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 and a visit to an optometrist. Regan makes frequent references to childhood, including little league baseball, grade school spelling bees, and science projects. Body language and facial expressions make his stand-up act atypically physical. His clean, off-center humor has been praised by critics and contemporaries alike and Regan enjoys a fan base that crosses age groups.
Early life
Regan was born in Miami, Florida, and was raised in Westchester, Florida, with seven brothers and sisters. He attended Christopher Columbus High School. He is of Irish descent. Regan was always a fan of Steve Martin, The Smothers Brothers and Johnny Carson. Though he attended Heidelberg College in Ohio with plans of being an accountant, a football coach there 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 (he eventually finished his degree in 1997). Brian's brother, Dennis Regan, also makes his living as a stand-up comedian.
Recorded shows
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 and was also 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.
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 to release two stand-up specials.
Discography
- 1997: Brian Regan: Live [CD]
- 2004: I Walked on the Moon [DVD/MP3]
- 2007: Standing Up [DVD]
- 2008: The Epitome of Hyperbole [DVD]
- 2010: All by Myself [CD/MP3]
- 2015: Live From Radio City Music Hall [DVD/CD/MP3]
Filmography
References
External links
- Official website
- Brian Regan on IMDb