Who is stand-up comedian Neal Brennan? His Bio: Net Worth, Wife, Dating, Family, Facts



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Short Info

Net Worth $5 million
Date Of Birth October 19, 1973
Fact Brother of comedian/writer Kevin Brennan.



Who Is Stand-Up Comedian, Neal Brennan? His Bio, Wiki and Age

Neal Brennan was born on 19 October 1973, in Villanova, Pennsylvania USA, so his zodiac sign is Libra and he is 44 years old. He is best known as a stand-up comedian and co-writer, the co-creator of “Chappelle’s Show” on Comedy Central. He has also worked on projects such as “Half Baked” and “Get Him to the Greek”.

Net Worth

So just how rich is Neal Brennan as of mid-2018? According to authoritative sources, this stand-up comedian and writer has a net worth of $5 million, accumulated from his career in the previously mentioned field. He hasn’t disclosed any information regarding his assets, such as houses and cars.

Wife and Dating


When it comes to Neal’s relationship status, he doesn’t share any direct information regarding that topic. However, he has made jokes about his love life on Twitter, writing tweets such as “My girlfriend and I love each other so much that once a year we give each other a month off.” and “If I had a girlfriend, I bet she’d be mad at me right now, statistically speaking.” As of the most recent past, he wrote “Talking to my GF when she’s mad is like doing stand-up for a mostly black crowd. They’re listening, but really just want me to stop”.

Background, Family and Facts

Brennan spent his formative years in Villanova, near Philadelphia and also lived in Wilmette for eight years. Speaking about his ethnicity, he is Caucasian and has light brown hair and blue eyes. He was born into an Irish Catholic family, the youngest of 10 children. He stated that his father’s side of the family was funny, as well as his five older brothers, adding that he realized that he was funny at the age eight or nine, and at that time he was already performing for his classmates, and watched several television comedy series.

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Brother


Neal’s older brother Kevin became a comedian when Neal was in high school, and he attended Kevin’s performances at The Improv in New York City. In one interview, he said that it was then he realized that it is possible to make a living in comedy, He moved to New York himself, where he attended film school at the NYU, but dropped out having studied there for one year. After that, he worked as a doorman at the Boston Comedy Club, where he met Dave Chappelle and they eventually became friends. At the age of 18, he had his first performance, which didn’t go well, and resulted in Neal not doing stand-up comedy for several years.

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Career: The Beginning

In the ‘90s, Neal re-located to Los Angeles. and in 1995 began writing for “Singled Out”, a dating show, which gave him a chance to collaborate with celebrities such as Jenny McCarthy and Chris Hardwick. In the upcoming period, he worked for “Bzzz!” in 1996, and also on “All That” and “Kenan & Kel”. In 1997 he worked with Chappelle on the movie “Half Baked”, which received a mixed response, although Neal later on stated that it was some of his worst work. In 2006, he began working with Chappelle once again, as a writer and creator for “Chappelle’s Show”, a series which received a generally positive response from the audience, and was rewarded with awards such as BET Comedy Award and Gold Derby TV Award, and additionally was nominated for Primetime Emmy, DVDX, and OFTA Television Awards.

Latter Career

In 2010, the comedian wrote four episodes of “Funny or Die Presents…”, collaborating with artists such as Steve Tom, Rob Huebel and Christine Scott Bennett.  As of 2016, Neal wrote 16 episodes of “The Daily Show”, a worldwide acclaimed comedy series hosted by Jon Stewart. In 2018, the comedian contributed to “Untitled Neal Brennan Project”, so overall Neal has had 20 writing gigs, which has allowed him to gain considerable recognition among audiences.

Acting Career

As well as being a writer and a comedian, Brennan has also acted briefly, making his acting debut with the role of Crazy Pumpkin Head in “Caesar’s Salad” in 1990. As of 2010, he had a smaller role in “Get Him to the Greek”, working alongside Russell Brand, Rose Byrne, Tyler McKinney and Zoe Salmon.

Social Media

Being in the entertainment field, Brennan is naturally active on social media as well, using them to connect with his fans. The comedian has Twitter and Instagram accounts, on the former being followed by over 360,000 people, whereas his account on the latter has almost 100,000 fans. Some of his latest tweets reveal that he is touring the US.

General Info

Full Name Neal Brennan
Net Worth $5 million
Date Of Birth October 19, 1973
Profession Screenwriter, Television producer, Comedian, Film producer, Film director, Actor, Television Director
Nationality American

Family

Siblings Kevin Brennan, Sheila Krezwick

Accomplishments

Nominations Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing – Variety Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy-Variety Or Music Program, PGA Television Producer of the Year Award in Variety Television, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing – Variety, Music or Comedy Program
Movies Get Him to the Greek, The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard, Totally Awesome, Half Baked
TV Shows Chappelle’s Show

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Quotes

# Quote
1 [on working with Dave Chappelle again] The relationship is charred. I don’t think Dave ever wants to be in showbiz again, and I wouldn’t want to work with him. We did the best thing we could have possibly done, and it still ended terribly. What else is there to do?
2 [on Dave Chappelle quitting Chappelle’s Show (2003)] Before Dave left, things had been awful between us for a long time. Once the show became this cash cow, everyone who worked for him kind of played his ego against me and against the show. It was a very clichéd, ‘Behind the Music (1997)’ kind of thing – money, credit, paranoia, suspicion. It was so unnecessary. I felt beyond betrayed. I would have signed a lifelong contract with Dave. He was one of my favorite comedians, we’d been best friends for 15 years. It was painful. It will probably be the biggest personal disappointment of my life.
3 I’m never going to be more successful than I’ve been in the past two years. I have a better chance of being eaten by a shark. I’ll never be famous, but I’ve got financial success. People in show biz seem to want to work with me. And I get to control the stuff I write. Fame gives you noise. It gives you a lot of [mimes screaming], which is fucking worthless. I have a girlfriend I love, so I can’t use it to get women. It’s not like Dave and I got laid because of Chappelle’s Show (2003). He was married, and I’m… pale.
4 [asked if he would ever work with Dave Chappelle again] No. There’s no chance.

Facts

# Fact
1 Was a doorman at the Boston Comedy Club in New York City where he became friendly with Dave Chappelle and many other comedians. He did not start performing stand-up comedy until after Chappelle’s Show (2003) went off the air.
2 Has five brothers and four sisters.
3 Was good friends with ‘Dave Chappelle’ until the abrupt end of “Chappelle’s Show”. In February 2012, the two have since patched things up.
4 Has a sister named Sheila Krezwick who is a computer teacher in Massachusetts
5 Brother of comedian/writer Kevin Brennan.
6 Briefly attended New York University

Pictures

Movies

Writer

Title Year Status Character
The Female Brain 2017 post-production
The Half Hour 2012 TV Series 1 episode
Funny or Die Presents… 2010 TV Series written by – 4 episodes
Seek and Destroy 2010 TV Movie
Totally Awesome 2006 TV Movie written by
Chappelle’s Show TV Series creator – 33 episodes, 2003 – 2006 writer – 32 episodes, 2003 – 2006
All That 10th Anniversary Reunion Special 2005 TV Movie additional material written by
Half Baked 1998 written by
All That 1996-1997 TV Series writer – 2 episodes
Kenan & Kel 1997 TV Series written by – 1 episode
Singled Out 1995 TV Series writer – 65 episodes
Bzzz! 1995 TV Series writer – 1 episode

Producer

Title Year Status Character
The Daily Show 2016 TV Series producer – 2 episodes
The Approval Matrix 2014 TV Series producer – 6 episodes
Neal Brennan: Women and Black Dudes 2014 TV Special documentary executive producer
Funny or Die Presents… 2010 TV Series executive producer – 4 episodes
Seek and Destroy 2010 TV Movie producer
Chappelle’s Show 2003-2006 TV Series executive producer – 33 episodes

Director

Title Year Status Character
Neal Brennan: Women and Black Dudes 2014 TV Special documentary
The Mindy Project 2013 TV Series 1 episode
Inside Amy Schumer 2013 TV Series 10 episodes
New Girl 2012 TV Series 1 episode
Funny or Die Presents… 2010 TV Series 4 episodes
Seek and Destroy 2010 TV Movie
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard 2009
Totally Awesome 2006 TV Movie
Chappelle’s Show 2003-2004 TV Series 11 episodes

Actor

Title Year Status Character
Legends of Chamberlain Heights 2016 TV Series
Uncommon Sense with Charlamagne 2016 TV Series
Inside Amy Schumer 2013 TV Series Male Onlooker
Get Him to the Greek 2010 Guy at Brian’s House
Chappelle’s Show 2003-2004 TV Series Crab / Audience Member / Guy in the Club / …
Half Baked 1998 Employee
Ice Cream 1993 Short Woman’s Brother
Caesar’s Salad 1990 Short Crazy Pumpkin Head

Soundtrack

Title Year Status Character
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard 2009 writer: “It Ain’t Easy”, “Harding Imports”, “McDermott’s Angels”
Chappelle’s Show 2003-2004 TV Series writer – 4 episodes
Half Baked 1998 writer: “Samson Gets Me Lifted”, “Mr. Nice Guy” – uncredited

Miscellaneous

Title Year Status Character
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon 2009 TV Series consultant – 1 episode
Ice Cream 1993 Short production assistant

Thanks

Title Year Status Character
John Mulaney: The Comeback Kid 2015 TV Special special thanks
Dave Chappelle’s Block Party 2005 Documentary thanks
HBO Comedy Half-Hour 1998 TV Series special thanks – 1 episode

Self

Title Year Status Character
Unsung Hollywood 2016 TV Series documentary Himself
Dying Laughing 2016 Documentary Himself
The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore 2016 TV Series Himself – Panelist
The Daily Show 2016 TV Series Himself – Commentator / Himself
Late Night with Seth Meyers 2014-2016 TV Series Himself
Baby Talk 2015 TV Series Himself
The Approval Matrix 2014 TV Series Himself / Host / Himself – Host
Today 2014 TV Series Himself
Unscripted 2014 TV Series Himself
The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail 2014 TV Series Himself – Guest
Unusually Thicke 2014 TV Series Himself
Just for Laughs: All-Access 2014 TV Series Himself
Neal Brennan: Women and Black Dudes 2014 TV Special documentary Himself
@midnight 2013-2014 TV Series Himself
The Arsenio Hall Show 2014 TV Series Himself – Guest
Comedy Central Re-Animated: Neal Brennan – Meeting President Obama 2014 Short Himself
Legalize It 2014 Documentary Himself
The Pete Holmes Show 2013 TV Series Himself – Guest
Comedy Gives Back 2013 TV Movie Himself
Big Morning Buzz Live 2013 TV Series Himself – Panelist
GGN: Snoop Dogg’s Double G News Network 2013 TV Series Himself
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House 2013 Documentary Himself
Love You, Mean It with Whitney Cummings 2012 TV Series Himself
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon 2009-2012 TV Series Himself
The Hour 2012 TV Series Himself – Panelist / Himself
Attack of the Show! 2012 TV Series Himself – Guest
The Half Hour 2012 TV Series Himself
Transforming the World Through Comedy 2011 TV Movie Himself
Conan 2011 TV Series Himself
The Download with Jordan Rubin 2011 TV Mini-Series Himself -Guest
Lopez Tonight 2010 TV Series Himself – Guest / Himself
A Night of 140 Tweets: A Celebrity Tweet-A-Thon for Haiti 2010 Video Himself
Seek and Destroy 2010 TV Movie Himself / Various
The Fabulous Making of Chappelle’s Show Season 3ish 2006 Video documentary short Himself
Chappelle’s Show 2003-2006 TV Series Himself
60 Minutes Wednesday 2004 TV Series documentary Himself
Last Call with Carson Daly 2004 TV Series Himself

Awards

Nominated Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2005 PGA Award PGA Awards Outstanding Producer of Variety Television Chappelle’s Show (2003)
2004 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Directing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program Chappelle’s Show (2003)
2004 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series Chappelle’s Show (2003)
2004 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program Chappelle’s Show (2003)

Source: IMDb, Wikipedia