Brian Carpenter

Actor 1984–2025 (41 year career)

6.7 avg rating

Highest Rated

Mad Men

2007 · as Arnold Merriman

8.1

Jessie

2011 · as Head Judge

8.0

Babylon 5

1994 · as Callenn

8.0

Known For

Film

We Were Soldiers

Sec. of Defense Robert McNamara (uncredited)

Film

Evan Almighty

Congressman

Film

Superhero Movie

Matthews

Film

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

Older Man

Film

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Bailiff

Film

Desperate Housewives

Clerk

Film

Mad Men

Arnold Merriman

Film

Jessie

Head Judge

Filmography

Acting (27)

Movies (8)

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

2025

as Older Man

5.7

Vice

2018

as Flint

Superhero Movie

as Matthews

Evan Almighty

as Congressman

We Were Soldiers

as Sec. of Defense Robert McNamara (uncredited)

7.1

The Last Place on Earth

2002

as Boss (Uncredited)

5.0

Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter

1994

as Brendan Cross

6.2

Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert

1993

as Shop Clerk

4.5

Television (19)

Palm Royale

as Director Driscoll

Platonic

as Old Guy

How I Met Your Father

as Rupert

Jessie

as Head Judge

Kath & Kim

as Director

Mad Men

as Arnold Merriman

The Sarah Silverman Program.

as Judge

'Til Death

as Minister

Close to Home

as Judge

Desperate Housewives

as Clerk

Boston Legal

as Dr. Ferrell

The Practice

as Dr. Schuller

Profiler

as Robert Harroway

Babylon 5

as Callenn

Chicago Hope

as Reporter #2

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

1993

as Lieutenant Colonel

7.6

Beverly Hills, 90210

1990

as Minister

7.3

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

as Bailiff

Murder, She Wrote

as Desk Clerk