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Brooks Wheelan

Highest Rated: 80% Too Late (2021)

Lowest Rated: 80% Too Late (2021)

Birthday: Aug 21, 1986

Birthplace: Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA

Fresh-faced comedian Brooks Wheelan caught his big break as part of the "Saturday Night Live" (NBC 1975- ) hiring blitz to round out its 39th season. With his Midwestern boy next-door appeal, the stand-up comedian joined the cast with barely any acting credits to his name. Brooks Wheelan was born on August 21, 1986 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Wheelan grew up an athletic and studious kid in Manchester, Iowa, earning honor roll and wrestling titles simultaneously. A comedy fan from an early age, Wheelan grew up on SNL and told his parents of his ambition to join the cast when he was in elementary school. Despite his early motivations, Wheelan ended up going into the sciences instead and earned a degree in biomedical engineering from the University of Iowa in 2009. While he performed stand-up around the Midwest during his late teens and studied at Second City Chicago during his summer breaks from college, it was his engineering degree that eventually brought him out to Los Angeles. Wheelan worked with heart valves and eyeballs in a research lab by day while performing standup comedy at night. While he worked the club circuit of L.A., he also brushed up on his improv and sketch comedy skills by performing at the UCB Theatre, the Hollywood Improv Comedy Club and writing video shorts with his friends for YouTube and Funny or Die. While many of his peers sought out recognition online, Wheelan continuously worked on his standup and was invited to perform at the New York Comedy Festival as a part of Comedy Central's "Top 10 Comics to Watch in 2012." Wheelan made his television debut appearing on comedian Adam Devine's show "Adam Devine's House Party" (Comedy Central 2013-). Wheelan followed that up with a set at the Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal. It was there that Wheelan caught the eye of SNL's Lorne Michaels, who invited Wheelan to audition for the show. In September of that 2013, he was announced as the last featured player to join the show that season. His most notable early appearance came during the Jimmy Fallon-hosted Christmas episode, when he played himself on a game of Celebrity Family Feud, insisting that he was a cast member on "Saturday Night Live" despite the fact that no one else on stage had ever heard of him.

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Highest rated movies

80% 42% Too Late Watchlist 71% Random Tropical Paradise Watchlist

Filmography

Movies

Credit
80% 42% Too Late Chase Morrow (Character) - 2021
No Score Yet 71% Random Tropical Paradise Bowie Pemberton IV (Character) - 2017

TV

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No Score Yet 55% Late Night With Seth Meyers Guest 2015 2019 2021 2024
No Score Yet 67% Big Hero 6 The Series Fred (Voice) 2017-2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Big Hero 6 The Series Shorts Fred (Voice) 2017-2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Baymax and Mochi Fred (Voice) 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Last Call With Carson Daly Guest 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Night Train With Wyatt Cenac Unknown (Character) 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet To Tell the Truth Guest 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Half Hour Unknown (Character) 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Funny as Hell Guest 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet World's Funniest Guest 2015
89% 76% Girls Bryce (Guest Star) 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Conan Guest 2014
No Score Yet 57% Saturday Night Live Unknown (Character) 2013-2014