Brett Gilbert burst out of the womb riding a luck dragon and wielding a magical candy bowl filled with talent. He then moved to California and was discovered while performing stand up at the world famous Comedy Store in Hollywood. Since then he has most recently guest starred on the hit tv show Bones (FOX), shot a pilot for Comedy Central, was a series regular on Comedy Central’s Primetime Glick, had a recurring role on General Hospital with A. Martinez and Jensen Buchanan, co-starred in the Oscar nominated film Ghost World with Scarlett Johansson and Thora Birch, and has been in over 30 national commercials. Brett is also a nationally touring stand-up comedian.
Movies:
- Wild Things 2 (Columbia Tri-Star) Dir. Jack Perez
- Ghost World (MGM/UA) Dir. Terry Zwigoff
Television:
- House (FOX)
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Bones (FOX)
- Night Writer (Comedy Central) Pilot Episode
- The War at Home (FOX)
- MADtv (FOX)
- Malcolm in the Middle (FOX)
- Primetime Glick (Comedy Central) 30 episodes
- The Guardian (CBS)
- General Hospital (ABC) 3 episodes
- Becker (CBS)
- That's Life (CBS)
- Jack & Jill (WB)
- NYPD Blue (ABC)
- Angel (WB)
- Good Morning America (ABC)
- Headline News (CNN)
- Extreme Gong! (GSN)
- Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood (Local Access Hollwood)
- The Real World Casting Special (MTV)
- Comedy Campus (Marine Cable TV, San Francisco)
- Psychic Whinos (WTOP-10 SUNY Oswego)
Commercials:
- Gain Detergent
- O' Charley's
- Captain D's
- Sierra Mist
- San Diego Zoo
- Mattel (Hyperscan)
- Honda
- LaSalle National Bank
- Bell South
- McDonalds
- Pepsi
- Heinz Mr. Yoshida Suaces (2 spots)
- Folgers
- Volkswagon
- SONY
- Califonia Lottory
- Cellular One
- eCoverage.com
- Chesterfield Cigartettes (model - Photographer Tony D'Orio)
- Twix (7 spots)
- Dunken Donuts
- Quotesmith.com
- Haas Pavilion
- Planned Parenthood
Independant Movies:
- A Machine Ripped His Leg Off: The Legend of Gaylord Dingler (Documentary, Dir. Kjeld Gogosha-Clark)
- My Dinner with Jimi (Rhino Films. Dir. Bill Fishman)
- Bellacam.com (Dir. Mark Allen)
- Three Picture Deal (Dir. Matt Keener)
- Love Her Madly (Dir. Ray Manzarek of The Doors)
Internet:
- 5Top with host Joe Wilson (Special Guest)
- The Paul Goebel Show (Special Guest)
- The Damage Report (Special Guest) www.latalkradio.com
- Comics on Comics (Special Guest) www.comicsoncomics.com
- Adventures in Hiking: Snake Attack! (Lead) www.videojug.com
- Reelzchannel.com (News Interview)
- Comedytime (Stand Up) www.comedytime.tv
- Dork Forrest with host Jackie Kashian (Special Guest) www.dorkforest.com
- Weezy and the Swish (Special Guest/Guest Co-host)
- Hunter's World with host Adam Hunter (Special Guest)
- One Night Stand with host Anthony Dominguez (Special Guest)
- Trained Killers Comedy Show (Series Regular) www.trainedkillers.tv
Comedy:
- Comedians for the Cure (charity event)
- Aspen Laundromat Comedy Festival
- FunnyFest Calgary Comedy Festival
- Comedy Central's Laugh Riots (semi-finalist)
- Trained Killers Comedy Show (writer/performer)
- Powerful Feeling Sketch Troupe (writer/performer)
- Pychic Whinos Sketch Troupe (writer/performer)
- Bud Lite Stand Up Comedy Contest (1st Place Winner)
Comedy Clubs
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Theater:
- Urban Death (Zombie Joe's Underground Theater, N. Hollywood)
- The Clouds (Stanley Theater, NY)
Newspaper Articles:
- Aspen Daily News "Rogue Comedy Show Keeps it Clean" by Christine Benedetti - March 11, 2006 (Cover Story)
- Los Angeles Times "My Comical Laundrette" By Bill Locey July 25, 2000
Writing:
- Buckles comic strip (King Features Syndicate), strips published on 1/14,1/15, 1/16, 1/17, 1/9, 9/22,9/23, 9/24, 9/25 of 2008
Books:
- Rocklopedia Fakebandica (a real book that lists every fake band in the movies since 1950, I'm in it for Ghost World and my character's band Alien Autopsy)