Brian Posehn Is An American Comedian

Brian Posehn 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.Posehn has had mainly small roles in TV shows, including the voice of Jim in Mission Hill and Del Swanson in 3 South. He appeared on an episode of Seinfeld, "The Burning", playing a patient, when Kramer "was given" gonorrhea. Brian's character was to "act out" how a surgeon left a sponge in him, to a cast of medical students. In addition, he has done the voice of Gibbons, a tiny man, on some episodes of Tom Goes to the Mayor.

Posehn appeared in the 2003 movie Grind as a customer at Chili 'n Such, a fast food restaurant where the main characters work. He was also featured briefly as "himself" alongside Sarah Silverman and Laura Silverman in 2005's Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic. He also played Jimmy Cracker, roadie for Banjo and Sullivan, in Rob Zombie's The Devil's Rejects. Posehn has also appeared in the commercial "Ink Fairy" for Staples office supply store, one of their ad campaign that features the "easy button."

Posehn appeared on The Showbiz Show with David Spade for a segment called "The Nerd Perspective", in which he gave a scathing criticism of MTV and its declining quality. He also was featured on the documentary series The Comedians of Comedy on Comedy Central and Showtime. He was a writer and performer on the first season the MTV sketch comedy series, Human Giant. Currently, Posehn and Steve Agee co-star as the "gigantic, orange, and gay" neighbors of Sarah Silverman on the Comedy Central show The Sarah Silverman Program.In 2006, Relapse Records released his first album, Live In: Nerd Rage.It includes Metal by Numbers, a song mocking bands that term themselves "metal" but are clearly not.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".

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 animated feature Surf's Up, he played Glen Maverick. He also was in an episode of the TV series Thank God You're Here.Posehn voiced the character of Murray, a robot, in Rob Zombie's animated film, The Haunted World of El Superbeasto (due for release in 2008).In 2008, Posehn's second Comedy Central Presents special will be aired.Brian Posehn will appear along with Ice T in Late Night with Conan O'Brien show.