Brett Gelman

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Brett Gelman
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Gelman at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con
Born (1976-10-06) October 6, 1976 (age 48)
Education University of North Carolina School of the Arts (BFA)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • comedian
  • producer
  • writer
Years active2000–present
Spouse
(m. 2015;div. 2018)
Partner(s)Ari Dayan (2023–present; engaged)

Brett Gelman (born October 6, 1976) [1] is an American actor and comedian. [2] He is best known for his role as Murray Bauman in Netflix's horror-supernatural series Stranger Things and as Martin in the BBC comedy Fleabag .

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Gelman began his career as a comedian in the 2000s, gaining notability the following decade for his involvement in numerous Adult Swim shows, notably Eagleheart and comedy specials in 2014 and 2015. During this time, he also was part of the main casts of the NBC sitcom Go On , the Comedy Central series Another Period , and the FX comedy series Married. [3]

Gelman became prominent in the late 2010s for his supporting roles in Fleabag and Stranger Things, in addition to those on Camping and Mr. Mercedes . As a voice actor, he has contributed to television series Jeff & Some Aliens and TripTank on Comedy Central and, more recently, I Heart Arlo and Inside Job on Netflix, among others. He is set to star in the upcoming drama series Lady in the Lake .

Early life

Gelman's father was a photo salesman. He was raised Jewish and has a younger sister who is a speech pathologist. [4]

Gelman graduated from Highland Park High School in Illinois. [5] He graduated from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, where he received classical training in theater. [4]

Career

After college, Gelman moved to New York City with a fellow schoolmate, actor Jon Daly. [4] While in New York, Gelman was a regular performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, as part of the duo Cracked Out and sketch group Mr. A$$. [6]

A popular New York Lottery commercial funded his work for a while. Gelman did a one-man show called 1,000 Cats, which he workshopped at many venues. [7]

Gelman has appeared in the films The Other Guys and 30 Minutes or Less . He has co-starred as Chris Elliott's sidekick Brett Mobley in the live-action Adult Swim series Eagleheart and is a regular sketch performer on HBO's Funny or Die Presents and Comedy Central's Nick Swardson's Pretend Time . He has had recurring roles on The Life & Times of Tim and The Inbetweeners , as well as making guest appearances on comedy programs such as Bored to Death , Curb Your Enthusiasm , The Office , Happy Endings , Aqua Teen Hunger Force , and The League . Gelman has also written for the MTV sketch series Human Giant and the Scott Aukerman & B. J. Porter created sketch pilot The Right Now! Show .

In 2010, Gelman appeared as a cast member on the Comedy Central sketch comedy special This Show Will Get You High, created by Matt Besser. Gelman co-starred as "Mr. K" on the NBC comedy series Go On starring Matthew Perry, [8] and as A.J. on the FX comedy series Married . [9]

In 2014, Gelman hosted a dinner party special, called Dinner with Friends with Brett Gelman and Friends , which aired on Adult Swim. [10]

In 2015, Gelman was also a consulting writer on season two of the entertainment news parody series Hot Package on Adult Swim and also recurs as Hamish on the Comedy Central series Another Period and as Ronnie on the Starz series Blunt Talk . Also in 2015, Gelman appeared in the series finale of Mad Men . [11]

In July 2016, Gelman starred in the special Dinner in America with Brett Gelman , a sequel to Dinner with Friends with Brett Gelman and Friends, which focused on racism. [12] In November 2016, Gelman said that he had left Cartoon Network and Adult Swim due to the network's alleged poor treatment of female employees and the promotion of the controversial Million Dollar Extreme Presents: World Peace . [13] [14] [15] [16]

In 2017, Gelman starred in and co-wrote Lemon , opposite Judy Greer, Michael Cera, Nia Long and Gillian Jacobs, directed by Janicza Bravo. [17] [18] It had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2017. [19]

In 2016, it was announced that Gelman was cast in the second season of the hit Netflix science-fiction web series Stranger Things as Murray Bauman, a conspiracy theorist and former journalist. [20] He was promoted to the main cast for the fourth season.

In 2018, he starred in the independent feature film Room for Rent , opposite Mark Little, Carla Gallo, Stephnie Weir, Patrick J. Adams, and Mark McKinney. [21] Gunpowder & Sky released the film in the US on all major VOD platforms November 2, 2018.

In 2022, it was announced that Gelman was starring in the Apple TV+ drama series Lady in the Lake, based on Laura Lippman's novel of the same name. [22]

Other work

Gelman and frequent writing partner and collaborator Jon Daly performed for many years as the comedy rap duo "Cracked Out". [23] Gelman has gained recognition for appearing as the "Little Bit Of Luck" character in the "Take 5" New York Lottery ad campaign that ran from 2008 through 2011. Gelman has said that the inspiration for the character is rocker Guthrie Govan. [24]

Gelman makes frequent appearances on the Comedy Bang! Bang! podcast, as well as other podcasts on the Earwolf podcasting network. In 2011, he began his own podcast, Gelmania , also available on the Earwolf network. Gelman has said he wanted his podcast to "reflect a lot of the fears and anger and sadness of the world, but do that through a really stupid lens." [25] In 2014, Gelmania began its second season but is no longer on the Earwolf network. [26]

Personal life

In December 2015, Gelman married Janicza Bravo. [27] [28] The pair met in New York City while working on a New York Lotto commercial. [29] [30] They divorced in 2018. [31] Gelman announced his engagement to actress and model Ari Dayan via Instagram in April 2023. [32] [33]

Gelman has been a vocal supporter of Israel on Instagram throughout the 2023 Israel-Hamas War. In November 2023, Gelman was among more than a dozen creators and celebrities who confronted TikTok executives in a public letter claiming that the app is directly amplifying the spread of antisemitism. The company reportedly pushed back against claims that it was promoting pro-Palestine, anti-Israel content through its feeds, stating instead that while the platform regularly moderates antisemitic, Anti-Arab racist, and Islamophobic content, it does not moderate nor amplify the spread of content expressing criticism of the Israeli government. [34] [35] He would later appear on Israeli sketch comedy show Eretz Nehederet to end 2023. [36]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004 Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story Mayhem Team Member
2006GingerbreedDriller Driver
2007 Watching the Detectives Glenn
2008Stick It in DetroitHot Rod Johnson
2009May the Best Man WinBachelor Party Host
2010 The Other Guys Hal
2011EatAugustShort
30 Minutes or Less Pizza Boss
A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas TV Director
2013 Jobs Jef Raskin
Awful Nice Ivan
Gregory Go Boom TomShort, also producer
2014 Someone Marry Barry Goker
2016 Joshy Greg
Flock of Dudes Howie
2017 Lemon Isaac LachmannAlso writer
Wilson Robert
DRIBBrady Thompson
The Disaster Artist Acting Teacher
Room for Rent Carl Lemay
2018 Wild Nights with Emily Higginson
Like Father Frank Lerue
2019 Jezebel BobbyVoice
Harpoon Narrator
2020 Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics Himself
2021 Arlo the Alligator Boy MarcellusVoice
Without Remorse Victor Rykov
2022 Metal Lords Dr. Sylvester
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile Mr. Grumps
2023 Surrounded Mr. Fields
Strays Willy
Boy Kills World Gideon van der Koy
2024 McVeigh Terry Nichols

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005CokeGonzalesTV short
The Colbert Report SpencerEpisode: "Greg Behrendt"
2007 Fat Guy Stuck in Internet Co-Worker, Linux, The Oracle3 episodes
HonestyMechanicEpisode: "Mechanic"
2008 Human Giant Kidnapped Soldier, Rapzilla, Billy Crystal 2 episodes
2009 Californication Annoying HipsterEpisode: "Mia Culpa"
2010 Comedy Lab RubyVoice, episode: "Penelope Princess of Pets"
This Show Will Get You HighCast MemberComedy Central pilot
Nick Swardson's Pretend Time VariousEpisode: "Mudslide Junction"
2010–2011 Funny or Die Presents Nick, Performer3 episodes
The Back RoomMr. America, James Gandolfini 4 episodes
2010–2012 The Life & Times of Tim Co-Worker, Walker Fan, Adam's Friend, Doug the IntruderVoice, 4 episodes
2011 Happy Endings CarlEpisode: "Your Couples Friends & Neighbors"
Curb Your Enthusiasm Pig ParkerEpisode: "Vow of Silence"
Bored to Death Faux JonathanEpisode: "We Could Sing a Duet"
2011–2013 The League Gavin2 episodes
2011–2014 Eagleheart Brett MobleySeries regular; 26 episodes
2012 The Office The MagicianEpisode: "Welcome Party"
The Inbetweeners Mr GilbertRecurring; 7 episodes
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Rocket HorseVoice, episode: "Rocket Horse & Jet Chicken"
2012–2013 Go On Mr. KSeries regular; 22 episodes
2012–2015 Comedy Bang! Bang! Dog Lawyer, Mr. Celebrity2 episodes
2013 Ghost Ghirls RabbitEpisode: "I Believe in Mira-ghouls"
NTSF:SD:SUV:: Gabby HofsteinEpisode: "Unfrozen Agent Man"
We Are Men Alimony SteveEpisode: "We Are Franksgiving"
2013–2014 Drunk History Various2 episodes
2013–2015 Kroll Show Various3 episodes
2014 Surviving Jack Principal McMullenEpisode: "Rhythm Is a Dancer"
Adventure Time Ring MasterVoice, episode: "Sad Face"
Bad Teacher Doug Pilaf5 episodes
Dinner with Friends with Brett Gelman and Friends HimselfSpecial
2014–2015 Married A.J.Series regular; 23 episodes
2014–2016 Mr. Pickles CheesemanVoice, 2 episodes
TripTank JeffVoice, 9 episodes
2015 Dinner with Family with Brett Gelman and Brett Gelman's Family HimselfSpecial
Fresh Off the Boat Dusty NuggetEpisode: "Persistent Romeo"
Man Seeking Woman DemonEpisode: "Stain"
The Odd Couple StuartEpisode: "Jealous Island"
Mad Men DanielEpisode: "Person to Person"
2015–2016 Blunt Talk Ronnie6 episodes
2015–2018 Another Period Hamish CrassusRecurring; 20 episodes
2016 Angel from Hell Lee2 episodes
Clarence Mr. MozerVoice, episode: "Field Trippin'"
Dinner in America with Brett Gelman HimselfSpecial
High Maintenance HimselfEpisode: "Selfie"
2016–2018 Love Dr. Greg ColterRecurring; 10 episodes
2016–2020 American Dad! Various voices6 episodes
2016–2019 Fleabag MartinSeries regular; 7 episodes
2017 Jeff & Some Aliens JeffVoice, main role (10 episodes)
Making History Paul Revere 2 episodes
Budding ProspectsVogelseinPilot
Twin Peaks Supervisor Burns2 episodes
2017–present Stranger Things Murray BaumanRecurring (seasons 2–3)
Main (season 4–5)
2018 Camping GeorgeMain role; 8 episodes
2019 Mr. Mercedes Rolan FinklesteinRecurring role; 9 episodes
2020 Family Guy Escape Room GuyVoice, episode: "Baby Stewie"
The Mighty Ones EggVoice, episode: "Egg Nag"
2021 I Heart Arlo MarcellusVoice, 18 episodes
2021–2022 Inside Job Magic MycVoice, 18 episodes
2023 Eretz Nehederet Wise man from Berkeley Christmas special sketch
2024 Lady in the Lake MiltonMain role, upcoming miniseries

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