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Context Creator / MehcadBrooks

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2	[[caption-width-right:250:Definitely not your grandfather's ComicBook/JimmyOlsen...]]
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4	Mehcad Jason [=McKinley=] Brooks (born October 25, 1980 in Austin, Texas) is an American model and actor, known for his varied roles in television shows like ''Series/DesperateHousewives'', ''Series/TrueBlood'', and ''Series/NecessaryRoughness''.
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6	He starred as [[ComicBook/JimmyOlsen James Olsen]] on Creator/TheCW's ''Series/{{Supergirl 2015}}'' and other ''Series/{{Arrowverse}}'' series. He joined the cast of ''Series/LawAndOrder'' in Season 22 as Detective Jalen Shaw, replacing the departing Creator/AnthonyAnderson.
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9	!! Selected filmography:
10	* ''Series/BostonPublic'' (2003) as Russell Clark
11	* ''Film/TigerCruise'' (2004) as Kenny
12	* ''Series/DesperateHousewives'' (2005 -- 2006) as Matthew Applewhite
13	* ''Film/GloryRoad'' (2006) as Harry Flournoy
14	* ''Film/InTheValleyOfElah'' (2007) as Spc. Ennis Long
15	* ''Series/TrueBlood'' (2008 -- 2010) as "Eggs" Benedict Talley
16	* ''Series/TheDeepEnd'' (2010) as Malcolm Bennett
17	* ''Series/MyGeneration'' (2010) as Rolly Marks
18	* ''Series/NecessaryRoughness'' (2011 -- 2013) as Terrence King
19	* ''Film/AboutLastNight'' (2014) as Derek
20	* ''Series/{{Arrowverse}}'' as [[ComicBook/JimmyOlsen James Olsen]] / ComicBook/{{Guardian}}
21	** ''Series/{{Supergirl\|2015}}'' (2015 -- 2019)
22	** ''[[Series/Invasion2016 Invasion!]]'' (2016)
23	** ''Series/CrisisOnEarthX'' (2017)[[note]]As an AlternateSelf of James[[/note]]
24	** ''Series/{{Elseworlds\|2018}}'' (2018)[[note]]As yet another AlternateSelf of James[[/note]]
25	* ''Film/{{Mortal Kombat\|2021}}'' (2021) as Jackson "Jax" Briggs
26	* ''Series/LawAndOrder'' as Det. Jalen Shaw (2022)
27	** ''Series/LawAndOrderOrganizedCrime'' as Det. Jalen Shaw (2022)
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29	!! He provides examples of:
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31	* MrFanservice: To the point where some people resented his casting as Jimmy Olsen ''because'' of this ... perhaps even more so than [[RaceLift the other reason]].

Context Creator / MehcadBrooks