Johnny Brennan
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Johnny Brennan | |
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![]() Brennan at the Big Apple Convention, June 8, 2008 | |
Born | Manhattan, New York, United States |
Occupation | Actor, comedian, voice actor, writer |
Years active | 1983-present |
Johnny Brennan is an American comic actor, film writer and voice actor, known as the creator of the Jerky Boys, which released a series of prank phone call CDs, between 1993 and 1999.
He appears as himself as a member of the Jerky Boys in an episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast in 1994.
In 1995, Johnny Brennan wrote and starred with Kamal Ahmed in a motion picture portraying the antics of Johnny's Jerky Boys characters called The Jerky Boys: The Movie (the film was shot between April and June 1994). In 1997, Johnny appeared in the Mariah Carey music video "Honey".
Brennan later became known for his voice work in the Emmy-nominated animated series Family Guy, where he performs the voices of Mort Goldman and Horace the bartender of the Drunken Clam.
In 2007, Brennan released Sol's Rusty Trombone without Ahmed. It was the first Jerky Boys release since 2001. In April, Brennan reprised his role of Frank Rizzo on the animated web series Clock Suckers in the episode "If You Can't Beat 'Em, Then You're a Pussy".
In 2010, Brennan released two iOS apps, titled The Jerky Boys Prank Caller and The Jerky Boys Pinball developed by Inner Four.[citation needed]
Brennan launched The Jerky Boys Show with Johnny Brennan as a free podcast in October 2011. On the show, Brennan discussed the history behind Jerky Boys tracks and allowed fans to call in with questions. Sixteen episodes of the podcast aired before it ended in February 2012. In November 2012, a seventeenth episode was released, featuring a prerecorded interview that had taken place at Gotham Comedy Club in New York City.[citation needed]
Selected filmography[]
- Big Money Hustlas (2000) ... actor
- The Jerky Boys: The Movie (1995) ... actor, writer
Selected TV roles[]
- Space Ghost Coast to Coast (1994) – himself
- Family Guy – Mort Goldman (2001–present), Horace (2000–2013)
External links[]
- 1961 births
- Living people
- American male comedians
- 21st-century American comedians
- American male film actors
- American male screenwriters
- American male voice actors
- Prank calling
- Pranksters
- 21st-century American screenwriters
- 21st-century American male writers