George Basil

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George Basil
George Basil at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival (cropped).jpg
George Basil at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival
Born
George William Basil

1978/01/04
Baltimore, MD
OccupationActor
Years active2011–present
Children1

George William Basil is an American actor.

Early life

Basil grew up outside Baltimore in Essex. [1] After his family moved to Greece, being of age he stayed and worked briefly as a chef after graduating high school. [1]

Contents

After seeing a flyer for the Big Stinkin' International Improv & Sketch Comedy Festival, Basil moved to Austin. [1] There he worked as a bartender and at a pirate radio station. [1] He took an improv class which inspired him to move to New York City. [1]

In NYC, Basil studied at Magnet Theater. [1] For money, he worked at the Apple store, before he began getting acting work. [1]

Career

Basil (right) in Jon Lajoie's "Please Use This Song" music video (2014) Please Use This Song (Jon Lajoie) screenshot (3m14s).jpg
Basil (right) in Jon Lajoie's "Please Use This Song" music video (2014)

As an actor Basil is best-known for such films as Werewolves Within [2] and television roles in series such as Flaked , [3] Wrecked , [4] and Crashing . [5]

Personal life

Basil has one daughter and resides in Highland Park. [1]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011 Roller Town Gregs
2013 Farah Goes Bang Jared
2014 Welcome to Me Technical Director No. 2
2016 Man Underground Willem Koda
2017Village PeopleMike
2020 Desperados Doug
2021 Werewolves Within Marcus
2023 Barbie Boutique Owner
2026 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank Post-production
TBAParty O'ClockJunior
TBADidn’t DieVincent

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013 The Pete Holmes Show WolverineEpisode: "Kumail Nanjiani"
2014NewsersKarlTV movie
2014Love is RelativeRyanTV movie
2015 Adam Ruins Everything Serial KillerEpisode: "Serial Killer"
2016 Tween Fest CootisEpisode: "The Week Between""
2016 The Good Place AndyEpisode: "Tahani Al-Jamil"
2016 You're the Worst ChipEpisode: "The Inherent, Unsullied Qualitative Value of Anything"
2016–2017 No Tomorrow Jesse Holliday5 episodes
2016–2017 Flaked Cooler14 episodes
2016–2018 Wrecked Chet20 episodes
2017–2019 Crashing Leif13 episodes
2017Ghost Story ClubWallyEpisode: "The Haunted Interstate"
2017–2019 SMILF George2 episodes
2019 Santa Clarita Diet AndréEpisode: "Zombody"
2019 All Rise Robbie BrooksEpisode: "Pilot"
2019 Silicon Valley EthanEpisode: "Maximizing Alphaness"
2019 No Activity Gary8 episodes
2023 Royal Crackers George Zeebos (voice)Episode: "The 1%"

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "BA #242: George Basil". the Box Angeles podcast. August 27, 2018.
  2. Rechtshaffen, Michael (July 13, 2017). "Quirky indie drama 'Man Underground' buried beneath tedious dialogue". Los Angeles Times .
  3. Petski, Denise (August 24, 2015). "George Basil Cast in Will Arnett's Netflix Comedy Series 'Flaked'".
  4. Andreeva, Nellie (January 27, 2015). "TBS Deserted Island Comedy Pilot 'Wrecked' Sets Ensemble Cast". Archived from the original on June 24, 2018. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  5. "Hunky George Basil Goes Full-Frontal in HBO's 'Crashing' – Instinct". instinctmagazine.com. Archived from the original on July 28, 2017. Retrieved July 28, 2017.