Brooks Wheelan’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro American comedian
Is Actor 
Television actor 
From United States of America 
Type Film, TV, Stage & Radio 
Gender male
Birth 21 August 1986, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, U.S.A.
Age: 33 years
Star sign Leo

Brooks Patrick Wheelan (born August 21, 1986) is an American stand-up comedian, actor and writer who was a cast member on Saturday Night Live for the 2013–2014 season.

Early life and education

Wheelan was born Brooks Patrick Wheelan in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on August 21, 1986 and raised in Manchester, Iowa, the son of Chris and Jim Wheelan.

Growing up, his interest mostly focused on science and mathematics. He performed regularly in Iowa City during his college years. He graduated from the University of Iowa in 2009 with a biomedical engineering degree.

Career

Wheelan started performing stand-up comedy in his late teens in Iowa, then went to Kansas City and Chicago, before eventually moving to Los Angeles where he began to perform stand-up comedy full-time. Before joining Saturday Night Live, he performed stand-up comedy in Los Angeles while he had a job as a biomedical engineer, doing research on eyes and heart valves. In 2013, Wheelan was hired to write for Saturday Night Live for the 2013–2014 season and was made a cast member the week before the season started. After being fired from Saturday Night Live, Wheelan embarked on a stand-up tour entitled ‘Brooks Wheelan Falls Back On Standup Comedy (sorta) Tour’, in reference to his firing. As part of his promotion for the tour he performed on Conan.

Wheelan’s first stand-up comedy album This is Cool, Right? was released on 27 January 2015 to critical acclaim. The Laugh Button called it, “One of the best albums of 2015.” While the A.V. Club wrote, “This Is Cool, Right? is at turns manic, honest, and completely absurd. Brooks crafts jokes not unlike sketches, and has an ear for storytelling that finds universal truths in the examining of his personal life.” As part of the promotion for the record, he appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers. Wheelan also has a Comedy Central half-hour stand-up special airing in summer 2015. Wheelan was engaged to his long time girlfriend but now openly speaks about being cheated on and the relationship ending in his stand up.

Saturday Night Live

Wheelan was a recurring guest on Saturday Night Live‘s “Weekend Update,” using his stand-up stories as public service announcements against irresponsible behavior. On the Bruce Willis / Katy Perry episode, the commentary centered on having tattoos that have no meaning, with Wheelan showing off three tattoos he had in his youth: A tribal stamp on his left arm meant to look like the one Anthony Kiedis from Red Hot Chili Peppers has, a nautical star on his right arm, and a weird oceanscape on his side (which came from a doodle he drew in his freshman year of high school, and which does not make sense to him because he grew up in Iowa, which is not a coastal state). On the Anna Kendrick / Pharrell Williams episode, the commentary centered on the dangers of drinking alcohol, and the story of how his friends put butter down his pants while he was blacked out drunk and Wheelan worrying that he was dying of an undiscovered sexually transmitted disease.

On July 14, 2014, Wheelan announced through Twitter that he was no longer a cast member of Saturday Night Live, stating, “FIRED FROM NEW YORK IT’S SATURDAY NIGHT!”.

Impressions on Saturday Night Live

  • Rand Paul
  • Jared Leto
  • Harry Styles
  • Kid Rock
  • Matthew McConaughey
  • Slash
  • Uncle Sam

Brooks Wheelan went to West Delaware High school in Manchester Iowa.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2013 Adam Devine’s House Party Himself
2013-2014 Saturday Night Live Himself / Various Roles Also writer
2014 @midnight Himself
2015 Ridiculousness Himself
Hawaii 5-0 Owen
Girls Bryce Season 4, Episode 2: “Triggering”
Stereotypically You Barry
The Half Hour Himself
2016 Those Who Can’t Ronnie
Random Tropical Paradise Bowie Pemberton IV
To Tell the Truth Himself / Guest Panelist
2017 Big Hero 6: The Series Fred Voice
Replacing T. J. Miller

Discography

Year Title
2015 This is cool, Right?
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