Brently Heilbron

Brently Heilbron (born December 1, 1976) is an American comedian and actor.

Career

In 2007, he hosted Sir Paul McCartney's special live appearance at Amoeba Music.[1] His verbatim performance of R. Kelly's Trapped in the Closet in its entirety earned him a mention in both a Los Angeles Times blog, and in The New York Times[2] among others.[3] On the stage, he was hand-picked by Woody Allen to appear in the Los Angeles Opera production of Gianni Schicchi.[4] He has hosted and created the series Stand Up Empire on PBS, appeared the Bravo improvised television series Significant Others as well as Season 5 of Friday Night Lights on NBC, The Lying Game on ABC Family[5] and The Leftovers (TV series) on HBO

In 1999, he was called Austin’s best stand-up comic in the Arts and Entertainment section of the Austin Chronicle..[6] TheAustin Chronicle described Brently as “one of the most prolific and inventive comics anywhere.".

In 2012, Brently led supporters and friends of Leslie Cochran in organizing Leslie Fest to pay tribute to the Austin icon and raise money for Hospice Austin.[7][8]

In 2016, he created a comedy series for PBS called Stand Up Empire.[9] In 2017, his emo puppet band Fragile Rock was featured on NPR's Tiny Desk Concerts[10].[11]

In 2018, Brently was in production for the Untitled Robert Rodriguez Project and Fragile Rock was asked to return to South by Southwest as a showcasing artist.

Discography

He wrote and performed some works digitally published by his production company, Vaudeville Heartthrob Recordings.

References

  1. ↑ "Paul McCartney Rocks Amoeba Records". Glide Magazine. July 1, 2007.
  2. ↑ Melina Ryzik (August 16, 2007). "R. Kelly's Killer Serial: Video, Music, Cliffhangers, Midgets". The New York Times.
  3. ↑ Rebecca Epstein (February 23, 2006). "Closet Session". LA City Beat.
  4. ↑ {{/http://media.laopera.com/photo/?level=picture&id=964}} Archived July 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ "Significant Others". hollywood.com.
  6. ↑ "Best of Austin: Arts & Entertainment". Austin Chronicle. September 24, 1999.
  7. ↑ Graupmann, Michael. Friends throw 1st Annual Leslie Fest in honor of the Austin icon. Austin Culture Map (July 13, 2012).
  8. ↑ Ura, Alexa. Friends of Leslie to organize fundraiser benefitting Hospice Austin Archived June 27, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.. Daily Texan (April 20, 2012).
  9. ↑ https://www.pbs.org/show/stand-empire/
  10. ↑ "Fragile Rock: Tiny Desk Concert". NPR.org. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
  11. ↑ https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2017/02/07/513902263/are-you-ready-for-what-is-almost-definitely-the-world-s-first-puppet-emo-band
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