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Brett Butler (actress)

Brett Butler (born Brett Ashley Anderson, 1958) is an American actress, writer, and stand-up comedian who starred as Grace Kelly on ABC's Grace Under Fire (1993–1998); the show's cancellation followed her addiction and on-set misconduct, and she later returned via Anger Management and The Walking Dead.

Brett Cullen

Brett Cullen (Peter Brett Cullen, born 1956, Houston) is an American actor known for TV roles in Falcon Crest, Lost, The West Wing, Friday Night Lights, and Person of Interest, and films Apollo 13, The Dark Knight Rises, and Joker.

Brett Dalton

Brett Patrick Dalton (born 1983, San Jose, California) is an American actor known for Grant Ward/Hive on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Mark Trent on NBC's Found, and Until Dawn and God of War: Ragnarök game roles.

Brett Dier

Brett Jordan Dier, Canadian actor born 1990 in London, Ontario, known as Michael Cordero Jr. on Jane the Virgin and C.B. on Schooled; not Kristen Bell's brother.

Brett Eldredge

Brett Ryan Eldredge (born 1986, Paris, Illinois) is an American country singer-songwriter known for Bring You Back, three early Country Airplay No. 1s, the 2014 CMA New Artist award, and the Glow holiday albums and tour.

Brett Gelman

Brett Gelman (Brett Clifford Gelman, born 1976) is an American actor and comedian, a UNCSA and UCB alumnus known for Murray Bauman in Stranger Things, Martin in Fleabag, and Lemon.

Brett Goldstein

Brett Goldstein (born 1980, London), English actor, comedian, and writer; Emmy-winning Roy Kent on Ted Lasso, co-creator of Shrinking, HBO stand-up star, and co-star of Office Romance with Jennifer Lopez.

Brett Gurewitz

Brett Gurewitz (Mr. Brett, born 1962) is an American punk musician, co-founder, guitarist and songwriter of Bad Religion, and founder-owner of Epitaph Records, the indie label behind The Offspring's Smash, plus sister label ANTI-.

Brett Hudson

Brett Hudson, born Brett Salerno in Portland, Oregon in 1953, is the youngest member of the 1970s pop trio the Hudson Brothers, bassist on "So You Are a Star" and later a television producer, distinct from the New Zealand politician of the same name.

Brett Pawlak

Brett Pawlak (born 1982) is an American cinematographer, known for Short Term 12, Wonder Man, and Spider-Man: Brand New Day, and for his long collaboration with director Destin Daniel Cretton.

Brett Ratner

Brett Ratner is an American film director and producer known for Rush Hour (1998, 2001, 2007), X-Men: The Last Stand, and RatPac Entertainment; his career halted after 2017 sexual misconduct allegations, followed by the 2026 Melania documentary and Rush Hour 4.

Brett Scallions

Brett Scallions (born 1971, Brownsville, Tennessee) is an American rock singer and guitarist, original frontman of Fuel (1993–2006, 2010–2020), voice of "Shimmer" and "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)", later singer of Riders on the Storm with Doors members Manzarek and Krieger and of World Fire Brigade; not to be confused with other Bretts.

Brett Somers

Brett Somers (born Audrey Dawn Johnston, 1924–2007), Canadian-American actress and comedian, panelist on CBS Match Game (1,412 episodes) and Blanche on The Odd Couple; wife of Jack Klugman; distinct from actress Suzanne Somers.

Brett Tucker

Brett Tucker (Brett Alan Tucker), Australian actor born 1972 in Melbourne, known for McLeod's Daughters, Neighbours, Mistresses, Station 19, voicing Singed in Arcane, and The Residence.

Brett Young (singer)

Brett Charles Young (born 1981, Anaheim, California) is an American country singer-songwriter, the "Caliville" artist behind seven straight No. 1 singles including "In Case You Didn't Know" and albums Brett Young, Ticket to L.A., and 2.0.

BrewDog

BrewDog: Scottish craft beer brand founded 2007 in Fraserburgh by James Watt and Martin Dickie; funded by Equity for Punks crowdfunding (over 200,000 investors, £75m), once valued around £1-2bn, sold to Tilray Brands in 2026 for £33m.

Brewers Association

The Brewers Association is a Boulder, Colorado trade association, formed by merger in 2005, that promotes and protects small and independent American craft brewers and runs the Great American Beer Festival.

Brewery

Brewery: a facility producing beer, from industrial plants to craft microbreweries. Covers the brewing process (mashing, boiling, fermenting), industrial versus craft brewing, history from 18th-century London to Prohibition, and the 2024-2025 U.S. craft contraction.

Brewing

Brewing is the production of beer from malted barley, hops, yeast, and water via mashing, boiling, fermentation, and maturation. Covers ale versus lager yeast, Neolithic origins, and current US, EU, and global industry volumes.

Brews Brothers

Brothers is a 2020 American comedy series on Netflix, created by Greg Schaffer. It follows two estranged brothers who run a craft brewery in Los Angeles.

Brewster McCloud

Brewster McCloud is Robert Altman's 1970 MGM fantasy comedy, also known by the working title Brewster McCloud's (Sexy) Flying Machine, in which Bud Cort's recluse builds wings under the Houston Astrodome; Shelley Duvall's film debut.

Brewster's Millions

Brewster's Millions: 1902 comedic novel by George Barr McCutcheon (as Richard Greaves) in which Monty Brewster must spend $1 million in a year to inherit $7 million; adapted into a 1906 Broadway play and many films, most famously the 1985 Richard Pryor comedy requiring $30 million spent in 30 days.

Brewster's Millions (1985 film)

Brewster's Millions is a 1985 American comedy directed by Walter Hill, in which Richard Pryor must spend $30 million in 30 days to inherit $300 million.

Brewster's Millions: Christmas

Brewster's Millions: Christmas is a 2024 BET+ holiday romance film directed by Patricia Cuffie-Jones, starring China Anne McClain as heiress Morgan Brewster, who must complete tasks from her late Uncle Monty's will by Christmas Eve; it reimagines the 1985 Richard Pryor comedy and features Pryor's children Rain and Richard Jr.

Brexit: The Uncivil War

Brexit: The Uncivil War is a 2019 Channel 4/HBO television drama, also titled Brexit, written by James Graham, directed by Toby Haynes, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Vote Leave strategist Dominic Cummings and Rory Kinnear as Craig Oliver.

Breyers

Breyers is an American ice cream brand founded in Philadelphia in 1866 by William A. Breyer, known for Natural Vanilla and black-and-white tubs and now owned by The Magnum Ice Cream Company.

Breyten Breytenbach

Breyten Breytenbach (1939–2024) was a South African poet, painter, and anti-apartheid activist, one of the foremost Afrikaans poets, who served seven years in prison for treason.

Bria Samone Henderson

Bria Samone Henderson (born 1992, Richmond, Virginia) is an American actress known as Dr. Jordan Allen on The Good Doctor and Margaret Sloan in Mrs. America; Spelman College and University of Washington MFA trained, Micheaux Film Festival winner.

BriaAndChrissy

BriaAndChrissy is the YouTube channel of Bria Kam and Chrissy Chambers, a lesbian singing duo active since 2012, known for LGBTQ music and vlogs, Chambers' UK revenge-porn lawsuit win, and their 2019 discrimination class action against YouTube and Google.

Brian (film)

Brian (2026) is an American coming-of-age comedy, Will Ropp's directorial debut, written by Late Night writer Mike Scollins. Ben Wang stars as a high schooler with panic attacks running for class president; premiered at SXSW 2026, released March 14, 2026.