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COMMAND. CONTROL. COMPASSION.

Compilation Reel

Darren J. Wright spent twenty years building a financial services firm before he ever stood in front of a camera. It shows — not as polish, but as stillness. He plays the man who has already decided.

He works as a local in Atlanta, Dallas, and Phoenix, with eighteen film credits behind him and eight leading roles among them. He stars as Jessie Kovacs in the feature R.E.M, which he also executive produced, and appears in Durango Seems Like a Great Place to Die, Make the Devil Pay, Swipe Right, and Or Death. He led and co-directed Blood Sanctuary, and has produced seven projects.

The roles keep landing in the same territory: detectives and sheriffs, third-generation ranchers, executives with something buried, the father nobody argues with. Two decades of boardrooms and negotiations left him with a working knowledge of what a man looks like when he is carrying a decision he cannot hand to anyone else. The range that puts him convincingly behind a desk puts him just as convincingly on a horse.

Wright graduated from Arizona State University, where he trained in drama, and continues on-camera study with Howard Fine, James Dumont, Rod Rowland, and Christine Chauncey. He rides western, is trained in firearms and stage combat, and carries a coached Texan dialect.

Represented by BMG Talent in Atlanta.

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Close-up portrait of a middle-aged man with salt and pepper hair and beard, wearing a light gray t-shirt and a dark gray hoodie, smiling softly at the camera.
Close-up of an man with grey hair and beard, wearing a brown jacket and plaid shirt, looking directly at the camera.
Close-up portrait of a man with gray hair and beard, wearing a white jacket over a black shirt, smiling softly against a dark background.
Close-up of a man with gray hair, gray beard, and mustache, wearing a brown shirt, looking directly at the camera. Dark background.

REELS

BEHIND THE SCENES

Man kneeling outdoors in casual clothes with a backpack, in front of parked cars and trees during daytime.
A man with gray hair and a beard in a dark suit looking at a man in white shirt, with a plant and beige walls in the background.
A man with a beard and a black cap smiling and pointing at the camera, standing in front of a camera setup with art of the desert and Joshua trees in the background.
A person wearing a cowboy hat in front of a vehicle, captured on a camera screen.
People sitting at a table in a meeting or panel discussion, with one person standing behind a podium, speaking or presenting, in a brick-walled room.
A man with a gray beard and mustache, wearing a black and white keffiyeh scarf and camouflage clothing, outdoors with a blurred natural background.
A woman with red hair and a choker necklace looks surprised, with her mouth slightly open. A person in a black hoodie, wearing a watch, covers her forehead with their hand. The background has pink and purple lighting.
A man wearing a black hat taking a selfie near a train decorated with a Nazi flag and a sign that reads 'Deutsche Bahn.' The train and surroundings are filled with smoke or steam.
Three men in wetsuits in a swimming pool, one in the center with a serious expression, two others engaging with each other; one wearing a headlamp.
A man with gray hair and glasses adjusting his glasses in a dimly lit room.
A man with gray beard wearing a cowboy hat and a brown jacket, sitting in a dimly lit bar or pub.
A person lying on the floor of a bar, with two others nearby, one standing next to a pool table.
Behind-the-scenes view of a film or video shoot showing a man laughing and Playfully pulling on his neck, captured on a camera monitor.
A man is being pulled into a swimming pool while another person is holding him around the waist. The man being pulled is screaming or yelling, and the scene appears to be humorous or staged.
A video call on a laptop screen showing a middle-aged man with short gray hair and a dark shirt, speaking to a woman with blonde hair.
Group of people filming and reading at a cemetery.
A man being filmed on a camera monitor during an interview or video shoot. The monitor displays technical information about the recording setup.
A scene on a film set with a man in cowboy attire and a Native American man with traditional face paint and clothing, both riding horses, surrounded by crew members and filming equipment.

CONTACT

Please contact Darren through his representatives, or send a direct note using the form.

Autumn Pierson , Agent, TV/Film/Commercial
BMG Talent (ATL)
404-800-6600
Autumn@bmgglobal.com