Brian Gallivan
Brian Gallivan | |
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| Occupation | Actor/Comedian/Writer |
Brian Gallivan is an American actor, writer and comedian. He gained significant attention for his Second City Network web series Sassy Gay Friend, based on a character he created in 2004 Second City mainstage revue Red Scare. The series shows events that may have transpired if famous women (and a few men) in literature, film and history had been advised by the titular character.[1]
Career[edit]
Gallivan got his start improvising in his hometown of Boston as well as performing at the Bambi Masterpiece Theater,[2] before moving to Chicago in 2003,[3] where he performed at The Second City between 2003 and 2007, appearing in four mainstage revues, including the long-running Between Barack and a Hard Place. He was twice nominated for Joseph Jefferson Awards for his work while there.[4]
Gallivan appeared in the Matt Damon film The Informant! and in the Derek Westerman web series Bad Dads alongside Michael Cera. Gallivan appeared in the feature film A Thousand Words.
Gallivan was a writer on the NBC sitcom Are You There, Chelsea? and the ABC comedy series Happy Endings.
For the 2014–15 television season, Gallivan created and produced the CBS television sitcom The McCarthys,[5] which was cancelled in early 2015.
Filmography[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2004 | Disturbing Leonard | Intimidating Man At Urinal 2 | (Short film) |
| 2008 | The Promotion | Banjo Player #1 (voice role) | (Film) |
| 2009 | The Informant! | Ron Henkoff | (Film) |
| 2010 | Sassy Gay Friend: Hamlet | Sassy Gay Friend | (Short film) |
| AIDS: We Did It! | Unnamed role | (Short film) | |
| 2011 | Childrens Hospital | Reporter 1 | (TV Series), 1 episode: "The '70s Episode" |
| Bad Dads | Jessica's Boyfriend | (Short film) | |
| Funny or Die Presents | Abraham Lincoln (segment "The Amazing Adventures of David and Jennie") | (TV Series), 1 episode: "Episode #2.3" | |
| 2012 | The Intern | Brian | (Short film) |
| The Last Supper | Unnamed role | (Short film) | |
| A Taste of Magic | Magician | (Short film) | |
| A Thousand Words | Tony | (Film) | |
| 2013 | The Caterpillar's Kimono | Duncan | (Film) |
| 2015 | Marry Me | Flight Attendant | (TV Series), 1 episode: "Wake Me" |
| 2016 | The Boys at the Bar | Cuddle Bear | (Film) |
| 2020 | The Big Show Show | Principal Crowley | (TV Series), 1 episode: "The Big Surprise" |
| Outmatched | Sebastian | (TV Series), 1 episode: "Royal Rumble" |
Personal life[edit]
Gallivan is gay.[2] He is from Dedham, Massachusetts.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "Second City's Testing Ground in Cyberspace". The New York Times. May 18, 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2011.
- ^ a b "Meet Brian Gallivan, aka 'Sassy Gay Friend'". edgeboston.com. March 31, 2010.
- ^ "Brian Gallivan: Catching up with the comics and improvisers who no longer call Chicago home". Time Out Magazine. June 2, 2010.
- ^ "Earwolf.com profile".
- ^ "‘The McCarthys’ Creator Brian Gallivan on the ‘Huge Gap Between Homosexuality and Professional Sports’". The Wrap, October 30, 2014.
- ^ Amatangelo, Amy (October 30, 2014). "'The McCarthys' creator Brian Gallivan: 'My family is very funny'". The Boston Globe. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
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- Living people
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- American gay actors
- Gay comedians
- Television producers from Massachusetts
- American male web series actors
- 21st-century American male actors
- LGBT television producers
- Upright Citizens Brigade Theater performers
- American gay writers
- LGBT people from Massachusetts
- 21st-century American comedians
- People from Dedham, Massachusetts
- 21st-century American screenwriters
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