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Guy Branum | |
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| Born | November 12, 1975 |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, comedian, writer |
| Years active | 2002–present |
Guy Branum (born November 12, 1975)[1] is an American actor, comedian, and writer best known as the head writer of, and a sketch performer on, X-Play on the G4 network and was a regular panelist on "Chelsea Lately" on the E! network.
Life and career
Branum was born and raised in Yuba City, California. He attended the University of California, Berkeley from 1994-1998 where he was a history and political science major. He wrote a column for the Daily Californian, one of which brought the United States Secret Service to his apartment in November 1997 before the Big Game between Berkeley and Stanford University, in which he made suggestions that Berkeley students murder Stanford Freshman Chelsea Clinton.[2][3][4] He was also involved in campus politics on the Cal United Masturbaters party[citation needed]. He played quizbowl for the Berkeley Quizbowl Team.[citation needed]
He then moved to Minnesota, where he attended the University of Minnesota Law School, and was on the U of M Quiz Bowl team that placed third at CBI nationals in 1999.[citation needed] After graduating he returned to California.[citation needed]
After being recommended by co-hostess Laura Swisher, Branum was hired as a writer for Unscrewed with Martin Sargent while it was still on TechTV in San Francisco.[citation needed] On Unscrewed, he regularly appeared as a sweater model and as The Ambassador of Gay. He was also a writer and producer on G4tv.com,[citation needed] and head writer on the G4 channel program X-Play. He also contributed to the comedy podcast Weezy and the Swish. In December 2007, Branum became a writer and an onscreen comedy performer on Chelsea Lately. He made his feature film debut in January 2011 in No Strings Attached. In 2012 Branum became a writer for the show Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell, performing a recurring segment "No more Mr. Nice Gay."[5]
He is also openly gay.[6]
References
- ^ Branum identified himself as 33 years old in an August 2009 airing of Comedians of Chelsea Lately
- ^ Cal Student Writer Rousted By Secret Service
- ^ Secret Service searches college journalist's apartment
- ^ Writer's Room Is Searched
- ^ http://splitsider.com/2013/09/totally-biaseds-guy-branum-calls-out-the-james-franco-roast-for-being-homophobic/
- ^ http://deepshitbaronvaughn.libsyn.com/identity-with-guy-branum
Deep Shit with baron Vaughn (12/24/2012). "Identity with Guy Branum". http://deepshitbaronvaughn.libsyn.com (Podcast). libsyn.com. Event occurs at 14:50. Retrieved 12/31/2012. {{cite podcast}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help); External link in |website=
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- 1975 births
- Living people
- American comedians
- American television writers
- People from Yuba City, California
- Student quiz competitions
- TechTV
- University of California, Berkeley alumni
- University of Minnesota alumni
- University of Minnesota Law School alumni
- X-Play
- American male film actors
- Male actors from California
- 21st-century American male actors
- Gay actors