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'''Brian Posehn''' (pronounced po-sain) (born [[July 6]], [[1966]]) is an [[United States of America|American]] [[actor]] and [[comedian]], known for his roles as mail clerk Kevin Liotta on [[NBC|NBC's]] ''[[Just Shoot Me!]]'', as a cast member of [[HBO]]'s ''[[Mr. Show]]'', and as Brian Spukowski on [[Comedy Central|Comedy Central's]] ''[[The Sarah Silverman Program]]''.
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====Film====
'''USNS ''Bald Eagle'' (T-AF-50)''' was an {{sclass|Alstede|stores ship}} acquired by the [[U.S. Navy]]. Her task was to carry stores, refrigerated items, and equipment to ships in the fleet, and to remote stations and staging areas.
Posehn portrayed a [[convenience store]] clerk in the 2003 comedy film sequel ''[[Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd]]''. Also in 2003, he appeared in the movie ''[[Grind (2003 film)|Grind]]'' as a customer at Chili 'n Such, a [[fast food restaurant]]. In 2005 he was featured briefly as "himself" the film ''[[Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic]]'' He played a [[roadie]] in the 2005 [[Rob Zombie]] horror film ''[[The Devil's Rejects]]''.


In 2007 Posehn appeared in the [[superhero film]] ''[[Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer]]'' as a priest that marries [[Mister Fantastic|Reed Richards]] and [[Invisible Woman|Sue Storm]]. In the 2007 animated feature ''[[Surf's Up (film)|Surf's Up]]'', he played [[List of Characters in Surf's Up#Glen Maverick|Glen Maverick]]. Posehn appeared as himself in ''[[Super High Me]]'', a 2007 documentary starring marijuana comedian [[Doug Benson]]. Posehn is seen having a conversation over lunch with Benson on a backyard patio in Los Angeles (homeowner not cited) after smoking cannabis.
''Bald Eagle'' was laid down (date unknown), as a [[Maritime Commission]] type (C2-S-B1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 186) at [[Moore Dry Dock Company]], [[Oakland, California]]. She was launched (date unknown) and delivered to the [[War Shipping Administration]], 28 May 1943. She was acquired by the U.S. Navy in 1950.


Posehn voices the character of Murray, a robot, in Rob Zombie's animated ''[[The Haunted World of El Superbeasto]]'', due for release in 2008.
== Assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service ==


====Television====
''Bald Eagle'' was assigned by the Navy to the [[Military Sea Transportation Service]] (MSTS) and placed in service as USNS ''Bald Eagle'' (T-AF-50).
Posehn began with guest appearances and mainly small roles in TV shows. He was on 28 episodes of ''[[Mr. Show with Bob and David]]'' (1995-1998), a [[sketch comedy]] series on [[HBO]]. In a 1996 episode of ''[[Friends]]'', he delivered the manuscript in which Joey Tribbiani's soap opera character "Dr. Drake Ramoray" is killed off. He appeared as two different characters in ''[[NewsRadio]]'': a fan with questions for Jimmy James at a book reading (1997), and a member of Dave's [[a cappella]] group "Chock Full o' Notes" (1998). In the ''[[Seinfeld]]'' episode "[[The Burning (Seinfeld)|The Burning]]" (1998), he played a patient, when [[Cosmo Kramer|Kramer]] "was given" [[gonorrhea]]. His character was instructed to "act out" how a surgeon left a sponge in Kramer, for a cast of medical students.


Posehn then appeared on 29 episodes of the [[NBC]] series ''[[Just Shoot Me!]]'' (1999-2003).
== Operations under MSTS ==


Posehn played the voice of Jim in ''[[Mission Hill]]'' on the [[WB]] (1999-2002), and Del Swanson in ''[[3 South]]'' on [[MTV]] (2002-2003). Posehn performed the voice of Gibbons, a tiny man, on several episodes of the [[Cartoon Network (United States)|Cartoon Network]]'s ''[[Tom Goes to the Mayor]]'' (2005-2006). On another [[Adult Swim]] production, ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]'', he voiced the Wisdom Cube in the 2003 episode "The Cubing".
''Bald Eagle'' transported frozen foods from [[Virginia]] to [[Bremerhaven]], [[Germany]], on a regular basis during the early 1950s.


Posehn was featured on the 2005 documentary series ''[[The Comedians of Comedy]]'' on [[Comedy Central]] and [[Showtime]]. He was in a 2007 episode of the improv series ''[[Thank God You're Here (U.S. TV series)|Thank God You're Here]]'' on NBC.
== Decommissioning ==


''[[The Sarah Silverman Program]]'' debuted in 2007 and has been a big hit for [[Comedy Central]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/28/arts/television/28come.htm |title=Home Base for Laughs? Comedy Central Thinks So |work=[[The New York Times| |author=Bill Carter |date=2007-03-28 }}</ref> Posehn and [[Steve Agee]] co-star as Sarah's "gigantic, orange, and gay" neighbors.
She was placed out of service (date unknown) and struck from the [[Navy Vessel Register]] (date unknown). Final disposition: scrapped in 1973.


Posehn is a celebrity judge on the revived 1970s game show, ''[[The Gong Show with Dave Attell]]'' (2008), on Comedy Central.
== Military awards and honors ==

Posehn played himself in the episode "Spagett" of ''[[Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!]]''.
''Bald Eagle's '' crew was eligible for the following medals:

* [[National Defense Service Medal]]
Posehn appeared at the [[Comedy Central]] [[roast]] of [[Bob Saget]].

Posehn played the role of a physically disabled man (Scooter Man) in the 2nd season's premiere episode "Slip of the Tongue" of ''[[Californication]]'' (2008), on [[Showtime]].

====Trivia====

He is credited as [[Jason Todd]] in his appearance in Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

====Other screen work====
Posehn voiced Grunts and various [[Marines]] in the 2006 video game [[Halo 2]]. He appeared in the commercial "Ink Fairy" for [[Staples Inc.|Staples]] office supply store, in its ad campaign featuring the "Easy Button".

===Comedy stand-up===
Posehn is {{ft in to m|6|6|precision=1}} tall, but refers to himself as ''6'6.6"'' in his stand-up, calling himself "The Height of the Beast", a reference to the [[Number of the Beast]]. He appeared on the 2007 comedy compilation CD ''[[Comedy Death-Ray (album)|Comedy Death-Ray]]'' for [[Comedy Central Records]].

In 2006, Posehn released his debut comedy album [[Live In: Nerd Rage]].

Posehn participated in the Comedy Lineup of the 2008 [[Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival]], which included [[Louis C.K.]], [[Janeane Garofalo]] and [[Zach Galifianakis]]. Posehn performed as part of the Rock N' Roll Comedy set with [[Jim Norton]] and Michelle Buteau.

===Music===
Posehn studied classical piano from age 12 until his early 20s. He is a self-proclaimed "metal nerd" and has asserted his hatred of "false metal" genres of music such as [[emo]] and [[screamo]], during his stand up act as well as his music video "Metal by Numbers". In his stand-up act he has called the metal band [[Slayer]] "the most metal band ever." Interviewed in 2007 about the [[Adult Swim]] show ''[[Metalocalypse]]'' and its fictional metal band "[[Dethklok]]", he called the ersatz group "the mightiest metal band of all time".<ref>Modell, Josh. "[http://www.avclub.com/content/feature/brian_posehn_interviews Brian Posehn Interviews Dethklok]", ''[[The Onion]]'', [[November 1]], [[2007]].</ref> He later voiced the character Melward Fjordslorn in a 2008 episode of the show.<ref>{{imdb name|0692634|Brian Posehn}}</ref>

In 2006, [[Relapse Records]] released his first album, ''Live In: Nerd Rage''.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.briansnerdrage.com/
|title=Live In: Nerd Rage
|accessdate=2008-02-26
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:syknikxfbb89
|title=Live In: Nerd Rage
|work=[[Allmusic]]
|accessdate=2008-02-26
}}</ref> It includes "Metal by Numbers", a song mocking bands that term themselves "[[heavy metal music|metal]]" but are clearly not.<ref>{{YouTube|chiVMrWMHko|Metal by Numbers}}<!-- published by Relapse Records, so copyright use appears good. --></ref><ref>{{MySpace|brianposehn|Brian Posehn}}</ref> The instrumental tracks feature metal legends such as guitarist [[Scott Ian]] (of [[Anthrax (band)|Anthrax]]), bassist [[Joey Vera]] (of [[Armored Saint]]), drummer [[John Tempesta]] (of [[The Cult]] and [[White Zombie (band)|White Zombie]]), and lead guitarist Jonathan Donais (of [[Shadows Fall]]). Posehn also appeared in the Anthrax [[music video]] for "What Doesn't Die".

Posehn appeared in the 2005 pilot for ''[[The Showbiz Show with David Spade]]'', in a segment called "The Nerd Perspective", in which he gave a scathing criticism of [[MTV]] and its declining quality. Then in 2007 he joined the first season of the MTV sketch comedy series ''[[Human Giant]]'', as a writer and performer.

===Other work===
Also in 2006, Posehn co-wrote the comic book ''The Last Christmas'' with writer Gerry Duggan, published by [[Image Comics]] (ISBN 1582406766).

==Personal life==
Posehn was born in [[Redwood City, California]] in 1966. He graduated from [[Sonoma Valley High School]] and attended [[American River College|American River community college]]{{Fact|date=January 2008}}. Posehn has been married to [[Melanie Truhett]], a native of [[Reedley, California]], since [[September 4]], [[2004]].

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commonscat|Brian Posehn}}
*[http://www.brianposehn.com/ BrianPosehn.com], Official website
*[http://www.myspace.com/brianposehn Brian Posehn] on [[MySpace]]
*[http://www.comedycentral.com/comedians/browse/p/brian_posehn.jhtml Brian Posehn] at [[Comedy Central]]
*{{imdb name|0692634|Brian Posehn}}
*{{tv.com person|id=8634|name=Brian Posehn}}

===Interviews===
*{{cite web
|url=http://www.maximumfun.org/blog/2006/05/podcast-joketacular.html
|title=Joketacular
|work=[[The Sound of Young America]]
|date=2006-05-06
|accessdate=2008-02-25
}}
*{{cite web
|url=http://www.maximumfun.org/blog/2007/10/podcast-steve-agee-and-brian-posehn.html
|title=Steve Agee and Brian Posehn from The Sarah Silverman Program
|work=[[The Sound of Young America]]
|date=2007-10-15
|accessdate=2008-02-25
}}
*{{cite web
|url=http://www.lambgoat.com/features/interviews/brian_posehn.aspx
|title=Brian Posehn Interview
|work=Lambgoat
|first=Drew
|last=Ailes
|month= June | year= 2006
|accessdate=2008-02-25
}}
*{{cite web
|url=http://www.kittenpants.org/36_tummy/bp.asp
|title=Interview: Brian Posehn
|author=Boogie-B
|work=Kittenpants
|accessdate=2008-02-25
}}
* {{cite web
|url=http://suicidegirls.com/interviews/Brian+Posehn/
|title=Brian Posehn
|first=Daniel Robert
|last=Epstein
|work=Suicide Girls
|date=2006-07-11
|accessdate=2008-02-25
}}


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[[Category:1966 births]]
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[[Category:American television actors]]
* [http://meltingpot.fortunecity.com/bahrain/52/trough.htm#6 USNS ''Bald Eagle'']
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Brian Posehn
Born (1966-07-06) July 6, 1966 (age 57)
Sacramento, California
Occupation(s)stand-up comedian, actor, writer, musician
Websitehttp://www.brianposehn.com
Notes
His penis tastes like gummy bears and cures the blues

Brian Posehn (pronounced po-sain) (born July 6, 1966) is an American actor and comedian, known for his roles as mail clerk Kevin Liotta on NBC's Just Shoot Me!, as a cast member of HBO's Mr. Show, and as Brian Spukowski on Comedy Central's The Sarah Silverman Program.

Film

Posehn portrayed a convenience store clerk in the 2003 comedy film sequel Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd. Also in 2003, he appeared in the movie Grind as a customer at Chili 'n Such, a fast food restaurant. In 2005 he was featured briefly as "himself" the film Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic He played a roadie in the 2005 Rob Zombie horror film The Devil's Rejects.

In 2007 Posehn appeared in the superhero film Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer as a priest that marries Reed Richards and Sue Storm. In the 2007 animated feature Surf's Up, he played Glen Maverick. Posehn appeared as himself in Super High Me, a 2007 documentary starring marijuana comedian Doug Benson. Posehn is seen having a conversation over lunch with Benson on a backyard patio in Los Angeles (homeowner not cited) after smoking cannabis.

Posehn voices the character of Murray, a robot, in Rob Zombie's animated The Haunted World of El Superbeasto, due for release in 2008.

Television

Posehn began with guest appearances and mainly small roles in TV shows. He was on 28 episodes of Mr. Show with Bob and David (1995-1998), a sketch comedy series on HBO. In a 1996 episode of Friends, he delivered the manuscript in which Joey Tribbiani's soap opera character "Dr. Drake Ramoray" is killed off. He appeared as two different characters in NewsRadio: a fan with questions for Jimmy James at a book reading (1997), and a member of Dave's a cappella group "Chock Full o' Notes" (1998). In the Seinfeld episode "The Burning" (1998), he played a patient, when Kramer "was given" gonorrhea. His character was instructed to "act out" how a surgeon left a sponge in Kramer, for a cast of medical students.

Posehn then appeared on 29 episodes of the NBC series Just Shoot Me! (1999-2003).

Posehn played the voice of Jim in Mission Hill on the WB (1999-2002), and Del Swanson in 3 South on MTV (2002-2003). Posehn performed the voice of Gibbons, a tiny man, on several episodes of the Cartoon Network's Tom Goes to the Mayor (2005-2006). On another Adult Swim production, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, he voiced the Wisdom Cube in the 2003 episode "The Cubing".

Posehn was featured on the 2005 documentary series The Comedians of Comedy on Comedy Central and Showtime. He was in a 2007 episode of the improv series Thank God You're Here on NBC.

The Sarah Silverman Program debuted in 2007 and has been a big hit for Comedy Central.[1] Posehn and Steve Agee co-star as Sarah's "gigantic, orange, and gay" neighbors.

Posehn is a celebrity judge on the revived 1970s game show, The Gong Show with Dave Attell (2008), on Comedy Central.

Posehn played himself in the episode "Spagett" of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!.

Posehn appeared at the Comedy Central roast of Bob Saget.

Posehn played the role of a physically disabled man (Scooter Man) in the 2nd season's premiere episode "Slip of the Tongue" of Californication (2008), on Showtime.

Trivia

He is credited as Jason Todd in his appearance in Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

Other screen work

Posehn voiced Grunts and various Marines in the 2006 video game Halo 2. He appeared in the commercial "Ink Fairy" for Staples office supply store, in its ad campaign featuring the "Easy Button".

Comedy stand-up

Posehn is Template:Ft in to m tall, but refers to himself as 6'6.6" in his stand-up, calling himself "The Height of the Beast", a reference to the Number of the Beast. He appeared on the 2007 comedy compilation CD Comedy Death-Ray for Comedy Central Records.

In 2006, Posehn released his debut comedy album Live In: Nerd Rage.

Posehn participated in the Comedy Lineup of the 2008 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, which included Louis C.K., Janeane Garofalo and Zach Galifianakis. Posehn performed as part of the Rock N' Roll Comedy set with Jim Norton and Michelle Buteau.

Music

Posehn studied classical piano from age 12 until his early 20s. He is a self-proclaimed "metal nerd" and has asserted his hatred of "false metal" genres of music such as emo and screamo, during his stand up act as well as his music video "Metal by Numbers". In his stand-up act he has called the metal band Slayer "the most metal band ever." Interviewed in 2007 about the Adult Swim show Metalocalypse and its fictional metal band "Dethklok", he called the ersatz group "the mightiest metal band of all time".[2] He later voiced the character Melward Fjordslorn in a 2008 episode of the show.[3]

In 2006, Relapse Records released his first album, Live In: Nerd Rage.[4][5] It includes "Metal by Numbers", a song mocking bands that term themselves "metal" but are clearly not.[6][7] The instrumental tracks feature metal legends such as guitarist Scott Ian (of Anthrax), bassist Joey Vera (of Armored Saint), drummer John Tempesta (of The Cult and White Zombie), and lead guitarist Jonathan Donais (of Shadows Fall). Posehn also appeared in the Anthrax music video for "What Doesn't Die".

Posehn appeared in the 2005 pilot for The Showbiz Show with David Spade, in a segment called "The Nerd Perspective", in which he gave a scathing criticism of MTV and its declining quality. Then in 2007 he joined the first season of the MTV sketch comedy series Human Giant, as a writer and performer.

Other work

Also in 2006, Posehn co-wrote the comic book The Last Christmas with writer Gerry Duggan, published by Image Comics (ISBN 1582406766).

Personal life

Posehn was born in Redwood City, California in 1966. He graduated from Sonoma Valley High School and attended American River community college[citation needed]. Posehn has been married to Melanie Truhett, a native of Reedley, California, since September 4, 2004.

References

  1. ^ {{cite news |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/28/arts/television/28come.htm |title=Home Base for Laughs? Comedy Central Thinks So |work=[[The New York Times| |author=Bill Carter |date=2007-03-28 }}
  2. ^ Modell, Josh. "Brian Posehn Interviews Dethklok", The Onion, November 1, 2007.
  3. ^ Brian Posehn at IMDb
  4. ^ "Live In: Nerd Rage". Retrieved 2008-02-26.
  5. ^ "Live In: Nerd Rage". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-02-26.
  6. ^ Metal by Numbers on YouTube
  7. ^ Template:MySpace

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