Brent Weinbach

{{short description|American actor}}

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| name = Brent Weinbach

| image = Brent Weinbach (7046291323).jpg

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| caption = Weinbach in 2012

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| alma_mater = University of California, Berkeley

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| occupation = Comedian, actor, director, pianist

| years_active = 2000–present

| relatives = Laura Weinbach (sister) • Anton Patzner (brother-in-law)

| website = {{url|http://www.brentweinbach.com}}

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Brent Weinbach is an American stand-up comedian, actor, director, and pianist based in Los Angeles, California. He is known for his experimental style and abstract, deadpan delivery. He is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley and was formerly a professional jazz pianist and substitute teacher.

Weinbach is also known for creating various video sensations such as Gangster Party Line, Mind Jack, and Ultimate Drumming Technique and is the co-creator and co-director of the cult web series, Pound House{{cite web|url=http://www.serialoptimist.com/interviews/brent-weinbach-worlds-kaleidoscope-23102.html/|title=Serial Optimist Interview|date=12 November 2013 |accessdate=12 November 2013}} alongside DJ Douggpound which was nominated for a Streamy Award. Brent is a recipient of the Andy Kaufman Award,{{cite web|url=http://andykaufmanaward.com/hall-of-fame//|title=Winners Hall of Fame-Andy Kaufman Award|accessdate=24 January 2011}} which recognizes innovation in stand-up comedy and was a finalist in the 2008 San Francisco Comedy Competition. Brent has appeared on Conan, Lopez Tonight, and various shows on Comedy Central.{{cite web|url=http://brentweinbach.com/|title=Brent Weinbach Official Website|accessdate=18 January 2017}} He also toured with the Comedians of Comedy and has performed at such festivals as Coachella,{{cite web|url=http://www.superseriousshow.com/blog-vault/2010/10/20/update-the-super-serious-show-with-brent-weinbach.html/|title=Super Serious Show|date=20 October 2010 |accessdate=11 October 2016}} SF Sketchfest,{{cite web|url=https://sfsketchfest2016.sched.com/artist/brent_weinbach.1uiejfff/|title=SF Sketchfest|accessdate=11 October 2016}} Bumbershoot{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y2QmBo3SZo/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/4Y2QmBo3SZo |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Bumbershoot|website=YouTube |accessdate=11 October 2016}}{{cbignore}} and the Just for Laughs Festival.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Phr2GlWA1S8/|title=Just For Laughs|website=YouTube |accessdate=11 October 2016}}

His first album, inspired by Joe Frank, is Tales from the Brown Side.{{cite web|url=http://www.last.fm/music/Brent+Weinbach/Tales+From+The+Brown+Side|title=Tales From The Brown Side|accessdate=2 February 2013}} His second album, released in September 2009, is called The Night Shift and features a blend of live recorded comedy, studio recordings, and original musical compositions."{{cite web|url=http://thebaybridged.com/2009/09/09/brent-weinbach-the-night-shift/|title=Brent Weinbach - The Night Shift|author1=Ben Van Houten - Comments Off on Brent Weinbach-The Night Shift|date=9 September 2009|work=thebaybridged.com|accessdate=18 January 2017}} His third album Mostly Live was released in 2012.{{cite web|last=Dyan|first=Flores|title=Brent Weinbach Mostly Live album review|url=http://www.thespittake.com/2012/09/04/brent-weinbach-mostly-live-aspecialthing-records/|publisher=The Spit Take|accessdate=10 April 2013}}

He appeared with a small role in the film Medicine for Melancholy in 2008.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2966054/|title=Brent Weinbach Internet Movie Database|website=IMDb |accessdate=14 March 2012}} In 2010, he began hosting The Legacy Music Hour, a podcast in which he and co-host Rob F. Switch discuss retro video game music from the 1980s and 1990s, along with crossover appearances with Laser Time podcast.{{cite web|url=http://legacymusichour.blogspot.com/|title=The Legacy Music Hour Blog|accessdate=12 April 2014}} In December 2016, Weinbach appeared as a guest on the Let's Play webseries Game Grumps,{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-m4gfVRc9Q/2016/12/15/Game-Grumps/|title=Time Lord with Special Guest Brent Weinbach - Guest Grumps|website=YouTube |accessdate=15 December 2016}} commentating over Rare's Time Lord.

He is half-Filipino and half-Jewish along with his sister Laura Weinbach of the band Foxtails Brigade which includes his brother-in-law Anton Patzner. {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Phr2GlWA1S8|title=Brent Weinbach Stand Up - 2011|website=YouTube |accessdate=14 April 2020}}

In 2022, he won the Best Screenplay (spirit of Los Angeles award) with Bruno Kohfield-Galeano at the Los Angeles International Film Festival. {{cite web | url=http://www.laiff.org/wpsite/ | title=Laiff – Laiff | date=29 November 2021 }}