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Neal Brennan
Director, Actor, Writer, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn October 19, 1973 (52 years)
Neal Brennan (born 1973) is an American writer, stand-up comedian, director, and producer. He is best known for co-creating the Comedy Central series Chappelle's Show.
Brennan and Dave Chappelle met when both were aspiring stand-ups. Through his older brother, an established stand up comedian and comedy writer Kevin Brennan, Brennan got a part-time job working as the doorman at Boston Comedy Club in New York City where Chappelle was a frequent performer. They became good friends and collaborated on jokes. They co-wrote the film Half-Baked which starred Chappelle. In an interview on Inside the Actor's Studio, Chappelle admitted that he and Brennan could not help but see each other as a painful reminder of the box-office failure of Half-Baked and lost touch with each other. Four years later, they rekindled their partnership to create the sketch comedy show, Chappelle's Show, which premiered in January 2003. The duo wrote the sketches themselves with very little outside help.
Brennan is frequently mentioned during Chappelle's stand-up routines.
On an interview on The Oprah Winfrey Show on February 9, 2006, Chappelle stated that Brennan made no attempt to contact him, despite the numerous media reports that Chappelle went to Africa to escape the pressures of running a high-profile show. "How many times do you think he's called his sick buddy since he went to Africa?",
In an interview in the July 2006 issue of Maxim Magazine, when asked if he would ever work with Chappelle again, he said there was "no chance."
Neal Brennan was recently accused of credited for writing comedy material for the 83rd Academy Awards. In May, 2011, he wrote material for his friend Seth Meyers at the White House Correspondents dinner.
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Brennan and Dave Chappelle met when both were aspiring stand-ups. Through his older brother, an established stand up comedian and comedy writer Kevin Brennan, Brennan got a part-time job working as the doorman at Boston Comedy Club in New York City where Chappelle was a frequent performer. They became good friends and collaborated on jokes. They co-wrote the film Half-Baked which starred Chappelle. In an interview on Inside the Actor's Studio, Chappelle admitted that he and Brennan could not help but see each other as a painful reminder of the box-office failure of Half-Baked and lost touch with each other. Four years later, they rekindled their partnership to create the sketch comedy show, Chappelle's Show, which premiered in January 2003. The duo wrote the sketches themselves with very little outside help.
Brennan is frequently mentioned during Chappelle's stand-up routines.
On an interview on The Oprah Winfrey Show on February 9, 2006, Chappelle stated that Brennan made no attempt to contact him, despite the numerous media reports that Chappelle went to Africa to escape the pressures of running a high-profile show. "How many times do you think he's called his sick buddy since he went to Africa?",
In an interview in the July 2006 issue of Maxim Magazine, when asked if he would ever work with Chappelle again, he said there was "no chance."
Neal Brennan was recently accused of credited for writing comedy material for the 83rd Academy Awards. In May, 2011, he wrote material for his friend Seth Meyers at the White House Correspondents dinner.
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Known For
Neal Brennan Filmography
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| 2013 | Inside Amy Schumer (TV Series) |
| 2012 | The Mindy Project (TV Series) |
| 2011 | New Girl (TV Series) |
| 2010 | Funny or Die Presents (TV Series) |
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| 2003 | Chappelle's Show (TV Series) |
| 2020 | The Opening Act · as Chip |
| 2020 | Capone · as Harold Mattingly |
| 2019 | Historical Roasts (TV Series) · as Robert F. Kennedy |
| 2017 | The Female Brain · as Marco |
| 2016 | Legends of Chamberlain Heights (TV Series) · as Officer Brennan |
| 2014 | The Approval Matrix (TV Series) · as Host |
| 2014 | Black Jesus (TV Series) · as Doorman |
| 2013 | Inside Amy Schumer (TV Series) · as Male Onlooker |
| 2010 | Get Him to the Greek · as Guy At Brian's House |
| 2004 | The Woodsman · as Hebephile |
| 1998 | Half Baked · as Employee |
| 2025 | Meme Gods · as Self |
| 2024 | Neal Brennan: Crazy Good · as Self |
| 2023 | Sorry/Not Sorry · as Self - Comedian |
| 2022 | Neal Brennan: Blocks · as Self |
| 2020 | The Comedy Store (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2020 | Celebrity Game Face (TV Series) · as Self |
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| 2019 | Lights Out with David Spade (TV Series) · as Self - Panelist |
| 2019 | Will Smith’s Bucket List (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2019 | Comedians of the World (TV Series) · as Self |
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| 2018 | The 70th Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2018 | The Break with Michelle Wolf (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2017 | Def Comedy Jam 25 · as Self - Audience |
| 2017 | The Beat with Ari Melber (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2017 | The History of Comedy (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2017 | Neal Brennan: 3 Mics · as Self |
| 2016 | Dying Laughing · as Self |
| 2015 | The Late Late Show with James Corden (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2015 | The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore (TV Series) · as Self - Panelist |
| 2014 | The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2014 | Unusually Thicke (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | Unsung Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Self |
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| 2014 | Neal Brennan: Women and Black Dudes · as Self |
| 2013 | The Pete Holmes Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2013 | @midnight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | The Arsenio Hall Show (2013) (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2012 | Just For Laughs: All Access (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | Love You, Mean It with Whitney Cummings (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | The Half Hour (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | CBS Saturday Morning (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2011 | Big Morning Buzz Live (TV Series) · as Self - Panelist |
| 2010 | Conan (2010) (TV Series) · as Self - Comic Guest |
| 2009 | Lopez Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | Attack of the Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2004 | George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Chappelle's Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2002 | Last Call with Carson Daly (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1999 | Mark Twain Prize for American Humor (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | The Daily Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1979 | Laugh Factory (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self |
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| 2019 | Comedians of the World (TV Series) |
| 2017 | The Female Brain · as Screenplay |
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| 2014 | The Approval Matrix (TV Series) |
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| 2012 | The Half Hour (TV Series) |
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| 2003 | Chappelle's Show (TV Series) |
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| 1996 | Kenan & Kel (TV Series) |
| 1996 | The Daily Show (TV Series) |
| 1994 | All That (TV Series) |
| 1979 | Laugh Factory (TV Series) |
| 2021 | Chris Rock Total Blackout: The Tamborine Extended Cut · as Executive Producer |
| 2018 | Ellen DeGeneres: Relatable · as Consulting Producer |
| 2018 | Tamborine · as Executive Producer |
| 2017 | Neal Brennan: 3 Mics · as Executive Producer |
| 2014 | The Approval Matrix (TV Series) |
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| 2010 | Funny or Die Presents (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2003 | Chappelle's Show (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 1996 | The Daily Show (TV Series) |
| 2011 | The 83rd Annual Academy Awards · as Special Material Written By |
| 2010 | Funny or Die Presents (TV Series) · as Written By |
| 2005 | All That 10th Anniversary Reunion Special · as Additional Material Written By |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live (TV Series) · as Written By |