Brent Morin (born August 31, 1986) is a Los Angeles-based American
comedian, actor and writer. He was a panelist in the sixth season of
Chelsea Lately and played Justin Kearney on the NBC sitcom Undateable
and the agent Hobbs on the sci-fi web-series Crunch Time, on Rooster
Teeth. In 2015, Morin released his stand-up comedy show, I'm Brent
Morin, exclusively on Netflix.Morin was born in South Windsor,
Connecticut, to two inner city high school English teacher parents.
Morin has an older brother, who was a concert pianist, and a younger
brother, who is a doctor. He graduated from South Windsor High School.
He is of Irish and Italian background.Morin moved to Los Angeles at 18
to study at a film school at Columbia College Hollywood. Although he
graduated with a film degree, Morin started doing stand-up and
eventually decided that was what he wanted to do. Morin has said that
he was inspired by his idols, Albert Brooks and Woody Allen. After
graduation, he worked as a production assistant with Conan O'Brien on
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien on NBC and continued with Conan on
TBS. He went from being a general office production assistant to
becoming the set production assistant/Andy Richter's stand-in. Morin
has appeared regularly as a stand-up comic on shows with The Comedy
Store, The Improv and Laugh Factory, as well as on tours throughout
the United States. In his network TV debut, Morin co-starred in the
Bill Lawrence NBC series Undateable, a multi-camera sitcom with a live
audience, which was based on the book Undateable: 311 Things Guys Do
That Guarantee They Won't Be Dating or Having Sex by Ellen Rakieten
and Anne Coyle.Morin portrayed Justin Kearney, the owner of Black Eyes
Bar and hopeless romantic roommate of Danny (played by Chris D'Elia).
Undateable was unique in that it was a cast full of stand-up comedians
who were good friends before the show aired. The show often
incorporates improv, with Morin playing Felix to D'Elia's grouch Oscar
à la The Odd Couple. Lawrence and the cast (Chris D'Elia, Morin, Ron
Funches, and Rick Glassman) went on a series of stand-up tour dates,
with an appearance on @midnight to promote the show. In 2016, Morin
was cast for the Rooster Teeth web series, Crunch Time. In 2018, he
appeared on the second season of Netflix's The Standups, performing a
half-hour special.
comedian, actor and writer. He was a panelist in the sixth season of
Chelsea Lately and played Justin Kearney on the NBC sitcom Undateable
and the agent Hobbs on the sci-fi web-series Crunch Time, on Rooster
Teeth. In 2015, Morin released his stand-up comedy show, I'm Brent
Morin, exclusively on Netflix.Morin was born in South Windsor,
Connecticut, to two inner city high school English teacher parents.
Morin has an older brother, who was a concert pianist, and a younger
brother, who is a doctor. He graduated from South Windsor High School.
He is of Irish and Italian background.Morin moved to Los Angeles at 18
to study at a film school at Columbia College Hollywood. Although he
graduated with a film degree, Morin started doing stand-up and
eventually decided that was what he wanted to do. Morin has said that
he was inspired by his idols, Albert Brooks and Woody Allen. After
graduation, he worked as a production assistant with Conan O'Brien on
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien on NBC and continued with Conan on
TBS. He went from being a general office production assistant to
becoming the set production assistant/Andy Richter's stand-in. Morin
has appeared regularly as a stand-up comic on shows with The Comedy
Store, The Improv and Laugh Factory, as well as on tours throughout
the United States. In his network TV debut, Morin co-starred in the
Bill Lawrence NBC series Undateable, a multi-camera sitcom with a live
audience, which was based on the book Undateable: 311 Things Guys Do
That Guarantee They Won't Be Dating or Having Sex by Ellen Rakieten
and Anne Coyle.Morin portrayed Justin Kearney, the owner of Black Eyes
Bar and hopeless romantic roommate of Danny (played by Chris D'Elia).
Undateable was unique in that it was a cast full of stand-up comedians
who were good friends before the show aired. The show often
incorporates improv, with Morin playing Felix to D'Elia's grouch Oscar
à la The Odd Couple. Lawrence and the cast (Chris D'Elia, Morin, Ron
Funches, and Rick Glassman) went on a series of stand-up tour dates,
with an appearance on @midnight to promote the show. In 2016, Morin
was cast for the Rooster Teeth web series, Crunch Time. In 2018, he
appeared on the second season of Netflix's The Standups, performing a
half-hour special.
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