Mehcad Jason McKinley Brooks (born October 25, 1980) is an American actor and former fashion model. He is known for his roles as NYPD Detective Jalen Shaw on NBC's Law & Order (2022-), James "Jimmy" Olsen / Guardian on the CBS/The CW series Supergirl, Terrance "TK" King in the USA series Necessary Roughness (2011-2013), "Eggs" Benedict Talley on HBO's True Blood, Jerome on The Game, and Matthew Applewhite on the second season of ABC's Desperate Housewives.

Filmography

• 2026Mortal Kombat II — Jax Briggs
• And Just Like That… — Marion Odin
• Law & Order: Organized Crime — Jalen Shaw
• 2021Mortal Kombat — Jax
• 2020A Fall from Grace — Shannon
• 2018Nobody's Fool — Charlie
• 2016Adulterers — Damien, Producer
• Supergirl — Jimmy Olsen / Guardian
• 2014About Last Night — Derek
• Benched — George Grumbeigh Jr.
• Alcatraz — Matt Tanner
• 2012Magic: The Gathering - The Musical — Doug
• 2011Creature — Niles
• Necessary Roughness — Terrence King
• 2010Just Wright — Angelo Bembrey
• My Generation — Rolly Marks
• The Deep End — Malcolm Bennett
• Dollhouse — Sam Jennings
• True Blood — Eggs
• 2007In the Valley of Elah — Specialist Ennis Long
• K-Ville
• 2006Glory Road — Harry Flournoy
• The Game — Jerome Wright
• Ghost Whisperer — Justin Cotter
• Desperate Housewives — Matthew Applewhite
• 2004Tiger Cruise — Kenny
• Cold Case — Herman Lester
• Do Over
• One on One — Mustafa
• Boston Public — Russell Clark
• Malcolm in the Middle — Big kid
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Prince Miller
• Law & Order — Jalen Shaw

Appearances as themselves (2)

• The View — Self
• Entertainment Tonight — Self