Brendan Scannell

Brendan Scannell (born June 20, 1990) is an American actor and comedian known for playing the lead roles of Heather Duke in the Paramount Network series Heathers (2018){{Cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/tvlands-heathers-reboot-found-heathers/|title=TVLand's 'Heathers' Reboot Has Found Its Heathers|date=October 27, 2016|website=TheWrap|language=en-US|access-date=March 2, 2020}} and Pete Devin in the Netflix dark comedy series Bonding (2019–2021){{Citation |title=Bonding |date=April 24, 2019 |type=Short, Comedy, Drama |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7718088/ |access-date=January 26, 2025 |others=Zoe Levin, Brendan Scannell, Micah Stock |publisher=Anonymous Content, Blackpills}}{{Cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=December 14, 2018|title=Rightor Doyle's 'Bonding' Short-Form Dark Comedy Series Picked Up By Netflix|url=https://deadline.com/2018/12/rightor-doyle-bonding-short-form-series-picked-up-netflix-backspills-1202520388/|access-date=July 14, 2021|website=Deadline|language=en-US}} for which he received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series.{{Cite web|date=July 13, 2021|title=The 2021 Emmy Nominations Are Officially Here|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1288475/the-2021-emmy-nominations-are-officially-here|access-date=July 14, 2021|publisher=E!}}

Early life

Scannell was born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Valparaiso, Indiana.{{Cite web|url=https://www.stitcher.com/s?eid=66758953|title=Brendan Scannell from You Made It Weird with Pete Holmes|website=stitcher.com|language=en|access-date=March 2, 2020}} He studied theatre at Northwestern University and started performing improv and stand-up in Chicago before moving to Los Angeles in 2013.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gq.com/story/brendan-scannell-is-the-heather-youre-looking-for|title="F—k Me Gently With a Chainsaw," the 'Heathers' TV Reboot Is Finally Here|last=Kaplan|first=Ilana|website=GQ|date=October 25, 2018 |language=en|access-date=March 2, 2020}}

Career

In 2016, Scannell was cast as the genderqueer Heather Duke in the TV Land adaptation of Heathers. After the pilot was ordered to series, the project was moved to Paramount Network and released in October 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/heathers-series-paramount-network-1202967270/|title=Paramount Network to Air 'Heathers' Series Over Five Days|last=Otterson|first=Joe|date=October 4, 2018|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=March 2, 2020}} From 2019 to 2021, Scannell starred in the short-form Netflix series Bonding opposite Zoe Levin and appeared in the indie romantic comedy Straight Up.{{Cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=December 14, 2018|title=Rightor Doyle's 'Bonding' Short-Form Dark Comedy Series Picked Up By Netflix|url=https://deadline.com/2018/12/rightor-doyle-bonding-short-form-series-picked-up-netflix-backspills-1202520388/|access-date=March 2, 2020|website=Deadline|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/08/strand-releasing-james-sweeney-comedy-straight-up-katie-findlay-randall-park-betsy-brandt-1202662663/|title=Strand Releasing Acquires James Sweeney Comedy 'Straight Up'|last=Ramos|first=Dino-Ray|date=August 6, 2019|website=Deadline|language=en|access-date=March 2, 2020}} For his work in the second season of Bonding{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/01/rightor-doyles-bonding-renewed-season-2-netflix-1202832151/amp/|title=Rightor Doyle's 'Bonding' Renewed for Season 2 by Netflix|date=January 16, 2020}} he earned his first Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Actor In A Short Form Comedy Or Drama Series.{{Cite web|title=Brendan Scannell|url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/brendan-scannell|access-date=July 14, 2021|website=Television Academy|language=en}}

As a comic, Scannell was named by Vulture in 2018 as a "Comedian You Should and Will Know" and in 2019 was named a New Face of Comedy at Just for Laughs in Montreal.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2018/11/best-new-comedians-to-watch-2018.html|title=38 Comedians You Should and Will Know|first1=Jesse David|last1=Fox|first2=Jake|last2=Kroeger|first3=Samantha|last3=Pitchel|first4=Katla|last4=McGlynn|date=November 13, 2018|website=Vulture|language=en-us|access-date=March 2, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2019/07/just-for-laughs-showcase-releases-list-of-2019-new.html|title=Just For Laughs Showcase Reveals List of 2019 New Faces|date=July 22, 2019|website=Paste (magazine)|language=en|access-date=March 2, 2020}}

Filmography

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!Title

!Role

!Notes

2016

|Evan

|Evan

|YouTube short by "Sandy Hook Promise"

rowspan="2"|2018

|Heathers

|Heather Duke

|Main role

Lip Sync Battle

|Contestant

|With Melanie Field

2019–2021

|Bonding

|Pete

|Main role

2019

|Straight Up

|Jerry

2022

|Bromates

|Runway Dave

= Video game =

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!Year

!Title

!Voice role

!Notes

2004

| Mortal Kombat: Deception

| Kenshi

Awards and nominations

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!Year

!Award

!Category

!Work

!Result

!Ref.

2021

| Primetime Emmy Awards

| Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series

| Bonding

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| {{Cite web|title=Outstanding Actor In A Short Form Comedy Or Drama Series Nominees / Winners 2021|url=https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2021/outstanding-actor-in-a-short-form-comedy-or-drama-series|access-date=July 14, 2021|website=Television Academy|language=en}}