Brian Gallivan
Born
Dedham, Massachusetts, United States
OccupationActor/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

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

Film / Television
Year Title Role Notes
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

Gallivan is gay.[2] He is from Dedham, Massachusetts.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Second City's Testing Ground in Cyberspace". The New York Times. May 18, 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Meet Brian Gallivan, aka 'Sassy Gay Friend'". edgeboston.com. March 31, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Brian Gallivan: Catching up with the comics and improvisers who no longer call Chicago home". Time Out Magazine. June 2, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Earwolf.com profile".
  5. ↑ "‘The McCarthys’ Creator Brian Gallivan on the ‘Huge Gap Between Homosexuality and Professional Sports’". The Wrap, October 30, 2014.
  6. ↑ 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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