Jonathan Brugh
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Jonathan Brugh, also known as Jonny Brugh, is a New Zealand comedian, actor, and musician. He is best known for his work in What We Do in the Shadows (2014). In the 1990s, he was part of the comic duo Sugar and Spice.
Early life
Jonathan Brugh was born in Wellington, New Zealand. His family moved to Auckland in 1977, where he was schooled at Sacred Heart College. He met fellow comedians Jason Hoyte and Brendhan Lovegrove during his time at the Auckland Society of Arts and then later completed a degree in design and photography at Auckland Institute of Arts.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}
Career
= Film and television =
In 1993, Brugh created comic duo Sugar and Spice with Jason Hoyte and performed comedy across Australasia with Te Radar and Brendhan Lovegrove, who all became comedians together.{{cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/new-zealand/sunday-star-times-sunday-magazine/20080810/281724085335156|title=|via=PressReader}} Sugar and Spice were regular performers on long-running New Zealand live comic show Pulp Comedy (1996–2001). In 1996, they won a Chapman Tripp Theatre Award for Best Comic Performance, and in 1998, they won the Billy T Award (1998).{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}
Brugh is best known for his role as Deacon in What We Do In The Shadows (2014), a film by Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement. He has previously worked with Clement in the mockumentary Ashley Thorndyke – A Work In Progress by Duncan Sarkies.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}
Brugh has starred in a number of television series including The Jaquie Brown Diaries (2009), ABC's Soul Mates (2014), 800 Words (2017), and Watercooler (2018).{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1591353/|title=Jonny Brugh|website=IMDb}}
His other film credits include What We Do In The Shadows: Interviews With Some Vampires (2005), the precursor to the hit cult feature released in 2014, Tangiwai (2011), How To Meet Girls From A Distance (2012), and Waru (2017).{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
His latest feature film, Mega Time Squad, was released in early 2019.{{cite web| title=Quirky sci-fi farce Mega Time Squad sends up all those time-travel tropes| date = 17 February 2019| publisher = Ars Technica| url=https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/02/quirky-sci-fi-farce-mega-time-squad-sends-up-all-those-time-travel-tropes/| accessdate = 2019-03-10}}
He was as of 2016 a narrator in Duncan Sarkies' radio series Uncle Bertie's Botanarium alongside Jemaine Clement and musician Lawrence Arabia.{{cite web | url=https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/saturday/audio/201797332/duncan-sarkies-and-jemaine-clement-uncle-bertie's-botanarium | title=Duncan Sarkies and Jemaine Clement: Uncle Bertie's Botanarium | date=16 April 2016}}
He is co-creator, with Jesse Griffin and Jackie van Beek, of the award-winning 2019 TV sitcom about teachers in a secondary school, called Educators. He also stars in the show.{{cite web | title=Educators | website=South Pacific Pictures | url=https://southpacificpictures.com/productions/details/2756/Educators | access-date=21 January 2023 | archive-date=20 December 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221220130256/https://southpacificpictures.com/productions/details/2756/Educators | url-status=dead }}
In 2022, he reunited with director Taika Waititi for a cameo appearance in Thor: Love and Thunder as the god, Rapu.Taylor, Robert Brian (July 8, 2022). "[https://collider.com/thor-love-and-thunder-easter-eggs/ 'Thor: Love and Thunder': All the Easter Eggs You Might Have Missed]". Collider. [https://web.archive.org/web/20220708052628/https://collider.com/thor-love-and-thunder-easter-eggs/ Archived] from the original on July 8, 2022. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
In 2024, he was cast as Lloyd Kneath for the Australian adaptation of The Office.{{Cite web |date=2024-09-18 |title=Prime Video releases the official trailer Australian Amazon Original Series The Office |url=https://www.aboutamazon.com.au/news/entertainment/prime-video-releases-the-official-trailer-australian-amazon-original-series-the-office#:~:text=The%20eight-part%20Australian%20Amazon,on%20a%20BBC%20Studios%20format. |access-date=2024-09-20 |website=AU About Amazon |language=en}}
= Music and theatre =
Brugh plays bass guitar, guitar and xylophone. He is best known for his time in The Fagan Band (2012–2014). He has played bass for Phil Nicol Band and The jazz band during the New Zealand International Comedy Festival.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
In February 2020, Brugh premiered a solo 60-minute theatre performance titled Deacon the Vampire Live: 188 Years of Bullshit.{{Cite web|title=New Zealand Theatre: theatre reviews, performance reviews - Theatreview|url=https://www.theatreview.org.nz/reviews/production.php?id=7006|access-date=2020-08-11|website=www.theatreview.org.nz}} The performance was a part of the annual Bread & Circus World Buskers Festival.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}
References
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Category:New Zealand male television actors
Category:New Zealand male comedians
Category:Male actors from Wellington City
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)