Derrex Brady

Derrex, a native of Grand Rapids, Michigan, began his career with a guest-starting role on the award winning Lifetime Television show "Any Day Now" (starring Annie Potts and Lorraine Toussaint) playing Ajoni, boyfriend of Mary Elizabeth's (Potts) daughter. Brady's role ended after a couple episodes, but executive producers decided to bring the character back for a pivotal plot twist and add Derrex as a series regular. Brady went on to work with Al Pacino in the film "Simone". Brady has filmed over 60 national commercials; two major campaigns, Michael Bay's global franchise "Transformers" as well as AT&T's national campaign with Mark Wahlberg, directed by Peter Berg. Brady garnered much attention as the addicted gambler on USA Networks' "In Plain Sight" and went on to portray a case worker in the critically acclaimed movie, starring opposite Oscar winner Melissa Leo in "The Space Between"; events surrounding 911. Brady shows no signs of slowing down starring in the upcoming romantic comedy "Questions". Derrex will be seen early 2020 in the film "HeadShop", as Loretta Devine's FBI agent son; also staring Nicole Ari Parker, Kimberly Elise, Evan Ross, Deon Cole and Michael Jai White. Adding behind the camera, Derrex teamed up with M.D. Walton to produce the award winning short film "The Championship Rounds", starring Harold Perineau, Jr. (Claws), Rutina Wesley (Queen Sugar), Larry Gilliard (The Wire), and Michael Anthony Spady (The Hammer). The award winning short resulted in the pair teaming up long term to launch their production arm Skyscope Pictures. The team's first phase of projects under the Skyscope banner include the feature version of the short, titled "MICHAEL" written by Walton, a series entitled "Roberta Rules", written by Brady and produced feature film "Questions", a romantic comedy. Two more projects moving forward under the Skyscope banner, "Young Warrior", Bio Picture based on the life of Jason Hill; Thrust into life of a drug addicted single mother, blond, blue-eyed kid navigates through the projects of Akron, Oh. He learns his purpose, starting a non profit for fatherless boys, but all stops after tragic events leave him in a coma fighting for his life. Also, MARCH, a Limited TV series, written by the talented Ben Caro, based on the true story of three teens who hitch hiked through dangerous territory in 1963, from Alabama to DC, to attend the March On Washington where MLK gave his famed speech "I Have a Dream". Stand By Me meets Selma. With their slate of projects aligned for 2021 & 2022, the Skyscope team are excited for the present and future.