‘Most fun I’ve ever had’: Actor living, flourishing in Utah County

Mike Stapley, KSL.com

PROVO, Utah (KSL.com) — A Utah character is starring a Hollywood life without stepping ft successful Tinsel Town.

Brando White, of Provo, doesn’t person dreams of moving to Los Angeles, arsenic 1 mightiness presume an character would. He says nan manufacture has undergone changes that whitethorn make a move to California everlastingly unnecessary. In summation to much studios existing extracurricular of Hollywood, COVID-19 restrictions led to auditions routinely being held remotely, which has allowed nan section to shine.

White, who turns 37 this year, said Utah is an advertizing mecca and he tin make a bully surviving doing section and nationalist ads successful betwixt those coveted movie and tv roles. Recently, he was featured successful nationalist ads for some Mugsy Jeans and BoatTrader.com.

He presently has 2 films successful post-production, including an expected 2024 vacation merchandise from Orem’s Candlelight Media titled “Enchanting Christmas,” astir a child’s wish to bring an crystal sculpture to life. Much of nan filming took spot successful Utah this past winter. The 2nd is besides a Candlelight accumulation called “Romance connected nan Ranch.”

Another, called “The Loved and Lost,” debuted astatine nan Zions Indie Film Fest successful Orem this twelvemonth and is now making nan rounds astatine movie festivals crossed nan country. White is nan lead character successful some “Enchanting Christmas” and “The Loved and Lost,” co-starring pinch head Anna Thalman successful nan second film, astir a young mates pinch children, successful nan mediate of a financial crisis. White besides cowrote nan film.

He starred pinch character Andi McDowell successful 2020 successful nan Paramount Network movie “Dashing successful December.”

In 2023, White had a lead domiciled successful “The Counterfeit Kid,” a occidental astir a farmhand impersonating an outlaw — some are presumably looking for nan aforesaid hidden treasure. He received a information for champion character for nan domiciled that twelvemonth astatine nan Wyoming International Film Festival.

In summation to movie roles, White had a speaking portion connected nan deed tv bid “Yellowstone.” In nan episode, which aired successful 2019, he plays a Montana authorities trooper and shared surface clip pinch notable character Danny Huston.

A prima is born

White didn’t enactment while increasing up, and he didn’t person family who did, either. It wasn’t moreover connected his radar.

While pursuing an creation grade — White is besides a creator — astatine Brigham Young University, he decided to return an introductory acting class. He enjoyed nan people and took more. His instructors told him he had talent and should prosecute acting arsenic a career. That led to 2 shape performances astatine BYU and to nan making of 2 student films.

Currently, acting is White’s full-time profession, whether it beryllium successful movie and television, aliases commercials. He hasn’t needed a broadside occupation for immoderate time, thing for which he is grateful.

“I still effort to look astatine it arsenic this nosy point that I’m doing, alternatively than this important point I person to accomplish. So far, that’s served maine well,” said White.

Actor Brando White’s charismatic headshot. | (Photo: Brando White)

Shortly aft that introductory acting people astatine BYU, an opportunity for a movie portion became disposable successful 2016. The book was astir a lone man successful nan woods, trying to survive. The head told White filming would statesman successful Colorado successful six months and he prepared for nan movie by losing immoderate weight and increasing retired his beard and hair.

It was his first paid acting job, and nan movie ne'er made it retired of post-production. A conflict betwixt nan producers and head kept nan movie from ever being seen. White, however, had been bitten by nan acting bug and knew he wanted to instrumentality pinch it.

“My ‘moment’ progressive a agelong time of shooting — I’m successful a shelter and being soaked by a rainfall machine. I look up to spot a spot of sunlight poking done and I cognize correct past that this is nan astir nosy I’ve ever had … and that I could spot myself doing this,” he said.

Following a mates of roles successful short films successful 2017, White was formed successful a YouTube Red tv series, “Youth and Consequences,” that aired nan pursuing year. In existent Hollywood fashion, White, who was 30 astatine nan time, played a 19-year-old.

That audition and domiciled caught nan oculus of Salt Lake City talent supplier and casting head Jeff Johnson, who offered White representation.

Having an supplier led to nan audition for “Yellowstone.” White was capable to acquisition his first genuinely big-budget accumulation and was caught up successful nan whirlwind of everything happening connected set, nan galore extras, and being capable to converse pinch actors who had larger roles than his — including Huston.

“Dashing successful December” filmed pursuing his quality successful “Yellowstone” and White had to study to statement creation for nan role. He plays a supporting character, a friend of nan lead, and was pleased astir of his lines made nan last cut.

Much of his dancing, however, did not, which White says is apt a bully thing.