# Randy Brooks (actor)

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{{short description|American actor}}

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'''Randy Brooks''' is an American [television](/source/television) and [film](/source/film) [actor](/source/actor) known for his role as [L.A.P.D.](/source/Los_Angeles_Police_Department) Detective Holdaway in the 1992 hit [cult film](/source/cult_film) ''[Reservoir Dogs](/source/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](/source/drama) film ''[Colors](/source/Colors_(1988_film))''.<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](/source/soap_opera) community; he starred on ''[Generations](/source/Generations_(U.S._TV_series))'' in 1990 as Eric Royal, on ''[The Young and the Restless](/source/The_Young_and_the_Restless)'' as [Nathan Hastings](/source/Nathan_Hastings) from 1992 to 1995, on ''[Another World](/source/Another_World_(TV_series))'' as Marshall Lincoln Kramer from 1994 to 1995, and on ''[All My Children](/source/All_My_Children)'' as Hayes Grady in 1996.

He has starred in a couple of short-lived television series, including ''[Brothers and Sisters](/source/Brothers_and_Sisters_(1979_TV_series))'' in 1979, ''[The Renegades](/source/The_Renegades_(TV_series))'' in 1983, and ''[Emerald Point N.A.S.](/source/Emerald_Point_N.A.S.)'' in 1983.

Brooks has made many guest appearances on many television shows, including ''[One Day at a Time](/source/One_Day_at_a_Time_(1975_TV_series))'', ''[The Fall Guy](/source/The_Fall_Guy)'', ''[In the Heat of the Night](/source/In_the_Heat_of_the_Night_(TV_series))'', ''[The White Shadow](/source/The_White_Shadow_(TV_series))'', ''[Hill Street Blues](/source/Hill_Street_Blues)'', ''[The Jeffersons](/source/The_Jeffersons)'', ''[Hunter](/source/Hunter_(1984_American_TV_series))'', ''[21 Jump Street](/source/21_Jump_Street)'', ''[Murder, She Wrote](/source/Murder%2C_She_Wrote)'', ''[Family Law](/source/Family_Law_(American_TV_series))'', and ''[Judging Amy](/source/Judging_Amy)''.  He had a recurring role as White House reporter Arthur Leeds on ''[The West Wing](/source/The_West_Wing)''.

== Filmography ==
*''[Halls of Anger](/source/Halls_of_Anger)'' (1970) – Sabin
*''[The Monkey Hustle](/source/The_Monkey_Hustle)'' (1976) – Win
*''[Underground Aces](/source/Underground_Aces)'' (1981) – Ollie
*''[Senior Trip](/source/Senior_Trip_(1981_film))'' (1981, TV Movie) – David
*''[The Jeffersons](/source/The_Jeffersons)'' (1984, TV series 10x12) – Walter
*''[8 Million Ways to Die](/source/8_Million_Ways_to_Die)'' (1986) – Chance
*''[Assassination](/source/Assassination_(1987_film))'' (1987) – Tyler Loudermilk
*''[Colors](/source/Colors_(1988_film))'' (1988) – Ron Delaney
*''[Black Snow](/source/Black_Snow_(1990_film))'' (1990) – The Afrikan
*''[Daughter of the Streets](/source/Daughter_of_the_Streets)'' (1990, TV Movie) – Byron
*''[Defenseless](/source/Defenseless)'' (1991) – Monroe
*''[Reservoir Dogs](/source/Reservoir_Dogs)'' (1992) – Detective Jim Holdaway
*''[Miracle in the Woods](/source/Miracle_in_the_Woods)'' (1997, TV Movie) – Henry Cooper Sr.
*''[Rocket's Red Glare](/source/Rocket's_Red_Glare)'' (2000, TV Movie) – Owen
*''[Redemption](/source/Redemption_(2002_film))'' (2002) – Phillips
*''[Don't Touch if You Ain't Prayed](/source/Don't_Touch_if_You_Ain't_Prayed)'' (2005) – Jordan Bryant
*''VooDoo Curse: The Giddeh'' (2006) – Professor Harris
*''Sorority Sister Slaughter'' (2007) – Billy Bart

== References ==
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== External links ==
*{{IMDb name|id=0112207|name=Randy Brooks}}
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