Brett has lived in Colorado, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, and Alabama. Brett graduated with a degree in English from UVU where he also studied theatre. Brett started acting in 1998 doing local/regional theatre and began acting in commercials and films in 2001. His most notable roles are the supportive, bargain-loving stepdad in “Once I Was a Beehive” and the supportive, former kidnap victim Mark Larsen in “The Saratov Approach.” Brett married production designer Amelia Kuhlmann in 2006, and they divorced in 2017. They have a daughter.