Mike Birbiglia

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Mike Birbiglia

Mike Birbiglia (born June 20, 1978 in Shrewsbury , Massachusetts ) is an American entertainer , filmmaker and author .

Childhood and youth

Birbiglia, the youngest of four siblings, is of Italian descent. Birbiglia attended St. John's High School and, until 1996, St. Mark's School in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts .

He claims he was inspired by Steven Wright to write jokes when he was young. In 2000 he graduated from Georgetown University in Washington, DC

During his college years he was a member of the improvisational theater and worked at the local comedy club and performed at The Improv in Washington, DC.

Career

After moving to New York in 2010, Mike Birbiglia first appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman in 2002 .

He performed at the US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen in 2003 and gave contributions to the radio show The Moth for the first time . In 2004 his first comedy album Dog Years was released . My Secret Public Album, Volume 1a, a compilation of his appearances on The Bob and Tom Show, followed the following year. In 2006, Two Drink Mike (2006), My Secret Public Journal Live (2007) was released via Comedy Central Records . In 2007 Birbiglia starred in the independent film Stanley Cuba , which premiered at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival .

In 2008 he started his own comedy show Sleepwalk with me , performing off-Broadway at the Bleecker Street Theater . The Show was promoted by Nathan Lane . The New York Times described it as " simply perfect ".

In 2010 Birbiglia published the book Sleepwalk with Me, and Other Painfully True Stories , as well as an audio version in 2011, which topped the Billboard Comedy Charts . The book, which also appeared on the New York Times and Washington Post bestseller lists , was a candidate for the 2011 Thurber Prize for American Humor .

In 2011 he also started his second one-man show My Girlfriend's Boyfriend , with which he also appeared in Canada , Australia and Great Britain until June 2013 .

He made his debut as a film producer and director with the film of the same name, which takes up his REM sleep behavior disorder and sleepwalking .

The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and won the NEXT Audience Award. It was also listed as "Festival Favorites" at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas. Appearances in the films Trainwreck , Going the Distance , Cedar Rapids , Your Sister's Sister and The Fault in Our Stars followed . He also appeared in the television series Girls , Inside Amy Schumer , and Broad City . For his role in Orange Is the New Black , he received the Screen Actors Guild Award - Comedy in 2016 .

In his second film Don't Think Twice , which was released in 2016 , he made use of his experiences in improvisational theater.

In February 2017, an appearance by Mike Birbiglia under the name Thank God for Jokes was published on Netflix.

In April 2017, Mike announced the show The New One . He performed with it first off-broadway in 25 cities. Due to increased demand, he performed on Broadway at the Cort Theater from October 2018 to January 2019 .

This American Life

Birbiglia regularly contributes content to the show This American Life of Public Radio International at.

Private life

Mike Birbiglia is married and has one daughter.

Filmography

Movies

watch TV

year title role Remarks
2012 Girls Brian Episode Vagina Panic
2013-2014 Inside Amy Schumer Various 2 episodes: Slow Your Roll, Wingwoman
2015-2016 Orange is the New Black Danny Pearson 12 episodes
2017 Broad City Richard Miller Episode house-sitting
2018 Trillions Oscar Langstraat 5 episodes: Hell of a Ride, The Flaw in the Death Star, The Third Ortolan
2018 Summer Camp Island Howard 5 episodes: voice actor

Standup comedy

  • What I Should Have Said Was Nothing: Tales From My Secret Public Journal (2008)
  • My Girlfriend's Boyfriend (2013)
  • Thank God for Jokes (2017) - Netflix Originals special

Discography

  • 2004: Dog Years
  • 2005: Invite Them Up
  • 2005: My Secret Public Album, Volume 1a
  • 2006: Two Drink Mike
  • 2007: My Secret Public Journal Live
  • 2011: Sleepwalk with Me Live
  • 2013: My Girlfriend's Boyfriend
  • 2017: Thank God for Jokes

Publications

  • Mike Birbiglia: Sleepwalk with Me: and Other Painfully True Stories. Simon & Schuster, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4391-5799-2 .

Awards and nominations

year Award title category Result
2003 ECNY Award Stand-up comedy Best male stand-up Won
2009 Nightlife Awards Sleepwalk with Me Outstanding Comedian in a Major Engagement Won
Outer Critics Circle Outstanding Solo Show Nominated
Lucille Lortel Outstanding Solo Show Nominated
Drama Desk Outstanding solo performance Nominated
2011 Outer Critics Circle My girlfriend's boyfriend Outstanding Solo Show Nominated
Drama Desk Outstanding solo performance Nominated
Lucille Lortel Outstanding Solo Show Won
Thurber Prize for American Humor Sleepwalk with Me and Other Painfully True Stories finalist
2012 Sundance Film Festival Audience Award Sleepwalk with Me (film) Best of NEXT Won
Gotham Awards Breakthrough Actor Nominated
2016 Screen Actors Guild Award Orange is the New Black Screen Actors Guild Award / Best Acting Company in a Television Series - Comedy Won
Lucille Lortel Mike Birbiglia: Thank God For Jokes Outstanding Solo Show Nominated
2017 Just For Laughs Awards Stand-up comedy Stand-Up Comedian of the Year Won
Kurt Vonnegut Humor Award Won

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lee Enterprises: Comedian Birbiglia invites us to sleepwalk . In: stltoday.com . Archived from the original on September 15, 2012.
  2. ^ Edward-J-Patton-NY - User Trees . Genealogy.com. Archived from the original on August 21, 2014.
  3. ↑ Birnbach, Lisa ; Kidd, Chip , True Prep: It's a Whole New Old World , Random House Digital, Inc., 2010. Cf. p.68
  4. ↑ a b Mike Birbiglia started in improv. Everything since has gone according to plan. . In: Washington Post , October 12, 2017. 
  5. ↑ Heather Regen: Considerate comedy from Mike Birbiglia . In: Georgetown Voice , October 7, 2010. Archived from the original on October 31, 2010. 
  6. ↑ a b To Mike Birbiglia's Parents: It's OK If Your Son Sticks To Comedy ( en ) NPR. March 23, 2014.
  7. ↑ Why failure is 'essential' to Mike Birbiglia . In: Chicago Tribune , July 28, 2016. 
  8. ↑ Spending The Night With Sleepwalker Mike Birbiglia . In: Fresh Air . WHYY . October 18, 2010. Archived from the original on October 31, 2010. Retrieved on October 27, 2010.
  9. ^ Smith Galtney: Mike Birbiglia ( en ) December 18, 2008. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
  10. ↑ Staff: The best comedy albums of the decade | Music | Best of . The AV Club. November 16, 2009. Archived from the original on September 12, 2010. Retrieved on September 13, 2010.
  11. ^ Introducing Stanley Cuba (en) . In: Santa Barbara Independent , Jan. 23, 2007. 
  12. ↑ STANLEY CUBA by Per Anderson - Narrative Feature Film @ Brooklyn Film Festival . Retrieved December 22, 2017.
  13. ↑ Frank Scheck: For Cryin '& Laughin' Out Loud . In: New York Post , November 17, 2008. Archived from the original on February 27, 2009. Retrieved September 13, 2010. 
  14. ^ Neil Genzlinger: Theater Review - 'Sleepwalk With Me' - Mike Birbiglia in a One-Man Show at the Bleecker Street Theater . In: New York Times , November 14, 2008. Archived from the original on June 9, 2009. Retrieved September 13, 2010. 
  15. ↑ Sean McCarthy: 2011 Thurber Prize Finalists: Mike Birbiglia, David Rakoff, and Rick Reilly . In: The Comic's Comic , August 22, 2011. Archived from the original on August 22, 2014. Retrieved on April 2, 2012. 
  16. ^ The Adam Carolla Show - Mike Birbiglia | Adam Carolla's Show. October 18, 2010, accessed March 24, 2019 .
  17. ↑ Katey Rich: Top Sundance Prizes Go To Beasts Of the Southern Wild, The House I Live In, And More . Cinemablend.com. Archived from the original on February 2, 2012. Retrieved on February 16, 2012.
  18. ↑ Matthew Odam: SXSW adds Seth MacFarlane, 'Blue Like Jazz', 'Sleepwalk With Me' and more . In: Austin360.com , February 15, 2012. Archived from the original on February 22, 2012. Retrieved on February 16, 2012. 
  19. ↑ Mike Birbiglia . Internet Movie Database. Archived from the original on June 14, 2012. Retrieved on April 2, 2012.
  20. ↑ Outstanding Film and Television Performances Honored at the 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards ( en ) January 30, 2016.
  21. ↑ Jake Coyle: Birbiglia gives improv its first close-up on the big screen. July 20, 2016, accessed February 24, 2019 .
  22. ↑ Mike Birbiglia's 'Thank God For Jokes' Premieres on Netflix Next Week . Splitsider. Archived from the original on March 3, 2017. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
  23. ↑ Mike Birbiglia announces 25 city tour with topless selfie! . Mike Birbiglia. Archived from the original on September 10, 2018. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 9, 2018. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / birbigs.com
  24. ^ Mike Birbiglia: The New One Begins Off-Broadway . In: Playbill , July 26, 2018. 
  25. ^ Contributors List: Mike Birbiglia . In: This American Life . Chicago Public Radio . Retrieved September 27, 2010.
  26. ↑ Mike Birbiglia's Quiet Ambition . In: The Atlantic , July 22, 2016. 
  27. ^ Mike Birbiglia on President Obama's Parenting Advice . In: People . Archived from the original on July 5, 2015.
  28. ↑ Addie Morfoot: Oh, Russell Roasted! . November 29, 2012. Archived from the original on July 8, 2016. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
  29. ↑ 2016 Lucille Lortel Award Nominations Announced . Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  30. ↑ Julie Giles: Mike Birbiglia Archives. In: Just For Laughs ComedyPRO. Retrieved February 24, 2019 (American English).
  31. ^ Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library Awards. In: Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library. Retrieved February 24, 2019 (American English).
personal data
SURNAME Birbiglia, Mike
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American entertainer, filmmaker, and writer
DATE OF BIRTH June 20, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Shrewsbury , Massachusetts