George Basil

George Basil
Born George William Basil
Baltimore, MD
Occupation
  • Actor
  • Producer
Years active 2011–present

George William Basil is an American actor and producer.

Early Life

Basil grew up outside of Baltimore in Essex.[1] After his family moved to Greece, being of age he stayed and worked briefly as a chef after graduating high school.[1]

After seeing a flyer for the Big Stinkin' International Improv & Sketch Comedy Festival, Basil moved to Austin.[1] There he worked as a bartender and at a pirate radio station.[1] He took an improv class which inspired him to move to New York City.[1]

In NYC, Basil briefy studied at Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre before focusing his time more at Magnet Theater.[1] For money, he worked at the Apple store, before he began getting acting work.[1]

Career

As an actor Basil is best-known for such films as Man Underground[2] and television roles in series such as Flaked,[3] Wrecked,[4] and Crashing.[5]

Personal Life

Basil has one daughter and resides in Highland Park.[1]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2013 Farah Goes Bang Jared
2014 Welcome to Me Technical Director #2
2014 Newsers Karl TV Movie
2014 Love is Relative Ryan TV Movie
2016 Man Underground Willem Koda
2017 Village People Mike

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2013 The Pete Holmes Show Wolverine Episode: "Kumail Nanjiani"
2015 Adam Ruins Everything Serial Killer Episode: "Serial Killer"
2016 Tween Fest Cootis Episode: "The Week Between""
2016 The Good Place Andy Episode: "Tahani Al-Jamil"
2016 You're the Worst Chip Episode: "The Inherent, Unsullied Qualitative Value of Anything"
2016 No Tomorrow Jesse Holliday 5 episodes
2016–present Flaked Cooler 14 episodes
2016–present Wrecked Chet 11 episodes
2017–present Crashing Leif 4 episodes
2017 SMILF George Episode: "Half a Sheet Cake & a Blue-Raspberry Slushie"

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "BA #242: George Basil". the Box Angeles podcast. August 27, 2018.
  2. ↑ Rechtshaffen, Michael (July 13, 2017). "Quirky indie drama 'Man Underground' buried beneath tedious dialogue". Los Angeles Times.
  3. ↑ Petski, Denise (24 August 2015). "George Basil Cast In Will Arnett's Netflix Comedy Series 'Flaked'".
  4. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (27 January 2015). "TBS Deserted Island Comedy Pilot 'Wrecked' Sets Ensemble Cast".
  5. ↑ "Hunky George Basil Goes Full-Frontal In HBO's 'Crashing' - Instinct". instinctmagazine.com.
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