "Spyder Games," UPN's comedy "Second Time Around" and most notably, acclaimed FX drama "The Shield." He was also seen opposite Jennifer Love Hewitt in two episodes of the successful CBS series, “The Ghost Whisperer.”
White is the President of Celebrity Relations for Warm2Kids (We're All Role Models), an online membership community dedicated to inspiring teens and young adults to make positive life decisions and to ensure that no young person or family suffers in silence. Additionally, he is a founding partner with director Sylvain White of White, LLC., a full-service production and finance company based in Hollywood.