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This week on Here’s What We Know, we sit down with Brent Huff to talk about what acting and voiceover work really take. Brent has one of those voices you recognize before your brain catches up with the face. Fans know him as Smitty on The Rookie, where he’s now in his ninth year playing the part.

Brent grew up in the Ozarks and dreamed of playing in the NBA and starring in movies during the offseason. He shares the story of a year when everyone thought he was working all the time, while his appointment book told a different story: 100 auditions and four bookings. Brent still considers it a great year.

Brent’s first book, My Playbook for Life, comes out November 6 on Amazon. He built it from years of underlining passages and keeping journal notes from the self-help books and biographies he loves. He also recorded the audiobook himself, which took about 200 hours. Brent explains why he decided not to use an AI voice clone that could have finished the job in a day.

In This Episode:

• Growing Up in the Ozarks
• Dreaming of the NBA and Hollywood
• Making the Move to Los Angeles
• The Reality of an Acting Career
• 100 Auditions and 4 Bookings
• Brent Huff's Voiceover Career
• The Old-School Voiceover Auditions
• Finding a Distinctive Voice
• Brent Huff on The Rookie and Smitty
• My Playbook for Life
• Avoiding Bitterness in Hollywood
• Finding Your Calling
• Getting Better and Caring Less What People Think
• Brent's Career, Books and What's Next
  
  

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Bio:

Brent Huff is an actor, voiceover artist, and author best known for playing Officer Smitty on The Rookie. He has spent decades working in television, film, and voiceover, with appearances in shows including Mad Men, Shameless, and The West Wing. Brent grew up in the Ozarks and eventually moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting. His first book, My Playbook for Life, brings together lessons and advice he has collected from years of reading, journaling, and building his career in Hollywood.

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