Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 19, 1973
Place of Birth
Villanova, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Credits
47 titles
Neal Brennan
Biography
Neal Brennan (born 1973) is an American writer, stand-up comedian, director, and producer. He is best known for co-creating the Comedy Central series Chappelle's Show. Brennan and Dave Chappelle met when both were aspiring stand-ups. Through his older brother, an established stand up comedian and comedy writer Kevin Brennan, Brennan got a part-time job working as the doorman at Boston Comedy Club in New York City where Chappelle was a frequent performer. They became good friends and collaborated on jokes. They co-wrote the film Half-Baked which starred Chappelle. In an interview on Inside the Actor's Studio, Chappelle admitted that he and Brennan could not help but see each other as a painful reminder of the box-office failure of Half-Baked and lost touch with each other. Four years later, they rekindled their partnership to create the sketch comedy show, Chappelle's Show, which premiered in January 2003. The duo wrote the sketches themselves with very little outside help. Brennan is frequently mentioned during Chappelle's stand-up routines. On an interview on The Oprah Winfrey Show on February 9, 2006, Chappelle stated that Brennan made no attempt to contact him, despite the numerous media reports that Chappelle went to Africa to escape the pressures of running a high-profile show. "How many times do you think he's called his sick buddy since he went to Africa?", In an interview in the July 2006 issue of Maxim Magazine, when asked if he would ever work with Chappelle again, he said there was "no chance." Neal Brennan was recently accused of credited for writing comedy material for the 83rd Academy Awards. In May, 2011, he wrote material for his friend Seth Meyers at the White House Correspondents dinner. Description above from the Wikipedia article Neal Brennan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Pete Holmes: Silly Silly Fun Boy
Thanks
Hollywood Squares
Self
Seth Meyers: Dad Man Walking
Director
Neal Brennan: Crazy Good
Self
Neal Brennan: Blocks
Self
Snacked
Self
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
Thanks
The Opening Act
Chip
The Comedy Store
Self
Capone
Harold Mattingly
Seth Meyers: Lobby Baby
Director
Laughing Matters
Self
Lights Out with David Spade
Self - Panelist
COMEDIANS of the world
Self
Ellen DeGeneres: Relatable
Consulting Producer
A Legendary Christmas with John & Chrissy
Self
Chris Rock: Tamborine
Executive Producer
Michelle Wolf: Nice Lady
Director
The Female Brain
Marco
Al Madrigal: Shrimpin' Ain't Easy
Director
Dying Laughing
Self
The History of Comedy
Self
Neal Brennan: 3 Mics
Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
The Approval Matrix
Self - Host
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
Whitney Cummings Bleep Show
Himself
Neal Brennan: Women and Black Dudes
Self
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
Self
The Mindy Project
Director
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
Self
Neal Brennan: The Half Hour
Himself
New Girl
Director
Get Him to the Greek
Guy at Brian's House
Funny or Die Presents
Director
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
Director
Totally Awesome
Director
Chappelle's Show
Writer
Mark Twain Prize
Self
Half Baked
Employee
Kenan & Kel
Writer
The Daily Show
Self
All That
Writer
Ice Cream
Woman's Brother
Caesar's Salad
Pumpkin Head
Laugh Factory
Self