:Brendan Bradley (actor)
{{Short description|American actor}}
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| birth_place = Durham, North Carolina, U.S.{{cite web|title=Brendan Andolsek Bradley from Durham, North Carolina|url=https://voterrecords.com/voter/44983571/brendan-bradley|website=VoterRecords.com|access-date=March 29, 2017}}
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| occupation = Actor, director, producer, screenwriter
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Brendan Andolsek Bradley (born May 5, 1983) is an American actor, director, producer, writer and VR performer. He portrayed the advertising character Guy in radio and television commercials for Staples.{{cite news|last=Maddox|first=Kate|url=http://adage.com/article/btob/staples-launches-campaign-aimed-small-businesses/297043/|title=Staples Launches New Campaign Aimed at Small Businesses|work=AdvertisingAge|date=February 6, 2015|access-date=29 December 2016}}{{cite news|last1=Meehan|first1=Megan|title=Interview with actor Brendan Bradley, also known as 'The Staples Guy'|url=http://us.blastingnews.com/showbiz-tv/2016/12/interview-with-actor-brendan-bradley-also-known-as-the-staples-guy-001347801.html|access-date=March 29, 2017|work=Blasting News|date=December 23, 2016}} He has worked in over 100 television and interactive projects for PBS, CBS, Legendary Entertainment, the Fine Brothers, Comedy Central, the video game Resident Evil: Village and others.{{cite web|url=http://www.laweekly.com/film/the-tangled-web-we-watch-that-awkward-exit-after-a-one-night-stand-2614900|title=The Tangled Web We Watch: That Awkward Exit After a One-Night-Stand|first=Stephanie|last=Carrie|date=29 August 2013|work=LA Weekly|access-date=29 December 2016}}{{Cite web |last=Wiseman |first=Andreas |date=2021-09-21 |title=Ashanti To Star In & Produce Movie Rom-Com 'The Plus One' |url=https://deadline.com/2021/09/ashanti-movie-florida-the-plus-one-comedy-1234841185/ |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}
He has written and directed films, stage plays, virtual reality musicals, and series including Jettison, the virtual reality Musical, Non-Player Character,{{Cite web |last=Wild |first=Stephi |title=NON-PLAYER CHARACTER Comes to Edinburgh Fringe |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/scotland/article/NON-PLAYER-CHARACTER-Comes-to-Edinburgh-Fringe-20240620 |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=BroadwayWorld.com |language=en}} the comedy series Squatters, Video Game Reunion and Non-Transferable and A Tale Told By An Idiot, both films which he also directed.{{cite web|last1=Gutelle|first1=Sam|title=Turkish Airlines Gets In On The YouTuber Film Trend With 'Non-Transferable'|url=http://www.tubefilter.com/2015/12/10/turkish-airlines-non-transferable-film/|website=Tubefilter|date=11 December 2015 }}{{cite news|last1=Lazar|first1=Shira|title=How Do You Make a Movie in Europe With Almost No Budget?|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shira-lazar/how-do-you-make-a-movie-i_b_9298634.html|access-date=21 March 2017|work=Huffington Post|date=23 February 2016}} He also served as the director and producer of Assassin's Creed: The Musical,{{Cite web |title=Brendan Bradley • NON-PLAYER CHARACTER |url=https://www.starburstmagazine.com/features/brendan-bradley-non-player-character/ |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=STARBURST Magazine |language=en-GB}} SONA,{{Cite web |last=McNeely |first=Kelli Marchman |date=2018-08-21 |title=Sci-fi Series "Sona" Has Landed On Streaming Service Alpha |url=https://horrorfuel.com/2018/08/21/sci-fi-series-sona-has-landed-on-streaming-service-alpha/ |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=HorrorFuel.com: Reviews, Ratings and Where to Watch the Best Horror Movies & TV Shows |language=en-US}} and Baby X.{{Cite web |title=Artifacts – The New Colors of Animation |url=https://sites.psu.edu/queeranimation/category/artifacts/ |access-date=2025-03-28 |website=sites.psu.edu}} Bradley became more known during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike for social media videos.{{Cite news |title=Striking Hollywood actors are more fired up than ever, 100 days on |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/hollywood-actors-sag-strike-day-100-b2433305.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241220001955/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/hollywood-actors-sag-strike-day-100-b2433305.html |archive-date=2024-12-20 |access-date=2025-03-28 |work=The Independent |language=en-GB}}
He founded The Innovation Lab at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.{{Cite web |last=Cristi |first=A. A. |title=NYU Tisch Drama Students Partner with BroadwayHD to Integrate Technologies Into Live Performance |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/industry/article/NYU-Tisch-Drama-Students-Partner-with-BroadwayHDto-Integrate-Technologies-Into-Live-Performance-20200505 |access-date=2025-03-28 |website=BroadwayWorld.com |language=en}} He has done work in live immersive theater in virtual reality.
Early life and education
Bradley was born and raised in Durham, North Carolina. He began acting in plays at Raleigh Little Theater and produced his first play during his senior year of high school.{{Cite web |title=Brendan Bradley '01 Shares Out-of-Box Perspective with DA Theatre Students |url=https://www.da.org/magazine/post-page/~board/news/post/brendan-bradley-01-shares-out-of-box-perspective-with-da-theatre-students |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=da.org}}
He co-founded RASH! Theater Company which operated from 2002 to 2005 producing works, including Goonies: The Musical.{{Cite web |title=Iconic Film "The Goonies" Becomes Musical Parody Save the Goondocks! at FringeNYC |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/iconic-film-the-goonies-becomes-musical-parody-save-the-goondocks-at-fringenyc-com-121395 |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=playbill.com}}{{Cite web |title=Save the Goondocks: a musical parody |url=https://nymag.com/arts/fringe/04/goondocks.htm |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=nymag.com}}
Bradley graduated from Durham Academy in Durham, North Carolina with a high school degree, and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree with Honors in Theater from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. While attending New York University, Bradley spent some time in London at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art studying Shakespeare in Performance.{{Cite web |title=Could NYU Have the Solution to Produce Distance-Theatre During Quarantine and Beyond? |url=https://playbill.com/article/could-nyu-have-the-solution-to-produce-distance-theatre-during-quarantine-and-beyond |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=Playbill |language=en}}
Career
Bradley began his career in New York City theatre, originating roles in theatre productions like Slasher{{Cite web |date=2009-10-12 |title=Tim Cummings, Steffany Huckaby, et al. to Star in Slasher at The Zephyr - TheaterMania.com |url=https://www.theatermania.com/news/tim-cummings-steffany-huckaby-et-al-to-star-in-slasher-at-the-zephyr_21977/ |access-date=2025-04-03 |language=en-US}} and Venezuela.{{Cite web |date=2005-08-25 |title=FringeNYC Roundup #3 - TheaterMania.com |url=https://www.theatermania.com/news/fringenyc-roundup-3_6562/ |access-date=2025-04-03 |language=en-US}} He then took on film roles in Friends With Benefits,{{Cite web |title=Brendan Bradley {{!}} LATW |url=https://latw.org/artist-public-profile/brendan-bradley |access-date=2025-04-03 |website=latw.org}} Redwoods,{{Cite web |last=Harvey |first=Dennis |date=2009-07-09 |title=Redwoods |url=https://variety.com/2009/film/reviews/redwoods-1200475400/ |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} and Love Conquers Paul (2009), and he won the "Best Actor" award at the Method Fest Independent Film Festival.{{Cite web |author=Gregg Kilday|agency=Associated Press |date=2009-04-02 |title=Method Fest hands out awards |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/method-fest-hands-awards-81843/ |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}
His first play, Jettison, was commissioned by Impetuous Theater Group for Swim Shorts 3{{Cite news |last=Ryzik |first=Melena |date=2007-07-05 |title=Indoors and Out, Theater Is Making a Splash |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/05/theater/05wate.html |access-date=2025-04-07 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} a one act play festival that took place in a rooftop swimming pool in midtown Manhattan.{{Cite web |date=2007-07-25 |title=Swim Shorts 3: Are You In?: Series A |url=https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/swim-shorts-series-21471/ |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=www.backstage.com |language=en}} Upon moving to Los Angeles, Bradley began producing online commercials before developing his own scripted web series, Squatters (2010-2012), DailyMotion's first original comedy series, which caught the attention of National Public Radio's The Story with Dick Gordon and TubeFilter News. Shortly after in 2010 Bradley made his television debut with the web series The Legend of Neil, which was syndicated on Comedy Central.{{cite news|last1=Hustvedt|first1=Marc|title='Squatters' Hit Dailymotion Tomorrow|url=http://www.tubefilter.com/2010/05/31/squatters-hit-dailymotion-tomorrow/|access-date=March 29, 2017|work=TubeFilter News|date=May 31, 2010}}
Bradley appeared as Eli Lavenza in Frankenstein, MD (2014), a modern adaptation of Elizabeth Lavenza, from Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein. The web series was produced by PBS Digital Studios and Pemberley Digital, premiered on August 19, 2014, and concluded on October 31, 2014. The show aired on domestic and international television in 2017 through a deal with Sinclair Broadcast Group.{{Cite web |title=YouTube Series Raises Questions Over Hollywood Ripping Off Digital Creators (Exclusive) |url=https://toofab.com/2017/03/24/youtube-series-raises-questions-over-hollywood-ripping-off-digital-creators-exclusive/ |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=Toofab |language=en}} Bradley continued to work on network TV roles in shows such as Wizards of Waverly Place{{Cite web |last=Gibbons |first=Ben |date=2024-11-03 |title=Wizards Of Waverly Place's Russo Family Tree Explained |url=https://screenrant.com/wizards-waverly-place-russo-family-tree/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}} and Death Valley.{{Cite web |date=2013-12-17 |title=Brendan Bradley |url=https://variety.com/exec/brendan-bradley/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}
He began his role as Guy, the quirky, fast-talking Staples clerk in a series of commercials in January 2015, and was Staples national spokesperson.{{cite news|title=Résumé of Brendan Bradley|url=https://resumes.breakdownexpress.com/brendanbradley|access-date=March 29, 2017|work=resumes.breakdownexpress.com|publisher=Actors Access}}
Jettison was published in One Acts of Note in 2009 by Desert Road Publishing, and was produced as part of The Signature Shorts Series at Arsht Center in Miami.{{Cite book |title=One Acts of Note 2008 Paperback |isbn=978-0578018362 |last1=Damone |first1=James |date=June 2009 |publisher=Lulu.com }}{{Cite web |title=Theater review: At Summer Shorts, the players are the thing |url=http://palmbeachartspaper.com/theater-review-at-summer-shorts-the-players-are-the-thing/ |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=palmbeachartspaper.com}}
= 2015-2020 Commercial Success =
Bradley continued his work with a role in CBS’s Elementary in 2015.{{Cite web |title= Elementary Tag, You're Me |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4977670/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_34 |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=imdb.com}} The same year he appeared on CBS’s legal drama Doubt and Tyler Perry’s The Haves And The Have Nots,{{Cite web |title=TV News Roundup: Cartoon Network Sets 'Adventure Time' Miniseries for January |url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/adventure-time-miniseries-story-of-god-1201939886/ |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=variety.com|date=12 December 2016 }}{{Cite web |title="Staples Guy" Brendan Bradley talks 'Doubt' on CBS, New Media and working with Tyler Perry |url=https://fanfest.com/staples-guy-brendan-bradley-talks-doubt-on-cbs-new-media-and-working-with-tyler-perry/ |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=fanfest.com|date=6 January 2017 }} and ABC's American Housewife.{{Cite web |title=Mom Guilt - Guest Cast {{!}} TVmaze |url=https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/1501078/american-housewife-3x01-mom-guilt/cast |access-date=2025-04-28 |website=www.tvmaze.com}} In 2017, he starred in, In Vino, opposite Ed Asner and Sean Young{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.slated.com/films/192017/updates/ |title=In Vino |language=en-US |access-date=2025-05-02 |via=www.slated.com}} and debuted his first feature film as a writer-director, Non-Transferable that same year.{{Cite web |last=Bloom |first=David |date=2017-02-14 |title=A Traditional Rom-Com Takes The Most Untraditional Route To Release |url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2017/02/14/non-transferable-rom-com-untraditional-release-distribution-turkey/ |access-date=2025-05-02 |website=Tubefilter |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Gutelle |first=Sam |date=2015-12-11 |title=Turkish Airlines Gets In On The YouTuber Film Trend With ‘Non-Transferable’ |url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2015/12/10/turkish-airlines-non-transferable-film/ |access-date=2025-05-02 |website=Tubefilter |language=en-US}}
Bradley directed and starred in the sci-fi series SONA (2017), which was picked up by Legendary Entertainment.{{Cite web |last=Spangler |first=Todd |date=2018-08-22 |title=Sci-Fi Drama ‘Sona’ Starring Ashley Clements Premieres on Legendary’s Alpha |url=https://variety.com/2018/digital/news/sona-ashley-clements-wil-wheaton-legendary-alpha-1202912620/ |access-date=2025-05-10 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} For it's San Diego Comic-Con launch, he designed a virtual reality escape room experience.{{Cite web |last=Cardwell |first=Katie |date=2018-07-20 |title=SDCC 2018: Nerdist House is an Off-Site Event with Something for Everyone |url=https://www.nerdophiles.com/2018/07/20/sdcc-2018-nerdist-house-experience/ |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=Nerdophiles |language=en-US}}
Bradley's third feature film screenplay, The Plus One was directed by Erik White, starring Ashanti,{{Cite web |last=Slenk |first=Austin |date=2021-09-21 |title=Ashanti to Star in and Produce Romantic Comedy Film 'The Plus One' |url=https://collider.com/ashanti-cast-rom-com-the-plus-one/ |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=Collider |language=en}} Cedric The Entertainer,{{Cite web |title=‘Dolphin Tale’ producer to make four Lifetime movies in Tampa Bay |url=https://www.tampabay.com/life-culture/arts/movies/2021/10/06/dolphin-tale-producer-to-make-four-lifetime-movies-in-tampa-bay/ |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=Tampa Bay Times |language=en}} and himself.{{Cite web |last=Wiseman |first=Andreas |date=2021-09-21 |title=Ashanti To Star In & Produce Movie Rom-Com ‘The Plus One’ |url=https://deadline.com/2021/09/ashanti-movie-florida-the-plus-one-comedy-1234841185/ |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}
During the period of 2015 to 2017, Bradley portrayed the face-talking salesman named Guy in a series of TV and Radio commercials for Staples, Inc.{{Cite web |title=STAPLES LAUNCHES NEW CAMPAIGN AIMED AT SMALL BUSINESSES |url=https://adage.com/article/btob/staples-launches-campaign-aimed-small-businesses/297043 |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=adage.com/|date=6 February 2015 }}
=Digital & Interactive Media=
Bradley is the creator, writer, director and star of Squatters, a web series which aired from 2010 to 2012 on DailyMotion as their first original comedy web series.
In 2013, Bradley starred in the viral parody series, School of Thrones as Renly Baratheon.{{Cite web |last1=March 12 |first1=Hillary Busis Updated |last2=EDT |first2=2013 at 02:35 PM |title='Game of Thrones': the high school version |url=https://ew.com/article/2013/03/12/game-of-thrones-high-school/ |access-date=2022-03-07 |website=EW.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2013-03-29 |title=Brendan Bradley talks School of Thrones webseries • Hypable |url=https://www.hypable.com/interview-brendan-bradley-school-of-thrones-webseries/ |access-date=2022-03-07 |website=Hypable |language=en-US}} Shortly after in 2014, Bradley directed and produced Assassin's Creed The Musical for Machinima.{{Cite web |date=2014-11-06 |title='Assassin's Creed: The Musical' Promotes Unity; Will Be Stuck in Your Head All Day |url=https://gamerant.com/assassins-creed-unity-musical/ |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=Game Rant |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Tube |first=Stage |title=VIDEO: Gaming on Broadway? Watch ASSASSINS CREED: THE MUSICAL! |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/STAGE-TUBE-Gaming-on-Broadway-Watch-ASSASSINS-CREED-THE-MUSICAL-20141106 |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=BroadwayWorld.com |language=en}} The project was acquired by Rooster Teeth in 2019.{{Cite web |last=Spangler |first=Todd |date=2019-02-14 |title=After Machinima Shutdown, Rooster Teeth Revives 'Inside Gaming' and Rescues Other Machinima Shows |url=https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/machinima-rooster-teeth-inside-gaming-1203136988/ |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}
After that, in 2016 Bradley created the animated short Baby X, adapted from the short story X: A Fabulous Child’s Story. The 11-minute film received praise from Joe Blevins of The A.V. Club who wrote that its animation style succeeded in mimicking the visual style of its source text, and from Kristina Marusic of NewNowNext, who described it as "both beautiful and poignant".{{Cite web |date=2016-04-19 |title=Baby X relates the animated adventures of a gender-neutral wunderkind |url=https://www.avclub.com/baby-x-relates-the-animated-adventures-of-a-gender-neut-1798246388 |access-date=2022-10-08 |website=The A.V. Club |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Watch The Gorgeously Animated Story Of A Baby Raised Without Gender |url=https://www.logotv.com/news/pjxi10/baby-x-cartoon-gender |access-date=2022-10-08 |website=www.logotv.com |language=en}} Clips of the film were also used on NPR’s Hidden Brain.{{Cite news |title=Can A Child Be Raised Free Of Gender Stereotypes? This Family Tried |language=en |work=NPR.org |url=https://www.npr.org/2017/10/02/555180786/can-a-child-be-raised-free-of-gender-stereotypes-this-family-tried |access-date=2022-10-08}} In 2019, Bradley created and released a follow-up short film, Baby S.{{Cite web |date=2019-09-07 |title=Brendan Bradley on Baby X, Baby S, Animation and A Tale Told by an Idiot |url=https://collider.com/brendan-bradley-interview-baby-x-baby-s-idiots-tale/ |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=Collider |language=en-US}}
In 2018, Bradley began writing, producing and directing A Tale Told By An Idiot, a modern adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth parodying virtual reality and cryptocurrency gaming. The mixed media project experimented with live action film, motion capture and 3D animation.{{Cite web |date=2019-09-07 |title=Brendan Bradley on Baby X, Baby S, Animation and A Tale Told by an Idiot |url=https://collider.com/brendan-bradley-interview-baby-x-baby-s-idiots-tale/ |access-date=2022-03-07 |website=Collider |language=en-US}}
= 2020-2025: Pioneering during the pandemic =
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Bradley pioneered live theatre in virtual reality. He had previously founded The Innovation Lab at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts to integrate emerging technologies into live performance training.{{Cite web |title=Could NYU Have the Solution to Produce Distance-Theatre During Quarantine and Beyond? |url=https://playbill.com/article/could-nyu-have-the-solution-to-produce-distance-theatre-during-quarantine-and-beyond |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250211210353/https://playbill.com/article/could-nyu-have-the-solution-to-produce-distance-theatre-during-quarantine-and-beyond |archive-date=2025-02-11 |access-date=2025-05-18 |website=Playbill |language=en-US}} When schools and theater shut down during COVID-19, the Lab pivoted for students to attend, learn and perform in virtual reality.{{Cite web |last=Laharia |first=Utkarsha |date=2020-05-18 |title=VR Theatre Doesn't Seem So Distant Anymore |url=https://www.americantheatre.org/2020/05/18/vr-theatre-doesnt-seem-so-distant-anymore/ |access-date=2022-03-07 |website=AMERICAN THEATRE |language=en-US}} Bradley then launched The Future Stages on Mozilla Hubs, a free 3D virtual theater.{{Cite web |title=Can This Game-Changing Innovation Get Live Theatre Back Before the Pandemic Ends? |url=https://playbill.com/article/can-this-game-changing-innovation-get-live-theatre-back-before-the-pandemic-ends |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=Playbill |language=en}}
During this time, Bradley appeared as a motion capture performer and voice performer in Resident Evil: Village for Capcom.{{Cite web |last=Trumbore |first=Dave |date=2021-06-18 |title=Resident Evil Village Agent Explained by Actor Brendan Bradley |url=https://collider.com/resident-evil-village-agent-brendan-bradley-interview/ |access-date=2025-05-18 |website=Collider |language=en}}
In October 2020, he showed Jettison at Future Stages,{{Cite web |last=Rabinowitz |first=Chloe |title=JETTISON, a New Play Produced, Rehearsed, and Performed in Virtual Reality Closes Out Here Online Oasis Weekend |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-off-broadway/article/JETTISON-a-New-Play-Produced-Rehearsed-and-Performed-in-Virtual-Reality-Closes-Out-Here-Online-Oasis-Weekend-20201001 |access-date=2022-03-07 |website=BroadwayWorld.com |language=en}} becoming a finalist for the Innovation Award at the 32nd Producers Guild of America Awards.{{Cite web |last=Hill |first=Libby |date=2021-03-17 |title=Producers Guild Awards Announce Innovation Award Nominees |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2021/03/producers-guild-awards-nominees-1234624367/ |access-date=2022-03-07 |website=IndieWire |language=en}}
Bradley co-founded OnBoardXR,{{Cite web |last=Proscenium |first=No |date=2021-10-27 |title=Review Rundown: The Immersive Is Coming From Inside the House |url=https://noproscenium.com/review-rundown-the-immersive-is-coming-from-inside-the-house-b89b4a83fdce |access-date=2025-05-21 |website=Medium |language=en}} an accelerator and community platform supporting 50 VR theatre productions.{{Cite web |last=Wild |first=Stephi |title=On Board, A Collection Of Virtual Reality Performances Brings Indie Xr Artists Together In One Evening |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/brooklyn/article/On-Board-A-Collection-Of-Virtual-Reality-Performances-Brings-Indie-Xr-Artists-Together-In-One-Evening-20210306 |access-date=2025-05-21 |website=BroadwayWorld.com |language=en}} He produced and performed a live halftime show in VR at The Polys XR Awards.{{Cite web |last=poly |date=2022-02-11 |title=The Polys - WebXR Awards Show Returns To Break More Ground |url=https://thepolys.com/the-polys-webxr-awards-show-returns-to-break-more-ground/ |access-date=2025-06-01 |website=The Polys |language=en-US}}
During the 2020 shutdown, Bradley live-streamed a one-man show, seamlessly switching between 5 modes of AR/VR/XR/MR/2D storytelling for The Museum of Science, including live theater in web-based virtual reality (WebVR).{{Cite web |date=2020-10-07 |title=Watch This Live Virtual Reality Theatre Performance From the Museum of Science |url=https://playbill.com/article/watch-this-live-virtual-reality-theatre-performance-from-the-museum-of-science |archive-date= |access-date=2022-10-08 |website=PLAYBILL}}
The following year, Bradley was invited to write and perform an interactive musical theater prototype, Non-Player Character, at the Mugar Omni Dome Theater.{{Cite web |title=Museum of Science, Boston Unveils Fall Lineup of Innovative and Inspiring Programming for Adults {{!}} Museum of Science, Boston |url=https://www.mos.org/press/press-releases/press/press-releases/Adult-Programming-Fall-2021 |access-date=2022-10-08 |website=www.mos.org |language=en}}{{Cite web |title="We allow anyone to bring their creative practice into XR for the first time" - Brendan Bradley (OnBoardXR) |url=https://www.xrmust.com/xrmagazine/brendan-bradley-onboardxr/ |access-date=2022-10-08 |website=www.xrmust.com}} The musical allowed on-site audiences to experience either as a Participant of the VR Concert, wearing a VR headset, or as a seated Spectator watching the experience projected onto the IMAX dome screen.{{Cite web |last=Festival |first=Qld XR |date=2022-06-20 |title=Qld XR Festival 2022 Awards Results |url=https://medium.com/@qldxrfestival/qld-xr-festival-2022-awards-results-9024a40d0c6d |access-date=2022-10-08 |website=Medium |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Franklin |first=Dave |date=2022-07-26 |title=Hero's Welcome – Brendan Bradley (reviewed by Dave Franklin) |url=https://dancing-about-architecture.com/heros-welcome-brendan-bradley-reviewed-by-dave-franklin/ |access-date=2022-10-08 |website=Dancing About Architecture |language=en-US}} Bradley workshopped and expanded the Non-Player Character VR Musical, performing live at FIVARS, Mozilla Festival, winning Best in VR Interactive Immersive Experience at The Queensland (Qld) XR Festival{{Cite web |date=2022-10-01 |title=Stage And Screen: Virtual Creators Take The Next Step |url=https://www.themetaculture.co/stage-and-screen-virtual-creators-take-the-next-step/ |access-date=2022-10-08 |website=The Metaculture |language=en}} and nominated for The Indie Creator Auggie Award at Augmented World Expo as part of OnBoardXR.{{Cite web |title=AWE USA 2022 - OnBoardXR: Live Performance in WebXR |url=https://www.awexr.com/2637-onboardxr-live-performance-in-webxr/agenda/2637-onboardxr-live-performance-in-webxr |access-date=2022-10-08 |website=www.awexr.com}}
OnBoardXR uses the Mozilla Hubs web VR platform running custom code on the Amazon Web Services cloud and produced virtual world premieres and speakers at FIVARS, SIGGRAPH and Mozilla Festival.{{Cite web |last=Proscenium |first=No |date=2021-10-27 |title=Review Rundown: The Immersive Is Coming From Inside the House |url=https://noproscenium.com/review-rundown-the-immersive-is-coming-from-inside-the-house-b89b4a83fdce |access-date=2022-03-07 |website=Medium |language=en}} In September 2021 Bradley was included in the 100 Original Voices in XR list created by former Apple and Google developer Avi Bar-Zeev.{{Cite web |last=Bar-Zeev |first=Avi |date=2021-09-17 |title=100 Original Voices in XR |url=https://avibarzeev.medium.com/100-original-voices-in-xr-55b5a609f4ae |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=Medium |language=en}} At that time, he joined the cast of Ferryman Collective’s VRChat play, Severance Theory: Welcome To Respite, performing live at The Venice Film Fest,{{Cite web |last=Rabinowitz |first=Chloe |title=THE SEVERANCE THEORY: WELCOME TO RESPITE Has International Premiere At The 78th Venice Film Festival |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/italy/article/THE-SEVERANCE-THEORY-WELCOME-TO-RESPITE-Has-International-Premiere-At-The-78th-Venice-Film-Festival-20210907 |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=BroadwayWorld.com |language=it}} Raindance Immersive{{Cite web |title=Festival Addition: Welcome to Respite & OnBoardXR (BTS Sessions) |url=https://www.immersiveexperience.org/updates/festival-addition-welcome-to-respite-amp-onboardxr-bts-sessions |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=The Immersive Experience Institute |language=en-US}} and Kaohsiung Film Festival.{{Cite web |date=2021-10-08 |title=VR Experience THE SEVERANCE THEORY: WELCOME TO RESPITE has Asian Premiere at Kaohsiung Film Festival |url=https://www.vimooz.com/2021/10/08/vr-the-severance-theory-welcome-to-respite-kaohsiung-film-festival/ |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=VIMooZ |language=en-US}}
On March 12, 2022, he starred in the interactive VR experience Gumball Dreams at SXSW.{{Cite news |date=2022-02-10 |title='Gumball Dreams' World Premiere at SXSW |language=en-US |work=EIN News |url=https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/562578294/gumball-dreams-world-premiere-at-sxsw |access-date=2022-02-28}}
= Music =
Bradley released his debut single “Reprogram Me” from the Workshop Cast Recording of Non-Player Character on July 8, 2022, debuting at number 25 on the U.S. iTunes Soundtrack chart.{{Cite web |last=Moseley |first=Martin |date=2022-07-20 |title=Brendan Bradley's virtual reality musical Non-Player Character debuts on Top Soundtrack Chart with first single 'Reprogram Me' arriving at No. 25 on iTunes. |url=https://urbanistamagazine.uk/brendan-bradleys-virtual-reality-musical-non-player-character-debuts-on-top-soundtrack-chart-with-first-single-reprogram-me-arriving-at-no-25-on-itunes/ |access-date=2022-10-08 |website=Urbanista Magazine |language=en-GB}} An original Workshop cast album recorded at Fever Tree Studios with Producer and Arranger Maurice Soque Jr. was released September 2, 2022.
Filmography
= Television =
class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
2020
|Wayward Guide |Odie Doty | |
2020
|A Tale Told by an Idiot |Mac |10 episodes |
2019
|Last Call: Live | |5 episodes |
2019
|Hype |Bear | |
2019
|The Haves and the Have Nots{{Cite web|title=Brendan Bradley|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1731701/|access-date=2021-02-26|website=IMDb}} |Agent Welles / Officer Welles |3 episodes |
2018
|Sidepiece |Will | |
2018
|Sona |Akiva |6 episodes |
2018
|American Housewife |Office Worker #2 |Episode: Mom Guilt |
2018
|Timeless |Daly |Episode: Mrs. Sherlock Holmes |
2017
|Hayden |Episode: Running Out of Time |
2016
|Officer Welles |Episode: "It's Ok to Love" |
2016
|Nuclear Family |Dom |1 episode |
2016
|Sing It! |Eli Savage |2 episodes |
2016
|FBE Sketches |Kidnapper |Episode: Gunpoint Ransom |
2015
|Timothy Wagner/Otto Neuhaus/Evan Farrow |Episode: "Tag, You're Me" |
2015
|Muzzled the Musical |Prince Dashing |3 episodes |
2015
|52 Ways to Break Up |Tinder Todd |2 episodes |
2015
|JustBoobs Sketch |Actor / Announcer |3 episodes |
2014
|Eli Lavenza |13 episodes |
2014
|Progress: Ask a Cam Harlot |Ale Barrett |2 episodes |
2014
|Q.V.G |Gripp Rockson |17 episodes |
2014
|Mixed |Trevor (GOP) Biden | |
2013
|Lars Frankenheimer |Episode: "Fifty Shades of Gray Hair" |
2013
|School of Thrones |Renly Baratheon |3 episodes |
2013
|Walk of Shame |Derek |Episode: You've Got Males |
2013
|The Dark Knight Retires |Derek |1 episode |
2013
|Hipsterhood |Jake |4 episodes |
2012
|NCIS |Guest |Episode: "Devil's Trifecta " |
2012
|Hank Russo |Episode: "Rock Around the Clock" |
2011
|Officer Brown |Episode: "Assault on Precinct UTF" |
2010
|Hank Pitman |Series Regular, Writer, Director |
2009
|Male Fairy |3 Episodes |
= Film =
class="wikitable sortable"
|+ ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
2024
|Succubus |Chris | |
2021
|Something About Her |Gary | |
2020
|Inner Child |Zeke | |
2017
|In Vino |Jean{{Citation|title=In Vino|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3737420/|access-date=2020-04-01}} | |
2017
|Tales from Old Town II |Travis Pierce | |
2016
|Also director |
2015
|An American in Hollywood |Eric | |
2015
|Wake (cancelled) |Enoch | |
2014
|Hate from a Distance |Ned | |
2014
|Temp Girls |Temp Employee | |
2010
|The Last Harbor |Ken Sikorski | |
2009
| |
2009
|Love Conquers Paul |Paul | |
2008
|Daniel | |
2008
|Everet | |
Recognition
Brendan was interviewed on National Public Radio's The Story with Dick Gordon on September 9, 2009, about his experiences writing and producing online commercials and entertainment.{{cite web |title=Making Good on YouTube |work=The Story with Dick Gordon |publisher=NPR |date=September 9, 2009 |url=http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_856_Marjorie_Margolies.mp3/view |access-date=March 29, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090911120606/http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_856_Marjorie_Margolies.mp3/view |archive-date=September 11, 2009 |format=mp3 }} The Method Fest Independent Film Festival recognized his performance in September 12 by giving him the Best Actor Award in 2009.{{cite web|url=http://www.methodfest.com|title=2010 Method Fest, Independent Film Festival, Calabasas, California|work=methodfest.com|access-date=29 December 2016}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.brendanabradley.com/ Official Website]
- {{IMDb name|id=1731701|name=Brendan Bradley}}
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