Brian Edmund Posehn (; born July 6, 1966) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, voice actor, musician, and writer. After numerous appearances as a television guest star, Posehn acquired his first major recurring role in

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's ''

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'' (1995–1998). He is known for his roles as Jim Kuback on

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's '' Mission Hill'' and Brian Spukowski on

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's ''

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''. Posehn had a recurring role on ''

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'' as geologist Bert Kibbler. As a stand-up comedian, Posehn has released four comedy albums and one standalone music album. He has hosted the online ''

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'' podcast ''

Nerd Poker ''Nerd Poker'' (formerly ''Nerd Poker with Brian Posehn and Friends'', currently ''Brian Posehn's Nerd Poker'') is a weekly comedy and adventure podcast that primarily features comedian Brian Posehn and his friends as they play the ''Dungeons & ...

'' since 2012. He has also done voice work for video games such as ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' Minecraft: Story Mode''. Posehn received nominations for two

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in 1998 and 1999 for Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program for his work on ''Mr. Show with Bob and David'', which he shared with the series' writing crew. Posehn also received a nomination for a DVDX Award for Best Original Song in a DVD Premiere Movie in 2003 for ''

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''.

Early life

Posehn was born and raised in

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. He is of

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and

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descent. He graduated from

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in 1984. He attended college at

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Career

Television work

Posehn began with guest appearances and mainly small roles in TV shows. He was on 28 episodes of ''

'' (1995–1998), a

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series on

. In a 1996 episode of ''

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'', he delivered the manuscript in which Joey Tribbiani's soap opera character "Dr. Drake Ramoray" is killed. He appeared as two different characters in ''

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'': a fan with questions for Jimmy James at a book reading (1997), and a member of Dave's

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group "Chock Full o' Notes" (1998). In the ''

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'' episode " The Burning" (1998), he played a patient, when Kramer "was given"

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. His character was instructed to "act out" to a group of medical students how a surgeon left a sponge in him post surgery. Posehn also wrote the '' Space Ghost: Coast to Coast'' episode "Cahill" (1998) with

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. He appeared on 29 episodes of the

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series ''

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'' (1999–2003). He played the voice of Jim in '' Mission Hill'' on the WB (1999–2002), and Del Swanson in '' 3 South'' on

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(2002–2003). On an

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production, ''

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'', he voiced the Wisdom Cube in the 2003 episode "The Cubing". Posehn performed the voice of Gibbons, a tiny man, on several episodes of the

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's ''

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'' (2005–2006). He also appeared in the 2005 pilot for ''

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'', in a segment called "The Nerd Perspective", in which he gave a scathing criticism of

and its declining quality. He also played a mortician in several episodes of Comedy Central's ''

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''. He was featured on the 2005 documentary series '' The Comedians of Comedy'' on

and

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. He was in a 2007 episode of the improv series ''

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'' on NBC and was a celebrity judge on the revived 1970s game show ''

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'' (2008), on Comedy Central. He co-stars on ''

'' with

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as a gay couple who is friends with Silverman, and also wrote the season three finale " Wowschwitz". He played himself in the episode "Spagett" of ''

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'', appeared at the ''

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'' of

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, played the role of a physically disabled man (Scooter Man) in the second season's premiere episode "Slip of the Tongue" of ''

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'' (2008), on

, and played

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's second manager in the ''

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'' episode "Dethsources", he also wrote the episode "Fatherklok". In 2007 he joined the first season of the MTV sketch comedy series ''

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'', as a writer and performer, and voices Glen Furlblam, the biggest fan of Dr. Two-Brains on the

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animated series ''

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''. In 2012 he co-wrote the fourth season of ''

''. From 2013 to 2019, Posehn portrayed the recurring character Bert on ''

''.

Film work

Movie appearances from Posehn include the 2003 comedy film sequel '' Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd'', ''

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'', the 2005

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horror film ''

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'', '' Sleeping Dogs Lie'', '' Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer'', and the 2007 animated feature '' Surf's Up'', where he played Glen Maverick. Posehn appeared as himself in the 2007 documentary ''

Super High Me ''Super High Me'' is a 2007 documentary film about the effects of smoking cannabis for 30 days. Directed by Michael Blieden, the documentary stars comedian Doug Benson. The documentary's name and its poster are plays on the 2004 documentary ''Supe ...

'' starring 'marijuana comedian'

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, the 2008 documentary ''

Nerdcore Rising ''Nerdcore Rising'' is the official debut album by nerdcore rapper MC Frontalot. The album was first released on August 27, 2005 at the Penny Arcade Expo. It consists of 16 tracks; six new tracks and ten "classic megahits" that Frontalot had p ...

'' about

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and in a supporting role in '' Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic''. Posehn voices the character of Murray, a robot, in Rob Zombie's animated ''

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''. He also voiced the character Hayashi in the English dub of ''

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''.

Stand-up comedy

In 2002, Posehn appeared on ''

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'', followed by the release of 2005's '' The Comedians of Comedy'', a documentary/live special chronicling a 2004 small-club comedy tour he participated in. The film was followed up by a television series on Comedy Central of the same name. Posehn's debut comedy album '' Live In: Nerd Rage'' was released in 2006. He participated in the Comedy Lineup of the 2008

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, which included

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Janeane Garofalo Janeane Marie Garofalo ( ; born September 28, 1964) is an American comedian, actress, and former co-host on the now-defunct Air America Radio's ''The Majority Report''. Garofalo began her career as a stand-up comedian and became a cast member on ...

and

Zach Galifianakis Zachary Knight Galifianakis (born October 1, 1969) is an American actor and comedian. He appeared in ''Comedy Central Presents'' special and presented his show ''Late World with Zach'' on VH1. Galifianakis has starred in films including ''Th ...

. Posehn performed as part of the Rock N' Roll Comedy set with Jim Norton and Michelle Buteau. During his 2008 routine on ''

'' he referred to his Wikipedia article, which he supposedly vandalized. In 2010, Posehn released his second album '' Fart and Wiener Jokes''. In 2011, Posehn agreed to perform at the

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. Some of his fans criticized this decision as being "not metal". Posehn countered that "getting a paycheck is metal", and expressed respect towards the Juggalo fan culture, as well as the

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success of

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and

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. In 2013, Posehn released his third comedy album and first DVD, '' The Fartist'', and in 2017 his fourth comedy album, ''Posehn 25x2''.

Music

In 2006,

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released his first album, '' Live In: Nerd Rage''. It includes "Metal by Numbers", a song mocking the formulaic nature of modern "

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" at the time of its release. The instrumental tracks feature musicians such as guitarist

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(of

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), bassist

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(then of Anthrax, but also of

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and

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), drummer

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(of

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and White Zombie), and lead guitarist Jonathan Donais (of

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). Posehn also appeared in the Anthrax

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s for "What Doesn't Die" and "Blood Eagle Wings". Posehn appeared on a Season 4 episode of the music talk show ''

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'' and Lamb of God's ''Walk With Me In Hell'' DVD, and performed "More Metal Then You", a song that was included on his non-musical stand-up comedy album ''Fart & Weiner Jokes'', with "Brian Posehn's All-Star Band" on the ''2010 Revolver Golden Gods Awards''. Posehn appeared in

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music video for "We've Got A Situation Here". He provided backing vocals for

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's album ''

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''. In 2020, Posehn released his first music-only album, ''Grandpa Metal'', which featured guest appearances from

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, Scott Ian,

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of Slipknot and

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Phil Demmel Phil Demmel (born April 2, 1967) is an American musician who played lead guitar in the heavy metal band Machine Head between 2002 and 2018, making him their longest running member in that position. He has also performed in other bands such as V ...

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, Michael Starr of

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and others. The album consists of

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songs, as well as metal covers of "

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" by

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and "

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" by

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Other work

Posehn has provided voice work for video games ''

'' as The Hunter and '' Star Warped'' as co-narrator Brian. Posehn has also voiced Grunts and various

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in the 2004 video game ''

''. Posehn appeared in the commercial "Ink Fairy" for Staples office supply store in its ad campaign featuring the "Easy Button." In 2006, Posehn co-wrote the comic book ''The Last Christmas'' with writer Gerry Duggan, published by

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(). In April 2009 Posehn hosted the first American "Golden Gods Awards" for metal music hosted by

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. As part of the

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initiative Posehn and Gerry Duggan co-wrote the

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ongoing comic series which launched in November 2012, lasting 45 issues. His run ended in April 2015. The first six issues were illustrated by Tony Moore. Since 2012, Posehn has hosted a

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called

, where a group of comedians play

. Co-hosts include comic book writer Gerry Duggan and comedian

Blaine Capatch Blaine Harold Capatch (born September 19, 1965) is an American stand-up comedian and writer. He is best known for hosting Season 2 of the Comedy Central game show ''Beat the Geeks''. Capatch was born in York, Pennsylvania, to Jean and Harold C ...

, among others. Posehn has also participated in the Dungeons & Dragons campaign ''Force Grey: Lost City of Omu'', hosted by

Matthew Mercer Matthew Christopher Miller (born June 29, 1982), better known as Matthew Mercer, is an American voice actor. He is best known for his work with Studiopolis, Funimation, Bang Zoom! Entertainment, Viz Media, and NYAV Post in anime, cartoons, and ...

Personal life

Posehn married Melanie Truhett in 2004 and has a son with her. While once known for his use of

cannabis ''Cannabis'' () is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cannabaceae. The number of species within the genus is disputed. Three species may be recognized: ''Cannabis sativa'', '' C. indica'', and '' C. ruderalis''. Alternatively ...

, Posehn quit smoking marijuana in 2011, but resumed smoking about three years later.

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

Video games

Podcasts

Discography

* '' Live In: Nerd Rage'' (2006) – stand-up comedy * '' Fart and Wiener Jokes'' (2010) – stand-up comedy * '' The Fartist'' (2013) – stand-up comedy * ''Posehn 25x2'' (2017) – stand-up comedy * ''Grandpa Metal'' (2020) – as Posehn; music only

Accolades

Posehn has been nominated for two

Primetime Emmys The Primetime Emmy Awards, or Primetime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Bestowed by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS), the Primetime ...

and one DVDX Award. His first Primetime Emmy nomination in 1998 for Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program was for his writing on ''

'', which he shared with crew members

Scott Aukerman Scott David Aukerman (born July 2, 1970) is an American writer, actor, comedian, television personality, director, producer, and podcast host. Starting as a writer and performer in the later seasons of the sketch series ''Mr. Show'', Aukerman is ...

Jerry Collins Jerry Collins (4 November 1980 – 5 June 2015) was a Samoan – New Zealand rugby union player. He played for New Zealand, for whom he was capped 48 times, as well as for the Wellington Hurricanes in New Zealand, Toulon and Narbonne in the Rug ...

David Cross David Cross (born April 4, 1964) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, director, and writer known for his stand-up performances, the HBO sketch comedy series ''Mr. Show'' (1995–1998), and his role as Tobias Fünke in the Fox/Netflix sitcom ...

Jay Johnston Jay Johnston (born October 22, 1968) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his work as a writer and cast member on ''Mr. Show with Bob and David'' and for his roles on ''The Sarah Silverman Program, Arrested Development,'' and ...

Bob Odenkirk Robert John Odenkirk (; born October 22, 1962) is an American actor, comedian and filmmaker best known for his role as Saul Goodman on ''Breaking Bad'' (2008–2013) and its spin-off ''Better Call Saul'' (2015–2022). For the latter, he has re ...

Bill Odenkirk William Leonard Odenkirk (born October 13, 1965) is an American comedy writer. Biography Odenkirk was born in Naperville, Illinois. He is the younger brother of American actor and comedian Bob Odenkirk, and worked as a writer, producer and ac ...

B. J. Porter B. J. Porter (born May 12, 1970, in Dallas, Texas) is an actor, writer and comedian. Porter began his career writing and performing on the HBO sketch comedy program, '' Mr. Show.'' Porter, along with the rest of the ''Mr. Show'' writing staff, was ...

, and

Dino Stamatopoulos Konstantinos Pollux Alexandros "Dino" Stamatopoulos (born December 14, 1964) is an American writer, producer, and actor. He has worked on TV programs such as ''Mr. Show'', '' TV Funhouse'', '' Mad TV'', '' The Dana Carvey Show'', ''Late Show wi ...

. The television series' writing staff, including Posehn, received another nomination in the same category in 1999, which Posehn shared with Mike Stoyanov, Paul F. Tompkins, Mike Upchurch, and past writing staff from the previous year. For his work on ''

'', Posehn was nominated at the 2003 DVD Exclusive Awards for Best Original Song in a DVD Premiere Movie for "The Golden Rule Song" along with performer

Jack Black Thomas Jacob Black (born August 28, 1969) is an American actor, comedian, and musician. He is known for his acting roles in the films '' High Fidelity'' (2000), ''Shallow Hal'' (2001), ''Orange County'' (2002), '' School of Rock'' (2003), ''E ...

(with the Joey Cheesy Reunion Band) and fellow lyricists David Cross, Bob Odenkirk, Scott Aukerman, B. J. Porter, and Eban Schletter.

Bibliography

Image Comics

* ''The Last Christmas'' (tpb, 176 pages, 2006, )

Marvel Comics

* ''

'': ** ''Volume 1: Dead Presidents'' (collects ''Deadpool (Marvel Now!)'' vol. 3 #1–6, 154 pages, Marvel Comics, softcover, May 2013) ** ''Volume 2: Soul Hunter'' (collects ''Deadpool (Marvel Now!)'' vol. 3 #7–12, 137 pages, Marvel Comics, softcover, August 2013) ** ''Volume 3: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'' (collects ''Deadpool (Marvel Now!)'' vol. 3 #13–19, 160 pages, Marvel Comics, softcover, January 2014) ** ''Volume 4: Deadpool vs. S.H.I.E.L.D.'' (collects ''Deadpool (Marvel Now!)'' vol. 3 #20–25, 136 pages, Marvel Comics, softcover, June 2014) ** ''Volume 5: The Wedding of Deadpool'' (collects ''Deadpool (Marvel Now!)'' vol. 3 #26–28 and ''Deadpool Annual'' #1, 168 pages, Marvel Comics, softcover, August 2014) ** ''Volume 6: Original Sin'' (collects ''Deadpool (Marvel Now!)'' vol. 3 #29–34, 144 pages, Marvel Comics, softcover, December 2014) ** ''Volume 7: Axis'' (collects ''Deadpool (Marvel Now!)'' vol. 3 #35–40, 136 pages, Marvel Comics, softcover, March 2015) ** ''Volume 8: All Good Things'' (collects ''Deadpool (Marvel Now!)'' vol. 3 #41–44, #250, 176 pages, Marvel Comics, softcover, June 2015) ** ''Dracula's Gauntlet'' (collects ''Deadpool: Dracula's Gauntlet (Marvel Now!)'' vol. 1 #1–7, 200 pages, Marvel Comics, softcover, November 2014)

References

External links

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