Brad Sherwood

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Brad Sherwood
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Sherwood in 2006
Born (1964-11-24) November 24, 1964 (age 60)
Chicago, Illinois, US
Occupations
  • Actor
  • singer
  • comedian
  • game show host
Years active1987–present

Bradley Sherwood (born November 24, 1964) is an American actor, singer, comedian, game show host and writer. He is best known for his work on the British and American versions of comedy improvisation show Whose Line Is It Anyway? .

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Career

His first acting job was a recurring role on L.A. Law as Ned Barron, which lasted for six episodes from 1991 to 1992.

Sherwood was introduced to improv after being encouraged to attend a comedy class in Los Angeles, [1] and he joined the cast of the syndicated sketch-comedy series The Newz in 1994. [1]

In 1992, Sherwood appeared in two episodes of the fourth season of the British improvisational comedy television show Whose Line Is It Anyway? . He was the only actor from that year's Los Angeles auditions to make it to the cast. [2] In 1997 he returned to the show, becoming a regular performer during the last two seasons. He then joined the American version of Whose Line Is It Anyway? which began after the British version ended and originally aired on the American broadcaster ABC. The American version was hosted by comedian Drew Carey. Sherwood later made a guest appearance in three episodes of Carey's sitcom The Drew Carey Show . He was also a producer and performer on Drew Carey's Green Screen Show (2005) and a performer on Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza (2011).

In 2013, the American broadcast network The CW revived Whose Line?, on which Sherwood has made occasional appearances. [3]

Sherwood hosted The Dating Game from 1996 to 1997 and The Big Moment in 1999, and was a guest host on Talk Soup . He has also been a regular panelist on To Tell the Truth , Jury Duty , and Hollywood Squares . [4]

He regularly appears on numerous VH-1 series, including I Love the 70s, I Love the 80s , I Love the 90s , 100 One-Hit Wonders of The 80s, 100 Greatest Rock Ballads, I Love Toys , and Greatest Game Show Moments. He was a guest on Larry King Live and a regular panelist on Chelsea Lately . [3]

Other work

In 2003, Sherwood teamed up with fellow Whose Line? performer Colin Mochrie for a two-man improv show titled An Evening With Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood. On March 28, 2007, Sherwood and Mochrie performed at the Congressional Radio and Television Correspondents' Association Dinner in Washington, D.C.

In 2010–11, Sherwood was one of a rotating group of guest announcers on American TV show The Price Is Right before George Gray was chosen as the next permanent announcer. [5]

Filmography

YearTitleRolesNotes
1987White OutStooge #3Short
1991Life As We Know It!GangsterTV movie
1991-1992 L.A. Law Ned Barron5 episodes
1992-1998 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (UK)Himself17 episodes
1994Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 WomenMimeTV movie
1994The NewzVariousTV series
1997That Darn CatAgent #2
1997 The Dating Game HimselfHost
1998-2023 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (US)Himself74 episodes
1998 The Night Caller Andy Saden
1998Short CinemaVideo
1999Dill ScallionBrad Statlin
1999 The Big Moment HimselfHost
1999-2001 The Drew Carey Show Brad Sherwood / Baby in Baby Carriage / Brad3 episodes
2001 Talk Soup HimselfHost
2001 Hollywood Squares Himself - panelist3 episodes
2001Improv All StarsHimself
2001Disney's California Adventure TV SpecialHimselfTV special short
2001The TestHimself - panelist
2001Rendez-ViewHimself - Guest hostTV series short
2001-2002 To Tell the Truth Himself - panelist2 episodes
2002 Jane White Is Sick & Twisted Homeless Man
2002Lloyd in SpaceCheery Theerlap, LloydTV series
2003Punkin ChunkinHimself - Host1 episode
2004 Green Screen Show Himself3 episodes
2004TV Guide Close Up: From Comedy Club to PrimetimeHimselfTV movie documentary
2005I Love the '90s: Part DeuxHimselfTV mini series documentary
2005I Love the 80's 3-DHimselfTV series documentary, 2 episodes
2005 Just for Laughs HimselfTV series documentary
2006 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno VariousTV series
2006I Love ToysHimselfTV series documentary
2006I Love the '70s: Volume 2Himself2 episodes
2007 Wiener Takes All: A Dogumentary Himselfdocumentary
2007Entertainment Weekly & TV Land Present: The 50 Greatest TV IconsHimselfTV special documentary
2007Smartest Guy in TownHimself - host
2008 Digimon Data Squad Gallantmon5 episodes
2008 Chelsea Lately Himself1 episode
2008 I Love the New Millennium Himself3 episodes
2008Punkin ChunkinHimself - Host
2009The GreatestHimselfTV series documentary
2009Flipping OutHimself3 episodes
2010 The Price Is Right Himself - Guest Announcer20 episodes
2011Colin & Brad: Two Man GroupHimself
2011 Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza Himself17 episodes
2012Trust Us with Your LifeHimself2 episodes
2012Hollywood Uncensored with Same RubinHimself - HostVideo
2017The Legionnaires of LaughterHimself - HostVideo
2017The Man Cave Chronicles PodcastHimselfPodcast series
2018Caroline & FriendsHimself3 episodes
2019Colin & Brad: Out of the BoxHimself
2020UjokesHimself3 episode
2020 Penn & Teller: Fool Us Himself - Special Guest1 episode
2021The Good, the Bad, and the SequelHimselfPodcast series

Filmography courtesy of IMDb. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Masters, Kate (May 9, 2018). "'Whose Line' star Brad Sherwood, the most famous non-famous person on TV, comes to the Weinberg Center". The Frederick News-Post . Retrieved October 23, 2018.
  2. "Conversations with Ross: Featuring Brad Sherwood", rosscarey.com, August 17, 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 "Brad Sherwood". IMDb. Archived from the original on November 19, 2003. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
  4. Schwartz, David (1999). "The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows", p. 279. Checkmark Books, New York.
  5. "Brad Sherwood and Jeff Davis Guest Announce "The Price is Right"". Buzzer Blog. July 22, 2010. Archived from the original on August 5, 2010. Retrieved November 2, 2010.
Media offices
Preceded by
Jeff MacGregor (1988–89)
Host of The Dating Game
1996–1997
Succeeded by
Chuck Woolery (1997–2000)
Preceded by Acting announcer of The Price Is Right
2010–2011
Served alongside: Jeff Davis, JD Roberto and others
Succeeded by