10 Facts About Brooks Wheelan

Brooks Wheelan was born on August 21,1986 and is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and podcaster.

Brooks Wheelan has released a half-hour special for Comedy Central, acted in various movies and shows including Big Hero 6: The Series, and opened for John Oliver at numerous sets.

Brooks Wheelan was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on August 21,1986, and raised in Manchester, Iowa, the son of Chris and Jim Brooks Wheelan.

Brooks Wheelan performed regularly in Iowa City during his college years.

Brooks Wheelan graduated from the University of Iowa in 2009 with a biomedical engineering degree.

Brooks Wheelan started performing stand-up comedy in his late teens in Iowa, then went to Kansas City and Chicago, before eventually moving to Los Angeles where he began to perform stand-up comedy full-time.

Brooks Wheelan performed a stand-up set on a September 2015 episode of Comedy Central's The Half Hour.

Brooks Wheelan was a recurring guest on Saturday Night Lives Weekend Update segment, using his stand-up stories as public service announcements against irresponsible behavior.

Shortly after his firing, Brooks Wheelan admitted that he was not angry and that he was still friends with some of the cast members, and said that he prefers stand-up.

Brooks Wheelan went to Dubuque Hempstead High School in Dubuque, Iowa, where he was crowned homecoming king and became a state qualifier in wrestling.