Brent Morin (born August 31, 1986) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, musician and writer. He was a panelist in the sixth season of ''

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'' and played Justin Kearney on the

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sitcom ''

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'' and the agent Hobbs on the sci-fi web-series ''Crunch Time'', on

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. In 2015, Morin released his

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show, ''I'm Brent Morin'', exclusively on

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Early life

Morin was born in South Windsor,

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, to two inner city high school English teacher parents. Morin has an older brother, who was a concert pianist, and a younger brother, who is a doctor. He graduated from

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. He is of Irish and Italian background.

Career

Morin moved to Los Angeles at 18 to study at a film school at Columbia College Hollywood. Although he graduated with a film degree, Morin started doing stand-up and eventually decided that was what he wanted to do. Morin has said that he was inspired by his idols,

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and

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. After graduation, he worked as a production assistant with

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on ''

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'' on

and continued with '' Conan'' on TBS. He went from being a general office production assistant to becoming the set production assistant/

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. Morin has appeared regularly as a stand-up comic on shows with ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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'', as well as on tours throughout the United States. In his network TV debut, Morin co-starred in the Bill Lawrence NBC series ''

,'' a multi-camera sitcom with a live audience, which was based on the book ''Undateable: 311 Things Guys Do That Guarantee They Won't Be Dating or Having Sex'' by Ellen Rakieten and Anne Coyle. Morin portrayed Justin Kearney, the owner of Black Eyes Bar and hopeless romantic roommate of Danny (played by ''

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''). ''

'' was unique in that it was a cast full of stand-up comedians who were good friends before the show aired. The show often incorporates improv, with Morin playing Felix to D'Elia's grouch Oscar à la '' The Odd Couple.'' Lawrence and the cast (

, Morin,

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, and

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) went on a series of stand-up tour dates, with an appearance on ''

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'' to promote the show. In 2016, Morin was cast for the

web series, ''Crunch Time''. In 2018, he appeared on the second season of

's '' The Standups'', performing a half-hour special.

Personal life

Morin previously dated actress Angie Simms, confirming their relationship in 2016, and breakup in 2017.

Filmography

Stage

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Morin, Brent 1986 births Living people People from South Windsor, Connecticut American male television actors 21st-century American comedians 21st-century American male actors Male actors from Connecticut Comedians from Connecticut