Brendan Scannell
Brendan Scannell (born June 20, 1990) is an American actor and comedian known for playing the lead roles of Heather Duke in the Paramount Network series Heathers (2018)[1] and Pete Devon in the Netflix dark comedy series Bonding (2019–2021)[2] for which he received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actor In A Short Form Comedy Or Drama Series.[3]
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Early life
Scannell was born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Valparaiso, Indiana.[4] He studied theatre at Northwestern University and started performing improv and stand-up in Chicago before moving to Los Angeles in 2013.[5]
Career
In 2016, Scannell was cast as the genderqueer Heather Duke in the TV Land adaptation of Heathers.[1] After the pilot was ordered to series, the project was moved to Paramount Network and released in October 2018.[6] From 2019 to 2021, Scannell starred in the short-form Netflix series Bonding opposite Zoe Levin and appeared in the indie romantic comedy Straight Up.[7][8] For his work in the second season of Bonding[9] he earned his first Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Actor In A Short Form Comedy Or Drama Series.[10]
As a comic, Scannell was named by Vulture in 2018 as a "Comedian You Should and Will Know" and in 2019 was named a New Face of Comedy at Just For Laughs in Montreal.[11][12]
Filmography
Film and television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Evan | Evan | YouTube short by "Sandy Hook Promise" |
| 2018 | Heathers | Heather Duke | Main role |
| Lip Sync Battle | Contestant | With Melanie Field | |
| 2019–2021 | Bonding | Pete | Main role |
| 2019 | Straight Up | Jerry | |
| 2022 | Bromates | Runway Dave |
Video game
| Year | Title | Voice role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Mortal Kombat: Deception | Kenshi |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series | Bonding | Nominated | [13] |
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External links
- Articles with short description
- 1990 births
- 21st-century American comedians
- 21st-century American male actors
- American gay actors
- Gay comedians
- LGBT people from Illinois
- LGBT people from Indiana
- Living people
- Male actors from Chicago
- Male actors from Indiana
- Northwestern University alumni
- People from Valparaiso, Indiana
- 21st-century American LGBT people
- American LGBT comedians
