Brian Regan (comedian)


Brian Joseph Regan is an American stand-up comedian who uses observational, sarcastic, and self-deprecating humor. His performances are clean as he refrains from profanity and off-color humor. Regan's material typically covers everyday events, such as shipping a package with UPS, mortgages, and visits to the optometrist. While he does not define himself as youth-oriented, Regan makes frequent references to childhood, including little league baseball, grade school spelling bees, and science projects. He incorporates body language and facial expressions into his act.

Early life and education

Born in Miami, Florida, to an Irish-American family who was Catholic, Brian Regan was raised in Westchester, Florida, He has seven siblings, including brother Dennis Regan who is also a stand-up comedian. He attended Christopher Columbus High School. Regan was always a fan of Steve Martin, The Smothers Brothers and Johnny Carson.
He attended Heidelberg College in Ohio, with plans of being an accountant, but one of his football coaches saw his comic routines and encouraged him to consider theater and communications. He played wide receiver on the football team at Heidelberg. During his last semester in 1980, Regan dropped out of school to pursue stand-up comedy. Brian's brother, Dennis Regan, also makes his living as a stand-up comedian.

Career

Regan released his first CD, Brian Regan Live, in 1997. In 2004, Regan self-released a DVD of his performance at the Irvine Improv, titled I Walked on the Moon. He was a featured comedian in a Comedy Central's animated stand-up series Shorties Watchin' Shorties. In April 2007, Regan signed a deal with Comedy Central to star in two one-hour stand-up specials, release the specials on DVD, develop a show for the network, and headline a theater tour, Brian Regan in Concert: A Comedy Central Live Event, which began June 8, 2007.
Brian's first one-hour special, Standing Up, debuted on Comedy Central on June 10, 2007. The special was recorded in April at The Barclay Theater in Irvine, CA, and a DVD of the performance was released August 14, 2007. His second Comedy Central special, entitled The Epitome of Hyperbole, premiered on September 6, 2008. A DVD of the performance was released September 9, 2008.
His performance, All By Myself, is available via CD, exclusively on his website.
In 2012, Regan was the featured guest on Jerry Seinfeld's web series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee Season 1 episode 3.
Regan recorded on September 26, 2015 the first ever live special on Comedy Central, Brian Regan: Live from Radio City Music Hall. It was released as a video/audio album in Feb 2016.
In 2017, Regan signed a deal with Netflix and Jerry Seinfeld to release two stand-up specials.
In 2019, Regan and his son Chris played Mario Kart 8 on Guest Grumps, a Game Grumps spin-off series.

Discography