Brian O'Halloran
N Brian O'Halloran at GalaxyCon Richmond in 2023
Born
Brian Christopher O'Halloran

(1969-12-20) December 20, 1969
Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Occupation(s)Actor, producer
Years active1991–present

Brian Christopher O'Halloran (born December 20, 1969) is an American actor, producer, and podcaster best known for playing Dante Hicks in Kevin Smith's debut 1994 film Clerks and its 2006 and 2022 sequels Clerks II and Clerks III. He has also made appearances in most of Smith's View Askewniverse films, either as Dante Hicks or one of Dante's cousins.

Career

O'Halloran's first role was as main character Dante Hicks in Kevin Smith's film Clerks, in 1994.[1] He has returned many times as Dante or another of the Hicks family in films by Smith.

O'Halloran is the lead actor in the 2000 film Vulgar, about a small town clown who is traumatised after he is attacked during one of his performances. Writer/director Bryan Johnson wrote the lead specifically with O'Halloran in mind.

He has worked on theatre productions since high school. He has said on the subject of doing theatre: Oh, yeah. It's the best training you can do, as an actor. To be in front of a live audience. There's no 'Stop, wait, oh geez, what was that line again?' It just sharpens your reflexes. It sharpens your interaction. And it definitely sharpens your memory because you have to know an entire show from beginning to end.[2]

Since Clerks (1994), O'Halloran has primarily been a stage actor, working with The Boomerang Theatre Company, The New Jersey Repertory Company and The Tri-State Actors Theatre, among others. In 2020, O'Halloran began presenting his own pop culture podcast, The O'HalloRant, on YouTube.[3]

Personal life

A second-generation Irish-American, O'Halloran was born in Manhattan, New York City, and lived in Old Bridge Township, New Jersey from the age of 13.[4] His father died when O'Halloran was 15 years old.[5] He graduated from Cedar Ridge High School.[6] He has two older brothers.[7]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1994ClerksDante Hicks
1995MallratsGill Hicks
1997 Chasing AmyExecutive Jim Hicks
1999DogmaGrant HicksAs Brian Christopher O'Halloran
2000Clerks: The Animated SeriesDante HicksVoice
VulgarWill Carlson/Flappy/VulgarAs Brian Christopher O'Halloran
2001Jay and Silent Bob Strike BackDante HicksAs Brian Christopher O'Halloran
Drop Dead RosesShawnAs Brian C. O'Halloran
2002The Flying CarDante Hicks
2003Moby Presents: Alien Sex PartyClerk
2006Clerks IIDante Hicks
2007Brutal MassacreJay
The Junior DefendersMitch StoneOriginally titled Groupies; its principal photography occurred in February–March 1997[2]
2008The HappeningJeep Driver
Hooking UpDr. Jordan
2011Pokémon: Zoroark: Master of IllusionsStadium Announcer
2011Pokémon: Black & WhiteMr. GarrisonEpisode: "Gotta Catch a Roggenrola!"
2012Cry for RevengeTBA
2017Right Before Your EyesJohn McCann
2019 Madness in the Method Self
Jay and Silent Bob RebootDante Hicks, Grant Hicks
2021The RetaliatorsObnoxious Guy at XMas Tree Place
2022Clerks IIIDante HicksAlso executive producer
TBAFleaScavengerPost production
Shooting ClerksElis HeimermannAlso associate producer and special thanks

References

  1. ↑ Hoad, Phil (May 7, 2019). "Kevin Smith: how we made Clerks". The Guardian. Retrieved September 20, 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Interview with Brian O'Halloran". View Askew. February 2, 1998. Retrieved February 14, 2009.
  3. ↑ "The OHalloRANT - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved August 18, 2021.
  4. ↑ Cahillane, Kevin. "For the Stars of 'Clerks,' It's Take Two" Archived November 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. The New York Times. July 16, 2006. Accessed February 15, 2011. "Mr. O'Halloran, a resident of Old Bridge since age 13, has not had to go the McJob route."
  5. ↑ Filichia, Peter. "Brian O'Halloran goes from 'Clerks' to 'The Crucible'", The Star-Ledger, July 23, 2010. Accessed March 26, 2011.
  6. ↑ O'Donnell, Chuck. "O'Halloran revisits Central Jersey theater roots", Courier News, August 3, 2015. Accessed October 6, 2019. "Playing Dante Hicks in Clerks has made Brian O'Halloran a working-class hero to generations of register jockeys.... Funny thing is, it all almost never happened. The skinny kid with glasses who once played the titular role of Snoopy at Cedar Ridge High School in the late 1980s had given up acting."
  7. ↑ Brian O'Halloran [@BrianCOHalloran] (May 13, 2018). "Happy Mother's Day to my mom Evelyn. Putting up with my nonsense and raising me & my two older brothers was not the easiest. Thank you for everything you did and have taught me about being a loving and caring person. I love you❣️ #HappyMothersDay https://t.co/p0DsPSbIX3" (Tweet). Archived from the original on May 10, 2022. Retrieved May 15, 2022 – via Twitter.
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