Josh Brener

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Josh Brener
Josh Brener at Cold Wallet World Premiere at SXSW 2024 (cropped).jpg
Brener in 2024
Born (1984-10-01) October 1, 1984 (age 40)
Houston, Texas, U.S. [1]
Alma mater Harvard University [1]
OccupationActor
Years active2009–present [2]
SpouseMeghan Falcone [3]

Josh Brener (born October 1, 1984) is an American actor. He played the roles of Kyle on the IFC series Maron and Nelson "Big Head" Bighetti on the HBO series Silicon Valley . In animation, he provides the voices of Mark Beaks in the 2017 reboot of DuckTales , Donatello on Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles , Neeku Vozo on Star Wars Resistance , Dylan Dalmatian on 101 Dalmatian Street , Twig on "The Mighty Ones", and Intelligence Pete on "Sniper Grit".

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Early life

Brener was born on October 1, 1984, in Houston, Texas, [4] and was raised in a Jewish household. [5] He attended Bellaire High School. [6]

He graduated from Harvard University in 2007. [1] [7] [8] He was the president of the Hasty Pudding Theatricals. [9]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013 The Internship Lyle Spaulding
2015 Welcome to Happiness Ripley
The Rumperbutts Richie
2016 The Belko Experiment Keith McLure
Unleashed Luke
Max Steel SteelVoice [10]
Baked in BrooklynDavid
2017 Where's the Money Clarke
2018 Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss Cultist
The Front Runner Doug Wilson
2019 What Men Want Brandon Wallace
2020 All My Life Eric Bronitt [11]
2022 Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie Donatello, additional voicesVoice [12] [10]
Sniper: Rogue MissionPete Direct-to-video [13]
Bromates Sid [14]
2023 Old Dads Dana [15]
Sniper: G.R.I.T. – Global Response & Intelligence TeamPeteDirect-to-video [16]
2024 Megamind vs. the Doom Syndicate Ol' ChumVoice [17] [10]
Saturday Night Alan Zweibel
Carry-On HerschelPost-production [18]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996 Sorcerer Hunters Boy (voice)Episode: "Big Mama Once Again"; English dub [10]
2010–2011 Glory Daze Zack Miller10 episodes
2011, 2013 The Big Bang Theory Dale2 episodes
2012 House of Lies Will DavisEpisode: "Veritas"
2013 Workaholics Marshall DavisEpisode: "In Line"
2013–2015 Maron Kyle12 episodes
2014 The Middle JulianEpisode: "Heck on a Hard Body"
2014–2019 Silicon Valley Nelson "Big Head" Bighetti53 episodes
2015 Scandal Gavin PriceEpisode: "Yes"
2016–2018 Future-Worm! Chadd Gold, Nils (voice)4 episodes
2017 Star Wars Rebels Erskin Semaj, Imperial Tech (voice)2 episodes
2017–2021 DuckTales Mark Beaks (voice)10 episodes [10]
2018 Swedish Dicks RickEpisode: "Girls Day!"
2018–2020 Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Donatello (voice)57 episodes [10]
Star Wars Resistance Neeku Vozo (voice)34 episodes [10]
2019 The Neighborhood TrevorEpisode: "Welcome to Malcolm's Job"
Modern Family CarlEpisode: "The Wild"
2019–2020 101 Dalmatian Street Dylan Dalmatian (voice)26 episodes
2019, 2022 Love, Death & Robots K-VRC (voice)2 episodes [10]
2020 Star Wars: The Clone Wars Worker (voice)Episode: "Together Again"
2020–2021 Mythic Quest Young C.W. Longbottom2 episodes
2020–2022 The Mighty Ones Twig, Mud Puddle (voice)40 episodes [19]
2021 It's Pony KyleEpisode: "Raiders of the Lost Cinema"
2021–2023 Rugrats Daxton (voice)11 episodes [10]
2023 The Last of Us MurrayEpisode: "When You're Lost in the Darkness"
2023–2024 Hailey's On It! A.C. (voice)13 episodes [10]
2024 Megamind Rules! Ol' Chum (voice)8 episodes [20]
3 Body Problem KentEpisode: "Wallfacer"

Video games

YearTitleRole
2020 Grounded BURG.L

Music videos

YearTitleRoleArtist
2017"Champion"Simulation User Fall Out Boy

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