That will be Desperate Housewives and True Blood star Mehcad Brooks as Jimmy Olsen, The Daily Planet photographer who is best friends with Clark Kent and a keen admirer of Superman. That's the ...

[Where to Stream Necessary Roughness] Mehcad Brooks is bringing a surprisingly smoldering take on Jimmy Olsen on the new superhero series Supergirl. The classic Superman sidekick now goes by ...

Holy Cats, “Supergirl” has landed its Jimmy Olsen! Actor Mehcad Brooks has been cast in the upcoming CBS superhero series, playing the newspaper photographer usually depicted in the comic ...

Mehcad Brooks, who plays James Olsen on Supergirl, will be departing the series during its upcoming fifth season. Pic credit: The CW. Supergirl is saying good-bye to an original cast member in its ...

CBS's new "Supergirl" series includes lots of nods to the Superman legacy, including borrowing Jimmy Olsen (with a twist). Mehcad Brooks plays the role of Superman's young photographer friend ...

We knew it was coming, but saying goodbye is still hard to do: this week’s episode of Supergirl was Mehcad Brooks’ last ... call me Chief,” Olsen answers. “It’s Jimmy.” ...

Supergirl co-star Mehcad Brooks shared some insight about how much of James Olsen’s backstory and supporting characters might play a role in Supergirl, how his version of “Jimmy” is similar ...

The Smallville version of Jimmy Olsen was atypical of WB/CW ... At first glance, Mehcad Brooks’s Olsen only meets one of the three criteria. He’s a photojournalist sure, but Melissa Benoist ...

He was also notably played by Mehcad Brooks in the Arrowverse and by Aaron Ashmore in Smallville. Joining Gisondo’s Jimmy Olsen in Superman are several other members of the Daily Planet ...

"Supergirl" star Melissa Benoist and Mehcad Brooks. CBS's new "Supergirl" series includes lots of nods to the Superman legacy, including borrowing Jimmy Olsen (with a twist). Mehcad Brooks plays ...

The upcoming CBS superhero series Supergirl will feature Mehcad Brooks as young photojournalist Jimmy Olsen. The 34-year-old Austin native will be playing the love interest of Supergirl (played by ...