Brendan Scannell (born June 20, 1990) is an American actor and comedian known for playing the lead roles of Heather Duke in the
Paramount Network
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series
''Heathers'' (2018)
and Pete Devon in the
Netflix
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dark comedy series
''Bonding'' (2019-2021) for which he received a nomination for the
.
Early life
Scannell was born in
Chicago, Illinois
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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and raised in
Valparaiso, Indiana
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History
The site of present-day Valparaiso was included in the purchase of land from the ...
. He studied theatre at
Northwestern University
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Charte ...
and started performing improv and stand-up in Chicago before moving to Los Angeles in 2013.
Career
In 2016, Scannell was cast as the
genderqueer Heather Duke in the
TV Land
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adaptation of ''
Heathers
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''.
After the pilot was ordered to series, the project was moved to Paramount Network and released in October 2018. From 2019 to 2021, Scannell starred in the short-form Netflix series ''
Bonding'' opposite
Zoe Levin
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and appeared in the indie romantic comedy
''Straight Up''.
For his work in the second season of ''Bonding'' he earned his first
Primetime Emmy Award nomination for
Outstanding Actor In A Short Form Comedy Or Drama Series.
As a comic, Scannell was named by
''Vulture'' in 2018 as a "Comedian You Should and Will Know" and in 2019 was named a New Face of Comedy at
Just For Laughs in Montreal.
Filmography
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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1990 births
21st-century American comedians
21st-century American male actors
American gay actors
Gay comedians
LGBT people from Illinois
LGBT people from Indiana
Living people
Male actors from Chicago
Male actors from Indiana
Northwestern University alumni
People from Valparaiso, Indiana
21st-century LGBT people
American LGBT comedians