Adam Brody Adam Brody stars in “Missing Brendan” on Lifetime Television, Monday, May 30, 2005 at 9 p.m. This marks Brody’s debut in a dramatic role and the television premiere of this gripping drama regarding the controversial war in Vietnam – on the 30th anniversary of the end of the war. In “Missing Brendan,” Brody plays Patrick, a boy whose father Brendan has been missing since the Vietnam War. Patrick’s grandfather, played by Ed Asner, receives some startling information about a downed jet-fighter. The search for the truth leads the family to Vietnam, where they are assisted by archeologist Julie Conroy, played by Illeana Douglas.