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 Stack as Hannigan and Artie Kendall, two of his recurring characters on Late Night with Conan O’Brien |
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| Born | August 18, 1964 Chicago, Illinois |
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Early life
Stack attended Catholic schools from grades 5-12, graduating from St. Viator High School in Arlington Heights, Illinois. He earned an undergraduate degree from Indiana University, where he had worked at their radio station. In some Educational systems undergraduate education is Post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelor's degree. Indiana University is the flagship campus of the Indiana University system. He began doing improvisational comedy, or improv, in 1987 at the Ark Theater in Madison while attending graduate school at University of Wisconsin at Madison, where he earned his Master’s degree. Improvisational theatre (also known as improv or impro) is a form of Theatre in which the Actors use Improvisational acting techniques Madison is the capital of the US state of Wisconsin and the County seat of Dane County.
Comedy career
Late Night with Conan O’Brien
Stack became a sketch writer on Late Night with Conan O’Brien in 1997, and continues to serve as a writer, actor and editor on the show to this day. Stack plays many recurring characters on the show, most notably those clad in anachronistic or elaborate outfits, and is known for playing many characters with long beards and mustaches, such as God, Zeus, Socrates, Gandalf, and The Interrupter. God is the principal or sole Deity in Religions and other belief systems that worship one deity. Zeus (zjuːs in Greek: nominative: Zeús /zdeús/ genitive: Diós; Modern Greek /'zefs/ in Greek mythology SOCRATES is the European Community action programme in the field of Education. Concept and creation Humphrey Carpenter in his 1977 biography relates that Tolkien owned a Postcard entitled Der Berggeist ("the mountain
Among the characters he portrays on the show:
- Kilty McBagpipes, an extremely stereotypical Scottish man who dresses in a kilt and dances to bagpipe music. The Scots people ( Scots Gaelic: Albannaich) are a Nation and an Ethnic group indigenous to Scotland. Bagpipes are a class of Musical instrument, Aerophones using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag
- Frankenstein, a smiling, affable version of Frankenstein's Monster, used in a number of miscellaneous sketches over the years, most notably a recurring sketch called "Frankenstein Wastes A Minute of our Time", in which the monster takes a winding journey through Studio 6A, sometimes travelling backstage, through the audience, and out into the halls, egging on the camera to follow behind him, until he reaches his destination and presents something totally mundane, such as a light switch, or a mop and bucket. Frankenstein's monster (or Frankenstein's creature) is a Fictional character that first appeared in Mary Shelley 's novel Frankenstein or Frankenstein's monster (or Frankenstein's creature) is a Fictional character that first appeared in Mary Shelley 's novel Frankenstein or This occurs even when there are more interesting things nearby, as in one installment in which he ended up in bandleader Max Weinberg's dressing room, where a dominatrix brandishing a cat o' nine tails was present, and Frankenstein simply picked up a hairbrush and grunted to the camera approvingly. Maxwell Sachel Weinberg (born April 13 1951) is an American Drummer and Television personality. A dominatrix (from the Latin dominatrix, meaning a female ruler or Mistress plural dominatrices or dominatrixes) or Mistress is a woman who The cat o' nine tails, commonly shortened to 'the cat' is a type of multi-tailed whipping device that originated as an implement for severe Physical punishment [1] Another scenario involved Frankenstein's Monster wandering through many different halls backstage. He came across Tom Hanks leaning up against a wall, yanked him aside, and revealed a wall plug outlet.
- Hannigan, a hat-wearing traveling salesman in outdated clothing who bursts into the studio, addresses Conan as “little girl,” and runs through a scripted sales pitch in an attempt to sell Conan unfunny jokes and other useless paraphernalia.
- Artie Kendall, the ghost of an old-fashioned lounge singer who worked in the studio decades ago when it was a radio studio, and whose song lyrics reflect antiquated bigoted views that offend Conan.
- The Interrupter, a melodramatic villain clad in a black cape, a purple ruffled shirt, and wearing long black hair and a handlebar mustache, the Interrupter constantly interrupts Conan by finishing his sentences for him, always knowing exactly what Conan is going to say, even when it's denigrating to the Interrupter himself. Occasionally, if the sketch runs long enough, the roles will eventually become reversed, with the Interrupter starting sentences and Conan doing the interrupting. On rare occasions the first celebrity guest will replace O'Brien as the one interrupting.
- Fun-Tastic Guy An enthusiastic audience member who shows his appreciation of the upcoming guests that Conan announces by inventing various words with the suffix “tastic” to describe them, only to become silent and disinterested when Conan mentions his own comedy material on the show.
- A member of the Slipnutz (also known as They Might be Slipnutz), a comedy group of three men that was inconveniently booked on the same show with Slipknot, (and later with They Might Be Giants). Slipknot is an American band from Des Moines Iowa. Slipknot consists of nine members the current band members are Sid They Might Be Giants (commonly abbreviated to TMBG) is an American Alternative rock band which began as a duo of John Flansburgh and John Their routine involves the three of them slipping and sliding on nuts scattered on the floor. The Slipnutz also appeared on the program to promote their greatest hits album, which included songs like "Old West Cowboys Slipping on Nuts" and "Viking Raiders Slipping on Nuts".
- Steve St. Helens a stagehand on the show whose temper rises until he erupts. This was shown a few times when Mt. St. Helens began showing activity again in early 2005. Mount St Helens is an active Stratovolcano located in Skamania County, Washington, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Stack also provides the voices of numerous celebrities parodied in the Syncro-Vox faux interviews conducted by O’Brien, including Dick Cheney, Mike Tyson, and Martha Stewart. Syncro-Vox (sometimes spelled Synchro-Vox) is a filming method which combines static images with moving images the most common effect of which is to simulate talking lips on Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney (born January 30 1941 is the forty-sixth and current Vice President of the United States. Martha Stewart (born Martha Helen Kostyra; August 3, 1941) is an American Business magnate, Television host, author
Among the other characters Stack has created on the show are Stacy Richter, Andy Richter's Conan-obsessed little sister, who was portrayed by Stacks’ fellow Upright Citizens Brigade alumna, Amy Poehler. Paul Andrew "Andy" Richter (born October 28 1966 is an American Comedian and actor The Upright Citizens Brigade is an Improvisational comedy and Sketch comedy group that emerged from Chicago 's ImprovOlympic in 1990 Amy Meredith Poehler (born September 16 1971 is an American Comedian and Actress. Stack also created the recurring segment “Pierre Bernard’s Recliner of Rage”.
Other work
- Played “Special Agent in Charge” in the 1997 movie Spaceman. [2]
- Played “Whiskers” in Robert Smigel’s TV series, TV Funhouse in the episode “Western Day” (episode # 1. Robert Smigel (born February 7 1960) is an American Humorist, Comedian and Writer known for his Saturday Night 1; December 6, 2000). [3]
- Played Howard Jorgenson on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock in the episodes "Jack Meets Dennis" and "Succession"
Stack provided voices for numerous characters in the video games Deer Avenger (1998) and Deer Avenger 2: Deer in the City (1999), which were written by Stack’s fellow Late Night writer/actor Brian McCann, and which co-starred McCann, Tina Fey, Jon Glaser, and Amy Poehler. 30 Rock is an American Television comedy Series created by Tina Fey. 30 Rock, a Situation comedy Television series, premiered on October 11 2006 in the United States on NBC. " Succession " is the thirteenth episode of NBC 's second season of 30 Rock and the thirty-fourth episode overall Brian McCann (born August 16, 1965) is an American Emmy and WGA award-winning Writer / Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey (born May 18 1970 is a Golden Globe - five time Emmy - and SAG Award -winning American Writer For music video film and commercial director Jonathan Glazer see Jonathan Glazer. Amy Meredith Poehler (born September 16 1971 is an American Comedian and Actress. [4][5]
Awards
- As a member of Late Night’s writing staff, Stack won five Writers Guild Awards for Writing in a Comedy/Variety Series for 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2006. He was also nominated in 1999, 2001, and 2004.
- Stack was also nominated for an Emmy Award every year since 1998 for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program as a member of the writing team. [6]
Personal life
Stack is married to Miriam Tolan, a comedian/performer with various improv groups, such as Upright Citizens Brigade and The Goofaround Gang, and a former Daily Show correspondent. The Upright Citizens Brigade is an Improvisational comedy and Sketch comedy group that emerged from Chicago 's ImprovOlympic in 1990 The Daily Show (known in its current incarnation as The Daily Show Brian and Miriam have appeared together in many improv shows as well, such as Second City and Jazz Freddy in Chicago. They have two daughters, Nora and Colette.
See also
References
External links
- Brian Stack at the Internet Movie Database
- Interviewed by Josh Fulton
- Interview on The Sound of Young America podcast (April 2007)
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