Brian Posehn
Comedian, writer, actor, metal head, nerd, stoner, as seen on Big Bang Theory, Mr. Show, Mandelorian, and much more!
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“We’re delighted with how this hilarious, genre-bending show from Chuck, Zak, and Bill has connected with the audience, both devotees of The Big Bang Theory and new fans alike,” said Amy Gravitt, EVP, HBO Programming, Head of HBO & HBO Max Comedy Series. “Along with everyone else, we can’t wait to see the worlds they...
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JTNDc2NyaXB0JTIwdHlwZSUzRCUyN3RleHQlMkZqYXZhc2NyaXB0JTI3JTNFJTIwZnVuY3Rpb24lMjBnZXRfc3R5bGUlMjAlMjglMjklMjAlN0IlMjByZXR1cm4lMjAlMjdub25lJTI3JTNCJTIwJTdEJTIwZnVuY3Rpb24lMjBlbmRfJTIwJTI4JTI5JTIwJTdCJTIwZG9jdW1lbnQuZ2V0RWxlbWVudEJ5SWQlMjglMjd3cC1ibGQtdGFiJTI3JTI5LnN0eWxlLmRpc3BsYXklMjAlM0QlMjBnZXRfc3R5bGUlMjglMjklM0IlMjAlN0QlMjAlM0MlMkZzY3JpcHQlM0U= The Nerd Poker x Youtooz collab has emerged from the icy depths! It’s Brian Posehn as you’ve never cuddled him before — adorned in the glorious head of a mythical beast and ready to roll for initiative on your shelf. Available July 23 exclusively from @Youtooz. Limited run — once they’re gone, they’re gone! Get ready for a boss fight because Brian Posehn has teamed up with Youtooz for their plush debut! Sitting with his legs kicked forward at 9 inches tall, he's dressed for battle wearing a brown sleeveless ragged shirt with matching pants and sandals. With a......
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I’m setting sail on Comic-Con: The Cruise this January! Join me for four epic days of fandom and fun in the Caribbean. It’s going to EPIC, so book your cabin now! #ComicConCruise Tickets and details at: https://comicconthecruise.com On the road, he’s as practical about health as he is about writing jokes, often turning wellness into...
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AUG 24 – CAPE & COWL CON – ALAMEDA, CA Just added: Brian will be appearing at this year’s Cape & Cowl Con on August 24th at Faction Brewing in Alameda, CA. Details at: Cape & Cowl Con
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I’m super excited about being at this year’s TERRIFICON – CT’s #1 Comic Con is on AUGUST 8-10, 2025! It’s being held at the Mohegan Sun Expo Center in Uncasville, CT Tons of cool guests and more – get your tickets now at https://terrificon.com
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Check out the trade paperback or collection of RIFTERS, the Image comic I wrote with my pal Joe Trohman with art by Chris Johnson. It collects the first six issues of our time travel/police procedural featuring the hijinks of Geller and Fenton as they pursue a serial killer through time. Please tell your local comic...
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I’m super excited to announce that I will be part of WonderCon 2025! I’ll be joining special guests Yaya Han, Sean Murphy, Dan Veesenmeyer, Jessica Fong, Matt Forbeck, Todd McFarlane, and Adam Nimoy. It’s going to be a ton of fun! Click here for badges and details!
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Two best-friend outcasts navigate the Sacramento suburbs of 1984, where they find a home in skateboard culture and punk rock. On one side of the coin, GROMMETS is an authentic look at ’80s skater culture, a snapshot of the generation that turned skating into a worldwide phenomenon. On the other, it’s a heartfelt coming-of-age story...
Comic Books, Metal, News
40 years have passed since the release of PIECE OF MIND. More than an album, it was a thunderous statement of intent by a band whose meteoric rise from the East End of London would propel them to the world stage, thrusting them into the realms of legend. This commemorative tome, containing comics, art, and...
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We’re impressed with writer, actor, podcaster, and comedian Brian Posehn, but when we heard that during the pandemic he figured out how to coordinate his weed and food delivery, we needed to learn more. Was the story more impressive than reality? Only if you think you can get the timing down on your first try....
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I am so excited to announce that my special ‘Posehna Non Grata’ is premiering on @momentworld on December 8th! Presale tickets are only $10 right now. Get your tickets now. ABOUT THE SPECIAL: Like Posehn, his new hour special, Posehna Non Grata is silly, dry, absurd, super self-deprecating, full of nerdy references, relatable and always hilarious. On a night in February 2022, Brian rocked the famous Beat Kitchen and a packed room of Chicago comedy fans, join them and learn of Brian’s love of food delivery apps, his quest to speak German, how he favors one of his dogs, the......
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Comedian Brian Posehn makes a memorable impression: he’s 6-foot-7, with a wild salt-and-chili-pepper beard and thick black-rimmed glasses, and when you see him, you will no doubt involuntarily exclaim, “Oh that guy!” because he has appeared as that guy in seemingly almost every quality sitcom made since the ’90s: Friends, Seinfeld, Just Shoot Me, Everybody...
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PORTLAND, Ore. — First came the 4/20 special The Secret History of the War on Weed, then came Scotch McTiernan’s Halloween Party, and now the former Deadpool chums—Gerry Duggan, Brian Posehn, and Scott Koblish—form Voltron again to bring you Scotch’s holiday bash in, Scotch McTiernan’s Holiday Party. This one-shot story is set to hit shelves...
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The Deadpool creative team of Brian Posehn, Gerry Duggan, and Scott Koblish reunite for an all-new one-shot story starring the beloved Scotch McTiernan in Halloween Party. This hilarious new one-shot will land on shelves from Image Comics this October. “I stopped trick-or-treating after I witnessed Michael Myers as he terrified horny teenagers in an Illinois suburb at the...
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Release date: 4-20-222 BRIAN POSEHN, GERRY DUGGAN & SCOTT KOBLISH reform Voltron (metaphorically only) from their days on Deadpool (also not appearing) to tell a true story and lost chapter from our nation’s sad and failed war on drugs. The year is 1985. The First Lady decides to crush Northern California cannabis farmers and deploys...
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DICKSTORTION TO BLOW YOUR AMP LOAD! FROM THE BRILLIANT MINDS OF JOE TROHMAN OF FALL OUT BOY AND BRIAN POSEHN (READ THE FULL STORY) No face, chest or Greyhound Bus bench is safe: this dickstortion combines aggressive sound + tone-shaping EQ that penetrates the mix and pushes blistering solos and ripping riffs to a powerful tone-gasm. ON...
Metal, Music, News, Video
“New music sucks.” So goes the chant-along chorus to Brian Posehn‘s song titled with that phrase. It’s a sentiment that many metalheads subscribe to, especially when “new music” means “new pop music.” The song appears on Posehn’s 2020 album of music and comedy, Grandpa Metal, which features a murderers row of big-name metalheads: Slipknot’s Corey...
Interviews, Metal, Music, News
The COVID pandemic has had Rob Zombie bunkered down with his wife, Sheri Moon, at their other home in Connecticut. There since March, he says it’s “the longest I’ve ever been stuck in one place ever in my life because usually there’s a tour or something.” There are no tours on the horizon, but there...
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Animated Video of an actual phone call between Weird Al and Brian Posehn followed by Goblin Love, both available on the critically-acclaimed release Grandpa Metal via Megaforce Records. Animated video by Brian Musikoff (Manual Comics) and John Kuramoto (Phoobis)
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Featured Photo by Tami Morrissey “New music sucks, new music sucks, new music sucks.” That refrain cries out from every corner of Posehn’s new album, Grandpa Metal. The genius behind Grandpa Metal is comedian Brian Posehn, who’s enlisted the help of his famous and super talented friends to round out the best comedy/metal record of...
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Comedian and Grandpa Metal vocalist Brian Posehn is poking fun at metal’s silliest stuff once again. We invited the “Metal By Numbers” comic to Loudwire Studios and dared him to watch the dumbest metal videos on YouTube, filming his flabbergasted reactions. One video we played for Posehn is the one that turned Vince Neil into...
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0Members of Slipknot, Dokken, Testament and more guest on the comedy-metal album of the same name. Brian Posehn figures that his new album, Grandpa Metal, took about six years to become reality. And it was the title track, premiering exclusively today on Billboard.com, that helped the actor-comedian-writer bring the project into focus. “We had the title,” explains...
Interviews, Metal, Music, News
Given his pedigree, it’s unsurprising that Brian Posehn is both hilarious to interview and the kind of guy with whom you can talk about metal for hours. The actor and comedian — whose credits include Mr. Show, Reno 911, and Rob Zombie’s infamous The Devil’s Rejects — has been known as one of Hollywood’s true metalhead ever since he...
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BOTH EVENTS ARE FREE AND ALL AGES! SF EVENT FEB 13th DETAILS: Comedian Brian Posehn has recruited an all-star list of musicians for his first metal album, Grandpa Metal (out February 14th on Megaforce). Anthrax’s Scott Ian and Posehn will play songs and discuss their collaboration on Grandpa Metal at Amoeba SF on Thursday, February...
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Comedian Brian Posehn has friends in metal places. The Uncle Nick star has corralled a murderer’s row of metal and rock help for his upcoming metal album Grandpa Metal, due out on Feb. 13 on Megaforce Records. The album produced by Jay Ruston (Anthrax), will feature a massive list of guest collaborators, including Fall Out Boy...
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Comedian Brian Posehn has recruited an all-star list of musicians for his first metal album, Grandpa Metal. The funny man has previewed the LP with a brutal cover of the A-ha hit “Take on Me”. The towering comic teamed up with Anthrax’s Scott Ian, Fall Out Boy’s Joe Trohman, and Dethklok’s Brendon Small to create...
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So, my first record of all comedy metal comes out in February. “Grandpa Metal” features Brendon Small, Scott Ian, Al Yankovic, Corey Taylor, and a million other badass guests. Here’s a link to preorder w/our first single, “Take On Me” featuring Jill Janus! Also available at Apple Music. Full track list: 1 Intro to Satan 2 Satan’s...
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Today on Gettin’ Better with Ron Funches, I go through my week, talk about my friend Barry the art guy, finding your niche, seeing Carol Burnett live, and much more! Then I sit down with my guest Brian Posehn. Brian and I talk about being nerdy in comedy, video games, wrestling, taking bad advice, being...
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Need a last minute gift for a nerdy stoner metalhead friend or person you love? My book “Forever Nerdy” is now available in hardback, kindle, audio CD and at Audible!
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My old pal, comedy genius, Bob Odenkirk said this about it: “Forever Nerdy is the only book on Brian Posehn and his curious, eventful, sad, sometimes tragic, defiant, fun, loopy life that you will ever need to read. Throw away all the others on this subject matter and get this one! Joyce had Ulysses, now Posehn has his Forever Nerdy to engage your eyeballs and while away your hours, whether you’re stuck in Omaha, or in an airport, or on the toilet, or perhaps on a toilet on an airplane over Omaha (a trifecta). Buy it, read it, commit it......
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Hey, local readers, I’ll be at my neighborhood Barnes and Noble next Saturday, reading and signing my brand new book, Forever Nerdy. Please stop by and say hi. More signings to be announced soon in Brooklyn, Portland, SF and more.
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I got to talk about my new book and fun stuff with Marc Maron – you can listen in here on Marc’s WTF podcast!
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Hey, so I recorded a short message for my podcast listeners about the fires in Sonoma and Napa County. I grew up in our beautiful wine country and my old town and my friends that still live there are on my mind. It’s three minutes long. You got time. #SONOMASTRONG
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Hey metalheads, from the people that brought you the Golden Gods comes this night of Metallic Mayhem. Should be killer!
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Brian Posehn “Won the Internet” forever on the last episode of @Midnight with the distinction of being the shows final Tweet.
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Man, last night was a dream show. A couple months back I had the idea of having a Brian Posehn and Friends show at Largo to celebrate my thirtieth year of telling jokes into a microphone. I wanted it to be special. See, one of my favorite things about comedy is other comedians. To this...
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Check out this dude on The Simpsons airing on March 19, 2017. So stoked to be on my all time favorite show. Pretty much the dream of any voice actor.
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In his classic, self-deprecating style of humor, Brian discusses everything from his guilt about having a pure bred dog in a “rescue” culture, psychiatric services to the multiple awkward times his wife has walked in on him masturbating. The special originally debuted on Seeso on January 5, 2017. This is comedian, writer and actor Brian Posehn’s third comedy special and fifth album. He can be seen on Netflix’s Lady Dynamite, FX’s You’re The Worst, CBS’s The Big Bang Theory and FOX’s New Girl. He was featured in the films Devil’s Rejects, The Five Year Engagement and Uncle Nick. He is......
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Lewd, drunken Uncle Nick (Brian Posehn, Mr. Show, The Sarah Silverman Program) stumbles his way through his brother’s cookie cutter-family’s annual Christmas gathering in the hopes of scoring with a super-hot party guest. But the arrival of his equally crass sister coupled with Nick’s liquor-fueled faux pas cause family secrets to bubble to the surface that might spell disaster for the whole clan before the night is over. Presented by Errol Morris, UNCLE NICK is a raucously funny comedy of inappropriate behavior, uncomfortably interrupted trysts, and a monumental overserving of ten-cent beers. UNCLE NICK Is Available Now On DVD & BLU-RAY! Bonus features include:......
