Mehcad Brooks

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Summary

Mehcad Brooks is an actor and musician known for True Blood, Necessary Roughness, Supergirl, and Mortal Kombat. His work on Supergirl led him to discuss sexism, race, immigration, and human equity, and he has described the show as continuing the Civil Rights movement. Brooks has said he joined the Human Rights Campaign in 2008 and remains a member, and he has spoken publicly about racial justice and police killings of black Americans.