Brian O'Halloran | |
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Born | Brian Christopher O'Halloran December 20, 1969 Manhattan, New York, U.S. |
Occupation(s) | Actor, producer, podcaster |
Years active | 1991–present |
Brian Christopher O'Halloran (born December 20, 1969) is an American actor, producer and podcaster best known for playing Dante Hicks in Kevin Smith's debut 1994 film Clerks and its 2006 and 2022 sequels Clerks II and Clerks III . He has also made appearances in most of Smith's View Askewniverse films, either as Dante Hicks or one of Dante's cousins.
O'Halloran's first role was as main character Dante Hicks in Kevin Smith's film Clerks, in 1994. [1] He has returned many times as Dante or another of the Hicks family in films by Smith.
O'Halloran is the lead actor in the 2000 film Vulgar , about a small town clown who is traumatised after he is attacked during one of his performances. Writer/director Bryan Johnson wrote the lead specifically with O'Halloran in mind.
He has worked on theatre productions since high school. He has said on the subject of doing theatre: "Oh, yeah. It's the best training you can do, as an actor. To be in front of a live audience. There's no 'Stop, wait, oh geez, what was that line again?' It just sharpens your reflexes. It sharpens your interaction. And it definitely sharpens your memory because you have to know an entire show from beginning to end." [2]
Since Clerks (1994), O'Halloran has primarily been a stage actor, working with The Boomerang Theatre Company, The New Jersey Repertory Company and The Tri-State Actors Theatre, among others.[ citation needed ] In 2020, O'Halloran began presenting his own pop culture podcast, The O'HalloRant, on YouTube. [3]
A first-generation Irish-American, with parents from Galway and Roscommon, O'Halloran was born in Manhattan, New York City, and lived in Old Bridge Township, New Jersey from the age of 13. [4] His father died when O'Halloran was 15 years old. [5] He graduated from Cedar Ridge High School. [6] He has two older brothers. [7]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1994 | Clerks | Dante Hicks | |
1995 | Mallrats | Gill Hicks | |
1997 | Chasing Amy | Executive Jim Hicks | |
1999 | Dogma | Grant Hicks | As Brian Christopher O'Halloran |
2000 | Clerks: The Animated Series | Dante Hicks | Voice |
Vulgar | Will Carlson/Flappy/Vulgar | As Brian Christopher O'Halloran | |
2001 | Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back | Dante Hicks | As Brian Christopher O'Halloran |
Drop Dead Roses | Shawn | As Brian C. O'Halloran | |
2002 | The Flying Car | Dante Hicks | |
2003 | Moby Presents: Alien Sex Party | Clerk | |
2006 | Clerks II | Dante Hicks | |
2007 | Brutal Massacre | Jay | |
The Junior Defenders | Mitch Stone | Originally titled Groupies; its principal photography occurred in February–March 1997 [2] | |
2008 | The Happening | Jeep Driver | |
Hooking Up | Dr. Jordan | ||
2011 | Pokémon: Zoroark: Master of Illusions | Stadium Announcer | |
2011 | Pokémon: Black & White | Mr. Garrison | Episode: "Gotta Catch a Roggenrola!" |
2012 | Cry for Revenge | TBA | |
2017 | Right Before Your Eyes | John McCann | |
2019 | Madness in the Method | Self | |
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot | Dante Hicks, Grant Hicks | ||
2021 | The Retaliators | Obnoxious Guy at XMas Tree Place | |
2022 | Clerks III | Dante Hicks | Also executive producer |
2024 | The 4:30 Movie | Father Hicks | |
2025 | Delco: The Movie | Pastor Joel Powers | In-production |
TBA | Flea | Scavenger | Post production |
Shooting Clerks | Elis Heimermann | Also associate producer and special thanks |
Dogma is a 1999 American fantasy comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith, who also stars with Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, George Carlin, Linda Fiorentino, Janeane Garofalo, Chris Rock, Jason Lee, Salma Hayek, Bud Cort, Alan Rickman, Alanis Morissette in her feature film debut, and Jason Mewes. It is the fourth film in Smith's View Askewniverse series. Brian O'Halloran and Jeff Anderson, stars of the first Askewniverse film Clerks, appear in the film, as do Smith regulars Scott Mosier, Dwight Ewell, Walt Flanagan, and Bryan Johnson.
Jay and Silent Bob are fictional characters portrayed by American actors Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith, respectively. They appear in the View Askewniverse, a fictional universe used in most of the films, comics, and television programs written and produced by Smith.
Leonardo is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located on the north shore of Middletown Township, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. The community is situated along the Raritan Bayshore and is part of the Jersey Shore region of the state. As of the 2020 United States census, the CDP's population was 2,549, a decrease of 208 (-7.5%) from the 2,757 enumerated at the 2010 census, which in turn had reflected a decline of 66 (-2.3%) from the 2,823 counted at the 2000 census. The ZIP Code for Leonardo is 07737.
Clerks is a 1994 American black-and-white comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith in his feature directorial debut. Starring Smith along with Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Marilyn Ghigliotti, Lisa Spoonauer, Jason Mewes, and Scott Mosier, it presents a day in the lives of store clerks Dante Hicks (O'Halloran) and Randal Graves (Anderson) as well as their acquaintances. It is the first of Smith's View Askewniverse films, and introduces several recurring characters, notably Jay and Silent Bob.
View Askew Productions is an American film and television production company founded by Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier in 1994. Actors Ben Affleck, Jeff Anderson, Matt Damon, Chris Rock, Walter Flanagan, Bryan Johnson, Jason Lee, Jason Mewes, Brian O'Halloran and Ethan Suplee are people that frequently appear in projects under the View Askew banner.
Clerks II is a 2006 American black comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith, the sequel to his 1994 film Clerks, and his sixth feature film to be set in the View Askewniverse. The film stars Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Rosario Dawson, Trevor Fehrman, Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, Jason Mewes, and Smith, and picks up with the original characters from Clerks: Dante Hicks, Randal Graves and Jay and Silent Bob ten years after the events of the first film. Unlike the first film, which was shot in black and white, this film was shot mostly in color.
The View Askewniverse is a fictional universe created by writer/director Kevin Smith, featured in several films, comics and a television series; it is named for Smith's production company, View Askew Productions. The characters Jay and Silent Bob appear in almost all the View Askewniverse media, and characters from one story often reappear or are referred to in others. Smith often casts the same actors for multiple characters in the universe, sometimes even in the same film; Smith himself portrays the character of Silent Bob.
Clerks is an American adult animated sitcom created by Kevin Smith for ABC. Based on Smith's 1994 comedy film of the same name, it was developed for television by Smith, Smith's producing partner Scott Mosier and former Seinfeld writer David Mandel with character designs by Stephen Silver, known for character designs in Disney Channel's Kim Possible and Nickelodeon's Danny Phantom. It is the first television show to be set in Smith's View Askewniverse. It is Disney’s second adult animated television series after The PJs.
The Flying Car is a 2002 short film written and directed by Kevin Smith. It stars Brian O'Halloran and Jeff Anderson as the View Askewniverse characters Dante Hicks and Randal Graves, who were introduced in Clerks.
Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, sometimes credited as Jennifer Schwalbach, is an American actress, podcaster and former reporter for USA Today.
Jeffrey Allan Anderson is an American film and television actor, director, and screenwriter best known for starring as Randal Graves in Clerks,Clerks II, and Clerks III. In between, he has appeared in other Kevin Smith-directed films and has written, directed, and starred in Now You Know.
Old Bridge High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Old Bridge Township in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operating as the lone secondary school of the Old Bridge Township Public Schools. The school is located on County Route 516 in Old Bridge Township, however, it is assigned a Matawan mailing address. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1970.
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Shooting Clerks is a British-American biographical comedy-drama film directed by Christopher Downie and starring Brian O'Halloran, Mark Frost, Jason Mewes, Scott Schiaffo, Matthew Postlethwaite and Kevin Smith. It was produced by Auld Reekie Media. It had a preview screening in Orlando, Florida on October 22, 2016. The film had a special screening in Kevin Smith's home town of Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey on November 11, 2016.
Madness in the Method is a 2019 American crime comedy film directed by and starring Jason Mewes, written by Chris Anastasi and Dominic Burns and produced by Rob Weston through Straightwire Entertainment Group and Burns through Autumnwood Media in association with Happy Hour Productions. The film is Mewes's debut as a director. Mewes and several other cast members play fictional versions of themselves.
Cedar Ridge High School is a defunct public high school in Old Bridge Township, in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, that opened in 1968 and closed in June 1994.
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot is a 2019 American satirical buddy stoner comedy film written, directed, edited by, and starring Kevin Smith. A sequel to Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, it is the eighth film in the View Askewniverse. The film also stars Jason Mewes, and features cameos from Brian O'Halloran, Jason Lee, Justin Long, Shannon Elizabeth, Rosario Dawson, Val Kilmer, Melissa Benoist, Craig Robinson, Tommy Chong, Chris Hemsworth, Matt Damon, and Ben Affleck.
Clerks III is a 2022 American black comedy-drama film written, directed, and edited by Kevin Smith and starring Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Trevor Fehrman, Austin Zajur, Jason Mewes, Rosario Dawson and Smith. It serves as a sequel to the 1994 and 2006 Clerks films, and is the ninth overall feature film set in the View Askewniverse. In the film, Randal Graves, after surviving a massive heart attack, enlists his friends and fellow clerks Dante Hicks, Elias Grover, and Jay and Silent Bob to make a movie about their lives at the Quick Stop Convenience store that started it all.