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Brett Cullen

Brett Cullen

6 films · 450 frames · top-billed in 1 · 20082024

Born 26 August 1956 · Houston, Texas, USA

Peter Brett Cullen is an American actor who has appeared in numerous motion pictures and television programs. Early in 2007, he was cast as the role of an estranged father to one of the American football players, Tim Riggins (played by actor Taylor Kitsch), in the NBC drama series Friday Night Lights.

Cullen was born in Houston, Texas, the son of Lucien Hugh Cullen, an oil industry executive, and Catherine Cullen. He graduated from Madison High School in Houston in 1974.

How their films are shot

Measured across 450 frames from the 6 films we hold. This is the look of the work Brett takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 6 films we hold, 46% of their frames are night, 44% low key — the look of the work Brett takes.

Time of day

Night46%
Day43%
Interior8%

Lighting

Low key44%
Natural40%
High key13%

Shot size

Medium50%
Closeup20%
Wide20%
Establishing5%

Camera angle

Eye level82%
Low angle7%
High angle6%
Top down4%

Mood

Neutral50%
Tense23%
Lonely15%
Ominous5%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 450 frames from Brett Cullen's 6 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.