Brian Scolaro (born October 18, 1973) is an American

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. He is most known for his half-hour special on

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and his roles on

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'', TBS's ''

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'' and

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's '' Three Sisters''.

Early life

Brian Scolaro was born October 18, 1973 in

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and went to Archbishop Molloy High School in Jamaica, Queens where he appeared as a lead in the school's theatre productions of ''No Time for Sergeants'', ''Room Service'', ''12 Angry Men'' and ''Arsenic and Old Lace''. At the State University of New Paltz, New York, Scolaro wrote, produced and hosted a radio comedy program ''That Damn Show'' on WFNP FM for three years and became the hero of neighboring high school kids in the Mid-Hudson Valley. Along with his friend Brett Bisogno, Scolaro wrote, produced and starred in the college's television comedy show ''Earp and Whitney'' which was nominated for a National Association of College Broadcaster's award for Best Comedy Program in 1995. After graduating college, Scolaro worked with the mentally handicapped in Brooklyn, and as a brief stint as a production assistant for HBO Downtown Productions, The Comedy Channel (now Comedy Central) and HBO's "Reel Sex". Scolaro quit his assistant job and turned to stand-up comedy full-time and did his first stand-up show at Stand Up NY in Manhattan on January 14, 1992. He established himself as a stand-up comedian in

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at Gotham Comedy Club, Caroline's Comedy Club, Stand Up NY, Dangerfields, Comic Strip Live,

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, Catch a Rising Star and The Comedy Cellar on Macdougal Street in Greenwich Village. He appeared in

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's Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in 1999. His early professional acting career was highlighted by three Wendy's commercials and a guest role on Sidney Lumet's "100 Centre St."

Career

In 2001, writer

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(''Saturday Night Live'', ''Seinfeld'') saw Scolaro at the end of 12-hour video tape collage of actors auditioning for his NBC pilot ''Everything but the Girl'' with Tiffani Amber Thiessen. Koren insisted NBC fly Scolaro in to test and he was hired as a regular cast member for the role of love sick, overly sensitive "Doug". When the pilot was beat to the line-up by ''

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(''The Office'') brought him to the attention of Eileen Heisler and DeAnn Heline (''The Middle'') and he immediately moved to

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to be a regular cast member on the second season of

's '' Three Sisters'' as the bartender named Gordon, love interest of

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. In 2003, Scolaro appeared as a regular cast member on a popular ABC pilot by director Tom Shadyack called ''Platonically Incorrect'' with

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. The pilot was penned by

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, Gabe Sax and

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and even shot a second episode but still did not get picked up by ABC after a long deliberation. After a holding deal with CBS in 2004, Scolaro was cast as Stuart Miller for

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'' which starred

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and

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. Written by

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, ''Stacked'' was a pilot that was guaranteed to air six episodes in 2005 and the following year aired a full second season. Paul Brownfield from the ''

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'' said "Scolaro is terrific. An actual sitcom find." During the writer's strike of 2007-2008, Scolaro did stand-up performances on NBC's ''Late Nite with Conan O'Brien'' and was invited back to the channel that started his career as an intern, Comedy Central, to headline an episode of ''Live at Gotham''. In 2009, he taped his own half-hour special for the network ''Comedy Central Presents: Brian Scolaro''. From 2008 to 2023, Scolaro has had a recurring characters on several series; the sad sack, forgetful, Doug, on TBS's ''Sullivan and Son'', Brian the negative but competent lawyer on ABC's ''A Million Little Things'', the ridiculous Uncle Bill on "Ten Year Old Tom", the paranormal police man Goblin on Disney's "Wizards of Waverly Place" and played numerous characters on HBO's ''The Life and Times of Tim'' and Comedy Central's "Kroll Show". He also did stand-up on ''The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson'', "Comics Unleashed", "Gotham Comedy Live", and ''Conan'', and appeared on ABC's "Abbott Elementary",

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'',

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's '' Shameless'', NBC's "Night Court",

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'', Showtime's ''

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'', ABC's ''Grey's Anatomy'', FOX's ''Bones'', ABC's ''The Middle'', Disney's ''Girl Meets World'', NBC's ''Go On'', ABC's ''Castle'', Showtime's ''

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'', NBC's ''Harry's Law'', CBS's ''Superior Donuts'', Freeform's ''Alone Together'', NBC's ''Truth Be Told'', Disney's ''Crash and Bernstein'', the film ''

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'', as well as commercials for Snapple and the famous jewelry/teddy bear heist ad for Netflix.

Television work

* ''

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'' (Arnold) * ''

Ten Year Old Tom ''Ten Year Old Tom'' is an American adult animated sitcom created by Steve Dildarian for HBO Max. On July 1, 2022, the series was renewed for a second season. Premise An average kid must contend with the well-meaning but questionable guidanc ...

'' (Uncle Bill; voice) * ''

Abbott Elementary ''Abbott Elementary'' is an American mockumentary sitcom television series created by Quinta Brunson for ABC. It stars Brunson as a second-grade teacher at Abbott Elementary, a fictional predominantly Black school in Philadelphia. The ensemble ...

'' (Vinny) * ''

A Million Little Things ''A Million Little Things'' is an American family drama television series created by DJ Nash for ABC. Produced by ABC Signature and Kapital Entertainment, it features an ensemble cast including David Giuntoli, Grace Park, Romany Malco, Christi ...

'' (Brian) * '' Shameless'' (Baxter) * '' Alone Together'' (Mark) * ''

'' (Buzz) * ''

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'' (Scalper) * ''

Girl Meets World ''Girl Meets World'' is an American comedy television series created by Michael Jacobs and April Kelly that premiered on Disney Channel on June 27, 2014. The series ran for three seasons, consisting of 72 episodes, and concluded on January 2 ...

'' (Mr. Fannucci) * ''

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'' (Dave Barton) * '' Conan'' (himself) * '' Truth Be Told'' (Vincent) * ''

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'' (Frankie Cesari) * '' The Middle'' (Mickey) * '' Crash & Bernstein'' (Jimmy) * ''

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'' (Guard) * ''

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'' (Sergio) * ''

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'' (Gambler) * ''

'' (Doug) * ''

'' (Alex Polito) * ''

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'' (Mike) * ''

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'' (himself) * ''

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'' (Father Damien) * ''

'' (City Clerk) * ''

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'' (Various Voices) * ''

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'' (Goblin) * ''

100 Centre Street ''100 Centre Street'' is an American legal drama created by Sidney Lumet and starring Alan Arkin, Val Avery, Bobby Cannavale, Joel de la Fuente and Paula Devicq. Premise The show takes its name for the Manhattan street address of the New York Ci ...

'' (Byron White) * ''Everything But The Girl'' - NBC pilot- Todd * ''Platonically Incorrect''- ABC Pilot- Bob Snellen * '' Three Sisters'' (Gordon) * ''

'' (Stuart Miller) * ''

'' (Lab Tech) * '' One on One'' (Torian) * ''

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'' (Larry Janetti) * ''

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'' (Torian) * ''

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'' (Paul) * ''

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'' himself * ''

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'' himself * ''

Live at Gotham ''Live at Gotham'' is a standup comedy television show airing on Comedy Central in the United States. The show features up and coming stand up comedians performing live at the Gotham Comedy Club in New York City Ne ...

'' himself * ''

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'' himself

Film work

* ''Blowing Smoke'' (Nick) * ''

'' (Medical Equipment Delivery Guy)

Videogame work

* ''

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'' (The Local Population) * '' Need for Speed: Carbon'' (Neville)

Commercial work

* ''

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'' (Mango) * ''

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'' (Lead) * ''

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'' (Lead in 3 spots)

Albums

* '' Sneezes, Farts and Orgasms'' * '' Brian Scolaro: Live at the Comedy Castle'' * '' Stupid Time: A Sketch Album'' * '' Then and Now''

Books

* '' How to Punch a Monkey''

References

External links

Official website
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