Brett Clifford Gelman was born on October 6,1976 and is an American actor and comedian.
19 Facts About Brett Gelman
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Brett Gelman is best known for his role as Murray Bauman in Netflix's horror-supernatural series Stranger Things and as Martin on the BBC comedy Fleabag.
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Brett Gelman became prominent in the late 2010s for his critically acclaimed supporting roles in Fleabag and Stranger Things, in addition to those on Camping and Mr Mercedes.
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Brett Gelman is set to star in the upcoming drama series Lady in the Lake.
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Brett Gelman was raised Jewish and has a younger sister who is a speech pathologist.
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Brett Gelman graduated from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, where he received classical training in theater.
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Brett Gelman did a one-man show called 1,000 Cats, which he workshopped at many venues.
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Brett Gelman has appeared in the films The Other Guys and 30 Minutes or Less.
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Brett Gelman has co-starred as Chris Elliott's sidekick Brett Mobley in the live-action Adult Swim series Eagleheart and is a regular sketch performer on HBO's Funny or Die Presents and Comedy Central's Nick Swardson's Pretend Time.
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In 2010, Brett Gelman appeared as a cast member on the Comedy Central sketch comedy special This Show Will Get You High, created by Matt Besser.
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In 2015, Brett Gelman was a consulting writer on season two of the entertainment news parody series Hot Package on Adult Swim and recurs as Hamish on the Comedy Central series Another Period and as Ronnie on the Starz series Blunt Talk.
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Also in 2015, Brett Gelman appeared in the series finale of Mad Men.
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In November 2016, Brett Gelman said that he had left Cartoon Network and Adult Swim due to the network's alleged poor treatment of female employees and the promotion of controversial Million Dollar Extreme Presents: World Peace.
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In 2017, Brett Gelman starred in and co-wrote Lemon, opposite Judy Greer, Michael Cera, Nia Long and Gillian Jacobs, directed by Janicza Bravo.
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In 2017, it was announced that Brett Gelman was cast in the second season of the hit Netflix science-fiction web series Stranger Things as Murray Bauman, a conspiracy theorist and former journalist.
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Brett Gelman was promoted to the main cast for the fourth season.
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Brett Gelman has gained recognition for appearing as the "Little Bit Of Luck" character in the "Take 5" New York Lottery ad campaign that ran from 2008 through 2011.
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Brett Gelman has said that the inspiration for the character is rocker Guthrie Govan.
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Brett Gelman announced his engagement to actress and model, Ari Dayan via Instagram in April 2023.