Joel Bryant

Born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Joel Bryant graduated from Pepperdine University with a BA in Theatre and has lived in LA ever since. He's been lucky to work in many mediums including film ("The Heartbreak Kid," "Valkyrie," "Loaded," "Gone But Not Forgotten," among many others), TV (guest stars on "Monk," "Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior," "The Defenders," "Las Vegas," etc., a number of pilots such as "Hillers" with Henry Winkler and Tom Arnold and "Angry Guys") and New Media (Streamy-nominated for "After Judgment," "Life From the Inside," "The Temp Life," "Elevator" and is co-producer/"Mac" in the award-winning "Suck and Moan"). Among his numerous theatre highlights, he's been tapped by Neil LaBute to be in "Fat Pig" at the Belasco Theatre on Broadway in 2012. As well, he's garnered glowing reviews all over L.A. (Knightsbridge Theatre, Hudson Theatre, and Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities) and performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the Texas Shakespeare Festival and a variety of regional theatres throughout the Southwest, including the world premiere of "Terminal Cafe" with Neil Patrick Harris. Some of his favorite pieces include: "ART," "Moonlight & Magnolias," "A Midsummer Night's Dream," "The Woolgatherer," "Oleanna"). Trained in improv at The Groundlings, Joel is a co-founder and member of the award-winning comedy duo "Deven & Joel" with comedy partner/wife Deven Green, with whom he has entertained the troops overseas, performed at a series of maximum security prisons, played at colleges and clubs all over the U.S., and have headlined at many places including The Comedy Store, The Icehouse, the Venetian, the Riviera and Bally's in Las Vegas, Flappers in Burbank, all over L.A. and San Diego, a week of sold out shows at the San Francisco Fringe Festival and won the Best of the Fest at the International Hollywood Comedy Festival. Since starting stand-up comedy at the age of 16, he has performed in such places as The Comedy Store, The Icehouse, The Comedy Union, Laff's, The Queen Mary, and many clubs in between. Joel is also an accomplished dancer, writer and spoken word artist...and sometimes he even sleeps.