Brian Kevin Patrick Murphy is an American actor, producer, and writer. He is best known for his various roles in

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videos, his role as Murph on

truTV TruTV (stylized as truTV) is an American basic cable channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. The channel primarily broadcasts comedy, docusoaps and reality shows. The channel was originally launched in 1991 as Court TV, a network that focu ...

comedy original ''

Adam Ruins Everything ''Adam Ruins Everything'' is an American educational comedy television series starring Adam Conover that ran from 2015 through 2019 on TruTV. The series endeavors to debunk common misconceptions held by the public on a variety of topics. Premise ...

'', and his role on the Pop original ''

Hot Date ''Hot Date'' is an American comedy television series created by, and starring, Emily Axford and Brian K. Murphy. The series premiered on Pop (American TV channel), Pop on November 8, 2017. On January 30, 2019, the series was renewed for a second s ...

'', co-starring with his wife

Emily Axford Emily Axford is an American actress, writer, and producer. She is best known for her various roles in CollegeHumor videos, her role as Emily on the truTV comedy ''Adam Ruins Everything,'' and for her role on the Pop original ''Hot Date'' co-sta ...

. Axford and Murphy co-wrote ''HEY, U UP? (For a Serious Relationship): How to Turn Your Booty Call into Your Emergency Contact'', a book of satirical relationship advice that was published in 2018.

Early life

Murphy was born October 3, 1985 and grew up in New Jersey. He went on to study at

Rowan University Rowan University is a public research university in Glassboro, New Jersey, with a medical campus in Stratford and medical and academic campuses in Camden. It was founded in 1923 as Glassboro Normal School on a site donated by 107 residents. ...

, where he dual majored in Film and Journalism.

Other work

From 2010 to 2017, Murphy was an actor and writer for

. In 2015, he hosted ''

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'', a

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series on

MTV MTV (Originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable channel that launched on August 1, 1981. Based in New York City, it serves as the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group, part of Paramount Media Networks, a di ...

. In 2017, Murphy and his wife

began working as executive producers and actors on the Pop original ''

''. The previous incarnation of the show was a

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for

. The TV program's second season premiered in September 2019. Murphy was also one of the hosts of "8-Bit Book Club" alongside Axford and Caldwell Tanner, a podcast where the hosts read and discuss books and other media relating to video games. He is now the host and Dungeon Master of the

HeadGum Headgum is an American podcasting network founded in 2015 by Marty Michael, Amir Blumenfeld, and Jake Hurwitz. The latter twoknown collectively as comedy duo Jake and Amirbuilt upon the success of their podcast '' If I Were You'' to launch the ...

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"Not Another D&D Podcast" with Axford, Tanner, and

Jake Hurwitz Jacob Penn Cooper Hurwitz (born August 5, 1985) is an American comedian, writer, actor, and member of the comedy duo Jake and Amir. He was hired by the comedy website CollegeHumor after becoming an intern there in 2006, and has written and app ...

. He is also a player on ''

Dimension 20 ''Dimension 20'' is a tabletop role-playing game show produced by CollegeHumor, and generally hosted by Brennan Lee Mulligan as the show's regular Dungeon Master. Most of the games use ''Dungeons & Dragons'' 5th edition. Seasons of the show ...

'', a ''

Dungeons & Dragons ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (commonly abbreviated as ''D&D'' or ''DnD'') is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (RPG) originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. The game was first published in 1974 by TSR (company)#Tactical Studies Rules ...

'' actual play show from

's streaming service, Dropout.

References

External links

Brian Murphy
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