Started stand-up in Sacramento. Moved to San Francisco during the tail end of the early nineties comedy boom. Was a local favorite along with friends Tom Rhodes, Greg Proops and Patton Oswalt. Moved to Los Angeles in 1993 for a second career in TV writing. He wrote and performed on Mr. Show instead. While writing TV and feature films and acting on TV and in films he's still managed to carve out a niche as part of the Los Angeles alternative comedy scene and headline at the good comedy clubs around the country. I am a... I mean... Brian is a regular guest on Conan O'Brien. He's currently part of the Comedians Of Comedy Tour(w/Patton Oswalt, Maria Bamford and Zach Galiafanakis). The Comedians of Comedy tour was recently documented as a feature film and a show on Comedy Central. Brian recorded his first stand-up CD Nerd Rage this past year. The CD is now available everywhere(even Europe) through RELAPSE RECORDS.
Website
brianposehn.com briansnerdrage.com
Influences
Steve Martin, Bob Newhart, Chris Rock, Don Rickles, George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Lenny Bruce, Sam Kinison, Bobcat Goldthwait, Bill Hicks, Mitch Hedberg, Dana Gould, David Cross, Patton Oswalt, Greg Proops, Dave Attell and Louis CK
TV Shows
STAND-UP: COMEDY CENTRAL PRESENTS: BRIAN POSEHN (2004, 2008), Late Night on Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel, Showbiz Show, every bad stand-up show in the nineties. And I won on Star Search in 1995, I dare you to find it.
ACTING: Currently on The Sarah Silverman Program on Comedy Central. Played Kevin on Just Shoot Me. Also appeared on Friends, Everybody Loves Raymond, Newsradio, Seinfeld, Bernie Mac and Mr. Show with Bob and Davis.
VOICE WORK: 3 South, Mission Hill, Metalocalypse, Tom Goes to the Mayor, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Word Girl, Clerks Animated, Father of The Pride, Kim Possible, Dave the Barbarian
Films
DEVIL'S REJECTS, COMEDIANS OF COMEDY, Sarah Silverman's JESUS IS MAGIC And look for me in 2006-2007 in Rob Zombie's EL SUPERBEASTO, LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE, SMILEY FACE and the zombie western comedy WANTED: UNDEAD OR ALIVE
Albums
Brian Posehn LIVE IN: Nerd Rage
Brian Posehn's Interests
General
METAL, sleeping, laughing, eating food, my dogs, the sweet leaf, HORROR, comic books, video games, I am still fifteen
Music
3 inches of blood, 3rd bass, accept, AC/DC, alabama thunderpussy, alice in chains, amon amarth, ANTHRAX, apocalyptica, Arch Enemy, At the Gates, bad brains, Beastie boys, beatles, biggie smalls, black label society, BLACK SABBATH, black sheep, bowie, buckethead, busta rhymes, Cannibal corpse, chimaira, coup, corrosion of conformity, cure, D.R.I, dag nasty, danzig, de la soul, Death, Death Angel, deftones, del, descendents, Dimmu, Dio, DOWN, Dream Theater, early man, epmd, eric b. and rakim, every time I die, evile, Exodus, faith no more, fantomas, far, Fastway, fear factory, flotsam and jetsam, forbidden, fu manchu, god forbid, Hank 1-3, hatebreed, haunted, heiroglyphics, helmet, Iced Earth, In Flames, IRON MAIDEN, JUDAS PRIEST, killswitch, King Diamond, KISS, kreator, krs-one, Kyuss, Lamb of God, Led Zeppelin, leeway, machine head, Malevolent Creation, manson, Mastodon, MEGADETH, mercyful fate, metal church, METALLICA, methodman, minor threat, mr. bungle, municipal waste, muse, nebula, nirvana, nugent, nwa, obituary, opeth, Overkill, PANTERA(RIP DIME), pearl jam, peeping tom, perfect circle, pharcyde, PIXIES, posessed, PRIMUS, prince paul, public enemy, queens of the stone age, queensryche, radiohead, Raven, redman, Roots, RUSH, Rwake, Sacred Reich, saxon, scatterbrain, scorpions, Schenker, screaming trees, sepultura, shadows fall, sick of it all, Skid Row, Skynyrd, SLAYER, Slipknot, souls of mischief, soundgarden, stevie ray vaughan, Stormtroopers of Death, Suicidal, system of a down, talib kweli, Tesla(fellow Sac-Towners), Testament, Thin Lizzy, TITANNICA, tomahawk, TOOL, tribe called quest, UFO, unearth, vandals, van halen (first four albums and half of 1984), Vio-lence, Waylon, Willie, Wu Tang, Yngwie, Y&T, Zombie(white/rob)
Movies
A New Hope, Akira, Aliens, American Werewolf in London, Assault on Precinct Thirteen(original), Big Trouble In Little China, BLADERUNNER, Blade 2, Borat, Caddyshack, Children Of Men, Chinese Connection, Conversation, Dawn of the Dead (both), Desperado, DEVIL'S REJECTS, Die Hard, Drunken Master 2, Election, Empire Strikes Back, Enter The Dragon, Escape from New York, Evil Dead 2, Fast Times, Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, Friday the Thirteenth, From Dusk till Dawn, Ghost World, The Good, the Bad, The Ugly, Goodfellas, Groundhog Day, Halloween, Hard Boiled, JAWS, Kill Bill 1 & 2, The Killer, The Killing, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Last Boyscout, Long Kiss Goodnight, Lord of the Rings trilogy, Marathon Man, Omen, Office Space, Near Dark, Night Of the Living Dead, Outlaw Josie Wales, Phantasm, Poltergeist, Professional, Pulp Fiction, Raiders, Resevoir Dogs, Return of The Living Dead, Rivers Edge, Road Warrior, Rashomon, The Rundown, Rushmore, Say Anything, Shaun of the Dead, South Park movie, Superman 2, Temple of Doom, Texas Chainsaw Massacre(original), Tai Chi Master, The Thing (Carpenter's), Transporter, True Romance, Versus, Warriors, Wrath of Khan, Yojimbo, X2
Television
SOUTH PARK, COMEDIANS OF COMEDY, 24, BUFFY, FIREFLY, Battlestar GALACTICA(NEW), SCTV, SPACED, YOUNG ONES
Books
Bradbury, Bukowski, Dahl, Fante, King, Klosterman, Vonnegut....
Confederates In The Attic,Dark Knight Returns, The Dirt, I Am Legend, Mr Show: What Happened? What Makes Sammy Run?,
COMIC BOOKS: Identity Crisis, Invincible, Powers, Walking Dead, Y The Last Man
All BENDIS and BRUBAKER!!
Heroes
Don Rickles, Chris Rock, Bob Newhart, Steve Martin(the stand-up, not the actor), Harold Ramis, Tony Stark (for his battle with alcoholism), Dave Lombardo, Dave Mustaine, Neil Adams, Alan Moore, Ruth Gordon
About me: About me:
I'm that one guy from TV. I've also been in movies, mostly bad ones. I'm not counting COMEDIANS OF COMEDY, Sarah Silverman's JESUS IS MAGIC or The Devil's Rejects (being involved with that was a horror nerd's dream). Cool people say I'm funny. Just look at my comments. What else?? I like sleeping. Pot makes me high. I've seen more car crashes than most people. I love Skid Row, the band - not the old timey place. I laugh when strangers fall or trip. Too hard. I'm ready for the zombie apocalypse. My dog Ernie is funny. I love sandwiches, I think they're good. If I were a stuntman I'd bash fake bottles against my head all the time, even when I wasn't working. I saw a monkey break the tire swing in his cage and he picked up a giant bolt and winged it out of his cage. It could've fucking killed somebody. I hate skiing, it's hard and anybody who says it's fun is a lying asshole. You can send me a note, but please don't be offended if you don't get a reply. I tried keeping up with it for a while. Fucking impossible, sorry. What else???? Oh yeah, I remember:
Buy my CD!!!
'Live In: Nerd Rage' is available NOW on RELAPSE RECORDS in North America and select European countries.
CHECK OUT MY NEW CD SITE www.BriansNerdRage.com for Free IM Icons, Message Board avatars, computer wallpapers, banners, and samples from my record.
For more information on Brian and/or Live In: Nerd Rage, please contact Betsey Cichoracki, Relapse Records Media Relations at Betsey@Relapse.com.
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Who I'd like to meet: vampire, wolfman, bigfoot, ninja, dinosaur, frankenstein, a funny drunk, a super smart monkey, the president. no trannies. AND NO MORE FUCKING GROUPS. UNLESS YOUR GROUP IS FOR PEOPLE WHO WILL NEVER JOIN A FUCKING GROUP, COUNT ME THE FUCK OUT.
Brian, just wanted to say thanks for the add and that I look forward to seeing you on Aug. 27th a Dr. Grins in Grand Rapids, I'll be doing a short set that night as well, it'll be great to finally do some opening work for someone of your caliber.
I was watching one of your stand up routines on Comedy central the other day, it was hilarious...I also need to get me one of those death to false comedy T-shirts
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