Neal Brennan
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Neal Brennan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
ActingBirthday
October 19, 1973Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
33Place of birth
Villanova, Pennsylvania, U.S.Also known as
Νιλ Μπρέναν![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/dc7A11efmuX8DEVRnGTCcShuIyo.jpg)
Cast credits
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Ice Cream
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Neal Brennan: Women and Black Dudes
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/1TYa3L8t9iMWwhv4jdsPFqtV2Gk.jpg)
Dying Laughing
Himself![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/wuhQu9Bqh4DKnlzPIjGhve7EzHk.jpg)
Neal Brennan: 3 Mics
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/4PtLt84lzktEf2W6H7J1glWEOPn.jpg)
Whitney Cummings Bleep Show
Himself![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/14TmEac4bquNaEld9t0uIliYoKE.jpg)
Half Baked
Employee![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/82IVmGutkf99ZSgFNPSXs0FqTsA.jpg)
Caesar's Salad
Crazy Pumpkin Head![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/aQ7ayfNZYfFQyJrwKx9GExGqI6F.jpg)
A Legendary Christmas with John & Chrissy
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/iDIuRQ4b5U3JoBT76muxyJBCMIY.jpg)
Laughing Matters
Himself![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/dLzrhDvKXT7KVIDTglnTOhz19cW.jpg)
The Opening Act
Chip![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/6g0li87w8LIK77QRUtOkQkM6bD7.jpg)
Get Him to the Greek
Guy at Brian's House![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/yHcd5g0uoOxBrsdpEa7kR8JKkMs.jpg)
Dave Chappelle: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/tGHGZuSj0vr1XO6J8llrSkpOp11.jpg)
Neal Brennan: The Half Hour
Himself![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/75gDv38UgRtAukSxNXcjatyQmEa.jpg)
Capone
Harold Mattingly![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/6iOn9CiR8WkMm9aw9cwCAajqnSS.jpg)
Neal Brennan: Blocks
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/3YZrbhNQdZFE2yueFFw1QJ84YvF.jpg)
The Female Brain
Marco![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/fwW5GGyfaaKzheCRQBv7UbOuwha.jpg)
Neal Brennan: Crazy Good
SelfCrew credits
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The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/wuhQu9Bqh4DKnlzPIjGhve7EzHk.jpg)
Neal Brennan: 3 Mics
Writer, Director, Executive Producer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/iSpCFxHLBh2KGY62X2rn0yOaU1P.jpg)
Neal Brennan: Women and Black Dudes
Director, Writer, Producer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/gwMNeBxwTzeSmLXjoV1Y0E8bhQm.jpg)
Totally Awesome
Writer, Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/3YZrbhNQdZFE2yueFFw1QJ84YvF.jpg)
The Female Brain
Screenplay![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/8stO6fuIsmZmjNnm0gxm7FHFSqL.jpg)
Al Madrigal: Shrimpin' Ain't Easy
Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/9470XpMlOKQqfLCmwKzLUEBeAV.jpg)
Michelle Wolf: Nice Lady
Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/2mWdVy4X113rcs5SHu1373YSO22.jpg)
Ellen DeGeneres: Relatable
Consulting Producer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/14TmEac4bquNaEld9t0uIliYoKE.jpg)
Half Baked
Writer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/cOkN2Mfw76HkZRvS3kQqDeTqhrf.jpg)
Seth Meyers: Lobby Baby
Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/AdL5Vu9GcBlyC9T9bowojEOFs8X.jpg)
Chris Rock: Tamborine
Executive Producer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/tGHGZuSj0vr1XO6J8llrSkpOp11.jpg)
Neal Brennan: The Half Hour
Writer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/6iOn9CiR8WkMm9aw9cwCAajqnSS.jpg)
Neal Brennan: Blocks
Writer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/25bbEUTfMA79ZL1XSQ9yORuMNoZ.jpg)
Chris Rock Total Blackout: The Tamborine Extended Cut
Executive Producer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/fwW5GGyfaaKzheCRQBv7UbOuwha.jpg)
Neal Brennan: Crazy Good
Writer, Director![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/j8EiCcV55YBysJJaHSf6YZWxtCX.jpg)
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
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