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Brian Posehn
Born (1966-07-06) July 6, 1966 (age 58)
Sacramento, California
Occupation(s)stand-up comedian, actor, writer
Websitehttp://www.brianposehn.com

Brian Posehn (born July 6, 1966) is an American actor and comedian, known for his roles as mail clerk Kevin Liotta on NBC's Just Shoot Me!, as a cast member of HBO's Mr. Show, and as Brian Spukowski on Comedy Central's The Sarah Silverman Program.

Biography

Career

Posehn has had mainly small roles in TV shows, including the voice of Jim in Mission Hill and Del Swanson in 3 South. He appeared on an episode of Seinfeld, "The Burning", playing a patient, when Kramer "was given" gonorrhea. Brian's character was to "act out" how a surgeon left a sponge in him, to a cast of medical students. In addition, he has done the voice of Gibbons, a tiny man, on some episodes of Tom Goes to the Mayor. In another Adult Swim production, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, he voiced the Wisdom Cube in the episode "The Cubing". Posehn portrayed a convenience store clerk in Dumb and Dumberer, and delivered the manuscript in which Joey Tribbiani's soap opera character "Dr. Drake Ramoray" is killed off in an episode of Friends. He appeared as two different characters in NewsRadio -- a fan with questions for Jimmy James at a book reading, and a member of Dave's a cappella group "Chock Full of Notes." He voiced Grunts and various marines in Halo 2.

Posehn appeared in the 2003 movie Grind as a customer at Chili 'n Such, a fast food restaurant where the main characters work. He was also featured briefly as "himself" alongside Sarah Silverman and Laura Silverman in 2005's Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic. He also played Jimmy Cracker, roadie for Banjo and Sullivan, in Rob Zombie's The Devil's Rejects. Posehn has also appeared in the commercial "Ink Fairy" for Staples office supply store, one of their ad campaign that features the "easy button."

Posehn appeared on The Showbiz Show with David Spade for a segment called "The Nerd Perspective", in which he gave a scathing criticism of MTV and its declining quality. He also was featured on the documentary series The Comedians of Comedy on Comedy Central and Showtime. He was a writer and performer on the first season the MTV sketch comedy series, Human Giant. Currently, Posehn and Steve Agee co-star as the "gigantic, orange, and gay" neighbors of Sarah Silverman on the Comedy Central show The Sarah Silverman Program.

In 2006, Relapse Records released his first album, Live In: Nerd Rage.[1][2] It includes Metal by Numbers, a song mocking bands that term themselves "metal" but are clearly not.[3][4] The instrumental tracks feature metal legends such as guitarist Scott Ian (of Anthrax), bassist Joey Vera (of Armored Saint), drummer John Tempesta (of The Cult and White Zombie), and lead guitarist Jonathan Donais (of Shadows Fall). Posehn also appeared in the Anthrax music video for "What Doesn't Die".

Also in 2006, Posehn co-wrote the comic book The Last Christmas with writer Gerry Duggan, published by Image Comics (ISBN 1582406766).

In 2007, Posehn appeared in the superhero film Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer as a priest that marries Reed Richards and Sue Storm. In the animated feature Surf's Up, he played Glen Maverick. He was in an episode of the TV series Thank God You're Here. He also appeared on the comedy compilation CD Comedy Death-Ray.

Posehn also made an appearance in 2007's Super High Me, a documentary starring prominent marijuana comedian Doug Benson. Posehn is seen having a conversation over lunch with Benson on a backyard patio in Los Angeles, California (homeowner not cited) after smoking marijuana.

Posehn voiced the character of Murray, a robot, in Rob Zombie's animated film, The Haunted World of El Superbeasto (due for release in 2008).

Posehn also participated in the Comedy Lineup of the 2008 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, which included Louis C.K., Janeane Garofalo, Zach Galifianakis, Jim Norton, Mike Birbiglia, Reggie Watts, John Mulaney, Michelle Buteau, Joe DeRosa, and Leo Allen. Posehn performed as part of the Rock N’ Roll Comedy set with Jim Norton and Michelle Buteau on the last two days of the festival, June 14th and 15th. Along with Jim Norton, Brian has recently taped several episodes of The Gong Show with Dave Attell as one of the celebrity judges.

Personal life

Posehn was born in Redwood City, California in 1966. He graduated from Sonoma Valley High School and attended American River community college[citation needed]. Posehn has been married to Melanie Truhett, a native of Reedley, California, since September 4, 2004.

Posehn studied classical piano from age 12 until his early 20's. He is now a self-proclaimed "metal nerd" and preaches his hatred of "false metal" genres of music such as emo and screamo, during his stand up act as well as his music video "Metal by Numbers". This act has earned him the respect and following of many heavy metal lovers worldwide. He loves the metal band Slayer referencing them in his stand up as "the most metal band ever." He is a fan of the Adult Swim show Metalocalypse and its fictional metal band "Dethklok", calling the ersatz group "the mightiest metal band of all time".[5]

Posehn is Template:Ft in to m tall, but refers to himself as 6'6.6" in his stand up, calling himself "The Height of the Beast", a reference to the Number of the Beast. His last name is pronounced "Po-Sain", but on the Mr. Show commentaries, some cast members call him "Po-Sin".

References

  1. ^ "Live In: Nerd Rage". Retrieved 2008-02-26.
  2. ^ "Live In: Nerd Rage". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-02-26.
  3. ^ Metal by Numbers on YouTube
  4. ^ Template:MySpace
  5. ^ Modell, Josh. "Brian Posehn Interviews Dethklok", The Onion, November 1, 2007.
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