Brendan Scannell (born June 20, 1990) is an American actor and comedian known for playing the lead roles of Heather Duke in the Paramount Network series Heathers (2018) [1] and Pete Devon in the Netflix dark comedy series Bonding (2019–2021) [2] for which he received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actor In A Short Form Comedy Or Drama Series. [3]
Scannell was born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Valparaiso, Indiana. [4] He studied theatre at Northwestern University and started performing improv and stand-up in Chicago before moving to Los Angeles in 2013. [5]
In 2016, Scannell was cast as the genderqueer Heather Duke in the TV Land adaptation of Heathers. [1] After the pilot was ordered to series, the project was moved to Paramount Network and released in October 2018. [6] From 2019 to 2021, Scannell starred in the short-form Netflix series Bonding opposite Zoe Levin and appeared in the indie romantic comedy Straight Up. [7] [8] For his work in the second season of Bonding [9] he earned his first Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Actor In A Short Form Comedy Or Drama Series. [10]
As a comic, Scannell was named by Vulture in 2018 as a "Comedian You Should and Will Know" and in 2019 was named a New Face of Comedy at Just For Laughs in Montreal. [11] [12]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
2016 | Evan | Evan | YouTube short by "Sandy Hook Promise" |
2018 | Heathers | Heather Duke | Main role |
Lip Sync Battle | Contestant | With Melanie Field | |
2019–2021 | Bonding | Pete | Main role |
2019 | Straight Up | Jerry | |
2022 | Bromates | Runway Dave |
Year | Title | Voice role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
2004 | Mortal Kombat: Deception | Kenshi |
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2021 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series | Bonding | Nominated | [13] |
Brendan Scannell (born June 20, 1990) is an American actor and comedian known for playing the lead roles of Heather Duke in the Paramount Network series Heathers (2018) [1] and Pete Devon in the Netflix dark comedy series Bonding (2019–2021) [2] for which he received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actor In A Short Form Comedy Or Drama Series. [3]
Scannell was born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Valparaiso, Indiana. [4] He studied theatre at Northwestern University and started performing improv and stand-up in Chicago before moving to Los Angeles in 2013. [5]
In 2016, Scannell was cast as the genderqueer Heather Duke in the TV Land adaptation of Heathers. [1] After the pilot was ordered to series, the project was moved to Paramount Network and released in October 2018. [6] From 2019 to 2021, Scannell starred in the short-form Netflix series Bonding opposite Zoe Levin and appeared in the indie romantic comedy Straight Up. [7] [8] For his work in the second season of Bonding [9] he earned his first Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Actor In A Short Form Comedy Or Drama Series. [10]
As a comic, Scannell was named by Vulture in 2018 as a "Comedian You Should and Will Know" and in 2019 was named a New Face of Comedy at Just For Laughs in Montreal. [11] [12]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
2016 | Evan | Evan | YouTube short by "Sandy Hook Promise" |
2018 | Heathers | Heather Duke | Main role |
Lip Sync Battle | Contestant | With Melanie Field | |
2019–2021 | Bonding | Pete | Main role |
2019 | Straight Up | Jerry | |
2022 | Bromates | Runway Dave |
Year | Title | Voice role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
2004 | Mortal Kombat: Deception | Kenshi |
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2021 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series | Bonding | Nominated | [13] |