Brett Gelman Biography
Brett Gelman (Brett Clifford Gelman) is an American actor and comedian. He is famously known for the Adult Swim comedy-action series Eagleheart. He played the role of Brett Mobley. He has also played in other films. Among them are: Another Period, Married. He currently co-stars as Martin on the BBC Three comedy Fleabag. In addition, he has appeared on Twin Peaks, Making History, and Stranger Things.
Gelman attended Highland Park High School. Later, he graduated from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. He received classical training in theater. Soon after college, Gelman moved to New York City with fellow schoolmate, actor Jon Daly. While in New York, Gelman was a regular performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.
Brett Gelman was part of the duo Cracked Out, improv group Monkey Dick, and sketch group Mr. A$$. A popular New York Lottery commercial funded his work for a while. Gelman did a one-man show called 1,000 Cats. Gelman has appeared in the films The Other Guys and 30 Minutes or Less.
He is a regular sketch performer on HBO’s Funny or Die Presents and Comedy Central’s Nick Swardson’s Pretend Time. He has had recurring roles on The Life & Times of Tim and The Inbetweeners. Moreover, he has made guest appearances on comedy programs such as Bored to Death, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Office, Happy Endings, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, and The League.
Brett Gelman has also written for the MTV sketch series Human Giant. Gelman appeared as a cast member on the Comedy Central sketch comedy special This Show Will Get You High in 2010. It was created by Matt Besser. He also co-starred as “Mr. K” on the NBC comedy series Go On starring Matthew Perry and as A.J. on the FX comedy series Married.
Moreover, in 2014, he hosted a dinner party special that aired on Adult Swim. One year later, he was a consulting writer on season two of the entertainment news parody series Hot Package on Adult Swim. He also recurred as Hamish on the Comedy Central series Another Period and as Ronnie on the Starz series Blunt Talk.
In the same year, Brett Gelman appeared in the last season of Mad Men. In November 2016, Gelman announced that he had left Adult Swim. This is because of the network’s alleged poor treatment of female employees and the promotion of controversial Million Dollar Extreme Presents: World Peace.
In addition, he starred in and co-wrote Lemon, opposite Judy Greer, Michael Cera, Nia Long and Gillian Jacobs. It was directed by Janicza Bravo. It had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2017. In the same year, it was announced that Gelman was cast in the second season of the hit Netflix science-fiction web series Stranger Things.
Brett Gelman played the role of Murray Bauman, a conspiracy theorist and former journalist. In 2018, he starred in the independent feature film Room for Rent.
Brett Gelman Age
Brett Gelman was born in Highland Park, Illinois, United States Of America. He was born on 6th October 1976. His current age is 42 years as of 2018.
Brett Gelman Net Worth
Having starred in a variety of films and TV Shows, Brett Gelman has accumulated quite a lot in terms of wealth. He is famously known for the Adult Swim comedy-action series Eagleheart. He played the role of Brett Mobley. He has also played in other films.
Among them are: Another Period, Married. He currently co-stars as Martin on the BBC Three comedy Fleabag. In addition, he has appeared on Twin Peaks, Making History, and Stranger Things.
Brett Gelman net worth is estimated to be around $ 500,000.
Brett Gelman Wife | Brett Gelman Janicza Bravo
Brett Gelman is married to his wife Janicza Bravo. She was his longtime girlfriend. They got married in December 2o15. Janicza is an American writer, director and photographer.
Gelman and Bravo first met in New York City while working in making a New York Lotto commercial. The couple currently lives in Los Angeles. They are living a happy married life. A times the beautiful couple works together. Janicza cowrote “Lemon” with Brett, who stars as Isaac in the very project. However, the two have been less open about their relationship behind the cameras.
People are always wondering if the couple has any children together. So far, the two have not revealed anything about them sharing children along with their plans to expand their family in the near or far future. Let us wait and see if the pair reveals anything about having an addition to their family of two.
Additionally, people often speculate that the couple might have divorce on their minds. The couple does not bother to address those rumors, so let us hope they are not a verge of divorce. This is such a beautiful couple that no one would like to witness getting divorced.
Brett Gelman Movies And Tv Shows | Brett Gelman Stranger Things | Brett Gelman The Office | Brett Gelman Fleabag | Brett Gelman Twin Peaks | Brett Gelman The Other Guys
Brett Gelman Movies
- 2004 Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story
- 2006 Gingerbreed
- 2007 Watching the Detectives
- 2008 Stick It in Detroit
- 2009 May the Best Man Win
- 2010 The Other Guys
2011 TO DATE
- 2011 A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas
- 2013 Jobs
- 2014 Someone Marry Barry
- 2016 Flock of Dudes
- 2017 Lemon
- 2018 Wild Nights with Emily
- 2018 Like Father
Brett Gelman TV Shows
- 2005 Coke
- 2008 Human Giant
- 2009 Californication
- 2010–2012 The Life & Times of Tim
- 2012 The Office
- 2013–2014 Drunk History
- 2013–2015 Kroll Show
- 2014–2015 Married
- 2014–2016 Mr. Pickles
2015 TO DATE
- 2015 Comedy Bang! Bang!
- 2015–2016 Blunt Talk
- 2015–2018 Another Period
- 2016 Fleabag
- 2016–2018 American Dad!
- 2017 Stranger Things
- 2018 Camping
- 2019 Mr. Mercedes
Brett Gelman Interview
Q: Hey, Brett! Thank you for taking a stand.
Brett Gelman: Well, to me it didn’t even really feel like a stand. I mean, I had already decided to do that, and once I’d read those articles, I just couldn’t see how I could continue to work with the company when those were their policies. And how it was defended – that is what I had a real problem with, but also the greenlight of Million Dollar Extreme and allowing that on their network.
Q: So how far does this go back? When did you first decide you were done with Adult Swim?
Brett Gelman: I started thinking about it I guess a couple weeks ago when I fell upon the articles. I mean, I had already made the decision, right then. I was like “I’m done.” I would’ve made it public earlier, but I guess the election really kind of looped me into making it public – and also, just seeing a fan feel like I’m letting them down in a way, saying I’m proselytizing but not backing it up. But immediately when I heard that, I was done.
Q: Did you not ever have any inkling about this before, having worked with Adult Swim for a while now?
Brett Gelman: I didn’t know. I didn’t have such an in. Look, the reality is the whole business is misogynist, racist, homophobic, and transphobic. The oppressed people need to deal with the state of our business every single day, and as much as we move forward, that is still present – not necessarily consciously, but it is subconscious. And this is the thing that everybody, especially straight white men, have to realize not only about the system but about ourselves: We are subconsciously conditioned to be comfortable, and we might be looking the other way without even knowing we are looking the other way.
Q: What can comedians do to actively fight against this?
Brett Gelman: Really go out of your way to hire women, people of color, homosexuals, transgendered people – go out of your way to hire them. This whole thing of “Oh, it’s the most qualified!” Bullshit. That argument of who is the most qualified – you have to question that, that impulse, because what is making you make that decision might be the fact that you are uncomfortable with hiring a person different from you, and that might be limiting your honest appraisal of your work.
Brett Gelman: Even if somebody is maybe a little less qualified, you can bring them in, you can teach them, and it will also make your work better because you’ll have different perspectives. Even if somebody is less talented, they’re coming at it from a completely different perspective, and that helps your work. That perspective is invaluable to us.
Q: A lot of women have spoken up about this, but unfortunately, I don’t think it was seen as “legitimate” by a lot of people until you commented on it. So, how can Adult Swim work to fix this now?
Brett Gelman: I mean, they cancel that show and they start hiring women showrunners. They can start being more conscious. I never had a conversation at Adult Swim about this; it is not my policy ever to discuss directly with executives the other shows that they’re making. So I don’t know what their reason was behind greenlighting a show like Million Dollar Extreme. I hope that they didn’t think it was a show promoting white supremacy – I hope that they just saw it as another crazy sketch group that was pushing the envelope. But that was an erroneous way to evaluate that.
Q: So does this mean your Dinner specials are officially over?
Brett Gelman: [laughs] Yeah. I mean, I could still do specials, they just won’t be Dinner specials. I could still do comedy specials, and Jason Woliner could still do comedy specials – I wanna give a shout out to him, he’s half of all of my work on Adult Swim. And you know, I’ve got tons of options. This is not a sacrifice to me.
SOURCE: www.vulture.com