Brian Gallivan
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Brian Gallivan is an American actor, writer and comedian. He gained significant attention for his Second City Network web series Sassy Gay Friend, based on a character he created in 2004 Second City mainstage revue Red Scare. The series shows events that may have transpired if famous women (and a few men) in literature, film and history had been advised by the titular character.[1]
Gallivan got his start improvising in his hometown of Boston as well as performing at Bambi Masterpiece Theater[2] before moving to Chicago in 2003,[3] where he performed at The Second City between 2003 and 2007, appearing in four mainstage revues, including the long-running Between Barack and a Hard Place. He was twice nominated for Joseph Jefferson Awards for his work while there.[4]
Gallivan appeared in the Matt Damon film The Informant! and in the Derek Westerman web series Bad Dads alongside Michael Cera. Gallivan appeared in the feature film A Thousand Words.
Gallivan was a writer on the NBC sitcom Are You There, Chelsea? and the ABC comedy series Happy Endings.
For the 2014-15 television season, Gallivan created and produced the CBS television sitcom The McCarthys,[5] which was cancelled in early 2015.
Gallivan is openly gay.[2] He is from Dedham, Massachusetts.[6]
References
- ^ "Second City's Testing Ground in Cyberspace". The New York Times. May 18, 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2011.
- ^ a b "Meet Brian Gallivan, aka 'Sassy Gay Friend'". edgeboston.com. March 31, 2010.
- ^ "Brian Gallivan: Catching up with the comics and improvisers who no longer call Chicago home". Time Out Magazine. June 2, 2010.
- ^ "Earwolf.com profile".
- ^ "‘The McCarthys’ Creator Brian Gallivan on the ‘Huge Gap Between Homosexuality and Professional Sports’". The Wrap, October 30, 2014.
- ^ Amatangelo, Amy (October 30, 2014). "'The McCarthys' creator Brian Gallivan: 'My family is very funny'". The Boston Globe. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
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