Neal Brennan

About

Neal Brennan (born 1973) is an American writer, stand-up comedian, director, and producer. He is best known for co-creating the Comedy Central series Chappelle's Show. Brennan and Dave Chappelle met when both were aspiring stand-ups. Through his older brother, an established stand up comedian and comedy writer Kevin Brennan, Brennan got a part-time job working as the doorman at Boston Comedy Club in New York City where Chappelle was a frequent performer. They became good friends and collaborated on jokes. They co-wrote the film Half-Baked which starred Chappelle. In an interview on Inside the Actor's Studio, Chappelle admitted that he and Brennan could not help but see each other as a painful reminder of the box-office failure of Half-Baked and lost touch with each other. Four years later, they rekindled their partnership to create the sketch comedy show, Chappelle's Show, which...

Known for

New GirlSeries • 2011The Mindy ProjectSeries • 2012All ThatSeries • 1994Kenan & KelSeries • 1996Chappelle's ShowSeries • 2003Get Him to the GreekMovie • 2010Funny or Die PresentsSeries • 2010CaponeMovie • 2020Half BakedMovie • 1998The Goods: Live Hard, Sell HardMovie • 2009The Female BrainMovie • 2017Seth Meyers: Dad Man WalkingMovie • 2024Sarah Cooper: Everything's FineMovie • 2020Neal Brennan: 3 MicsMovie • 2017The Opening ActMovie • 2020Totally AwesomeMovie • 2006Michelle Wolf: Nice LadyMovie • 2017Ellen DeGeneres: RelatableMovie • 2018Chris Rock: TamborineMovie • 2018Neal Brennan: Women and Black DudesMovie • 2014Seth Meyers: Lobby BabyMovie • 2019Neal Brennan: BlocksMovie • 2022Neal Brennan: Crazy GoodMovie • 2024