Biography
Happy Anderson (born November 19, 1976) is an American actor who has worked in film, television, on and off Broadway. He is best known for his roles as Mr. James "Jimmy" Fester on Cinemax's The Knick and Jerry Brudos on the Netflix series Mindhunter, from executive producer/director David Fincher. Anderson appears in the Netflix films Bird Box as River Man and Bright as Montehugh, a human who works for the FBI's magic division.
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Bikeriders
2024
as Big Jack
After a chance encounter, headstrong Kathy is drawn to Benny, member of Midwestern motorcycle club the Vandals. As the club transforms into a dangerou...

Maggie Moore(s)
2023
as Kosco
Bizarre back-to-back murders in an otherwise quiet Arizona desert town has rattled local Police Chief Jordan Sanders. The two dead women have no conne...

The New Mutants
2020
as Reverend Craig
Five young mutants, just discovering their abilities while held in a secret facility against their will, fight to escape their past sins and save them...

Bad Boys for Life
2020
as Jenkins
Marcus and Mike are forced to confront new threats, career changes, and midlife crises as they join the newly created elite team AMMO of the Miami pol...

The Standoff at Sparrow Creek
2019
as Morris
After a mass shooting at a police funeral, reclusive ex-cop Gannon finds himself unwittingly forced out of retirement when he realizes that the killer...

Bird Box
2018
as River Man
Five years after an ominous unseen presence drives most of society to suicide, a survivor and her two children make a desperate bid to reach safety.

Bright
2017
as Montehugh
In an alternate present-day where magical creatures live among us, two L.A. cops become embroiled in a prophesied turf battle.

The Comedian
2016
as Heckler / Severin (uncredited)
An aging comic icon, Jackie Burke, has seen better days. Despite his efforts to reinvent himself and his comic genius, the audience only wants to know...

Addiction: A 60's Love Story
2015
as Lanny Gann
Family man Max Bornstein was a full-time dope fiend working within the underground, highly illegal pornography industry in 1968’s New York City. While...

Cold in July
2014
as Ted
While investigating noises in his house one balmy Texas night in 1989, Richard Dane puts a bullet in the brain of a low-life burglar. Although he’s ha...

Going the Distance
2010
as Terry
Erin and Garrett are very much in love. When Erin moves to San Francisco to finish her journalism degree and Garrett stays behind in New York to work ...

Duplicity
2009
as Physec
Two romantically involved corporate spies team up to manipulate a race to corner the market on a medical innovation that will reap huge profits and al...

Brutal Massacre: A Comedy
2008
as Ivan
Harry Penderecki, a once heralded horror auteur, finds himself on the outside looking in at Hollywood. He hasn't had a hit film in years, and most in ...

Redacted
2007
as Battalion Commander / Prosecutor
A fictional documentary discusses the effects the Iraq war has had on soldiers and local people through interviews with members of an American militar...
Capsized
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as Tom
Nicole's discovery of an eviction notice shatters her family's houseboat vacation, forcing them to confront their patriarch's troubles, lost homes, an...