Brian Gallivan

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Brian Gallivan is an American actor, writer and comedian. He gained significant attention for his Second City Network web series Sassy Gay Friend, based on a character he created in 2004 Second City mainstage revue Red Scare. The series shows events that may have transpired if famous women (and a few men) in literature, film, and history had been advised by the titular character.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/22/arts/television/second-city-miyuki-my-future-girlfriend.html|title= Second City's Testing Ground in Cyberspace|work=The New York Times|date=May 18, 2011|accessdate=May 26, 2011}}

Career

Gallivan got his start improvising in his hometown of Boston as well as performing at the Bambi Masterpiece Theater,{{cite web|url=http://www.cps.edu/Schools/Pages/school.aspx?unit=3730|title=Meet Brian Gallivan, aka 'Sassy Gay Friend'|publisher=edgeboston.com|date=March 31, 2010}} before moving to Chicago in 2003,{{cite web|url=http://timeoutchicago.com/arts-culture/comedy/82187/brian-gallivan|title=Brian Gallivan: Catching up with the comics and improvisers who no longer call Chicago home.|publisher=Time Out Magazine|date=June 2, 2010}} where he performed at The Second City between 2003 and 2007, appearing in four mainstage revues, including the long-running Between Barack and a Hard Place. He was twice nominated for Joseph Jefferson Awards for his work while there.{{cite web|url=http://www.earwolf.com/guest/brian-gallivan|title=Earwolf.com profile}}

Gallivan appeared in the Matt Damon film The Informant! and in the Derek Westerman web series Bad Dads alongside Michael Cera. Gallivan appeared in the feature film A Thousand Words.

Gallivan was a writer on the NBC sitcom Are You There, Chelsea? and the ABC comedy series Happy Endings.

For the 2014–15 television season, Gallivan created and produced the CBS television sitcom The McCarthys,[http://www.thewrap.com/the-mccarthys-creator-brian-gallivan-on-the-huge-gap-between-homosexuality-and-professional-sports/ "‘The McCarthys’ Creator Brian Gallivan on the ‘Huge Gap Between Homosexuality and Professional Sports’"]. The Wrap, October 30, 2014. which was cancelled in early 2015.

Personal life

Gallivan is gay. He is from Dedham, Massachusetts.{{cite news | url = https://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2014/10/25/the-mccarthys-creator-brian-gallivan-family-very-funny/VRuNNzMLEeG1MjCmV6NwfJ/story.html | title = 'The McCarthys' creator Brian Gallivan: 'My family is very funny' | first = Amy | last = Amatangelo | date = October 30, 2014 | accessdate = December 31, 2019 | newspaper = The Boston Globe }}