{{short description|American actor}}
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{{Infobox person | name = Randy Brooks | image = | caption = he is a baseball player | birth_name = <!-- Valid citation required for full name for BLP. (WP:BLPPRIVACY) --> | birth_date = <!-- Valid citation required for date of birth for BLP. (WP:BLPPRIVACY) --> | birth_place = | occupation = Actor | spouse = }}
'''Randy Brooks''' is an American television and film actor known for his role as L.A.P.D. Detective Holdaway in the 1992 hit cult film ''Reservoir Dogs''.<ref name="Dawson1995">{{cite book|last=Dawson|first=Jeffrey|title=Quentin Tarantino: The Cinema of Cool|url=https://archive.org/details/quentintarantino0000daws|url-access=registration|accessdate=8 November 2014|year=1995|publisher=Applause|isbn=9781557832276|page=[https://archive.org/details/quentintarantino0000daws/page/56 56]}}</ref> Brooks also starred in the 1988 hit drama film ''Colors''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/04/15/movies/review-film-police-vs-street-gangs-in-hopper-s-colors.html|title=Review/Film; Police vs. Street Gangs In Hopper's 'Colors'|author=|date=15 April 1988|work=The New York Times}}</ref>
Brooks is also well known in the soap opera community; he starred on ''Generations'' in 1990 as Eric Royal, on ''The Young and the Restless'' as Nathan Hastings from 1992 to 1995, on ''Another World'' as Marshall Lincoln Kramer from 1994 to 1995, and on ''All My Children'' as Hayes Grady in 1996.
He has starred in a couple of short-lived television series, including ''Brothers and Sisters'' in 1979, ''The Renegades'' in 1983, and ''Emerald Point N.A.S.'' in 1983.
Brooks has made many guest appearances on many television shows, including ''One Day at a Time'', ''The Fall Guy'', ''In the Heat of the Night'', ''The White Shadow'', ''Hill Street Blues'', ''The Jeffersons'', ''Hunter'', ''21 Jump Street'', ''Murder, She Wrote'', ''Family Law'', and ''Judging Amy''. He had a recurring role as White House reporter Arthur Leeds on ''The West Wing''.
== Filmography == *''Halls of Anger'' (1970) – Sabin *''The Monkey Hustle'' (1976) – Win *''Underground Aces'' (1981) – Ollie *''Senior Trip'' (1981, TV Movie) – David *''The Jeffersons'' (1984, TV series 10x12) – Walter *''8 Million Ways to Die'' (1986) – Chance *''Assassination'' (1987) – Tyler Loudermilk *''Colors'' (1988) – Ron Delaney *''Black Snow'' (1990) – The Afrikan *''Daughter of the Streets'' (1990, TV Movie) – Byron *''Defenseless'' (1991) – Monroe *''Reservoir Dogs'' (1992) – Detective Jim Holdaway *''Miracle in the Woods'' (1997, TV Movie) – Henry Cooper Sr. *''Rocket's Red Glare'' (2000, TV Movie) – Owen *''Redemption'' (2002) – Phillips *''Don't Touch if You Ain't Prayed'' (2005) – Jordan Bryant *''VooDoo Curse: The Giddeh'' (2006) – Professor Harris *''Sorority Sister Slaughter'' (2007) – Billy Bart
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== External links == *{{IMDb name|id=0112207|name=Randy Brooks}} {{Authority control}}
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