#187: Brian Huskey - Beginner's Mind

Brian Huskey is an actor, comedian and writer who has over 175
acting credits to date, he has earned "That Guy” actor
status.
On television, Huskey has had memorable recurring roles as Chet,
the oddball paramedic on Adult Swim’s “Childrens Hospital”, Leon
West, the bitter and cutting journalist on “Veep”, Victor, the
unhinged husband to Natasha Leggero in “Another Period” and was a
series regular on “People of Earth” playing the paranoid sad
sack, Richard Shultz. Huskey has also voiced numerous characters
for animation, including the fan favorite Regular Sized Rudy, on
Fox’s “Bob’s Burgers”.


Among Huskey’s movie appearances, he has been paired with the
likes of Seth Rogen in “This is the End”, “Neighbors”, Neighbors
2” and “The Disaster Artist” and with Will Farrell in
“Stepbrothers”, “Land of the Lost” and “Semi Pro”. Huskey has
also written two feature films for Paramount Pictures, Comedy
Central’s “Kroll Show”, and earned an Emmy Nominations for his
work on Comedy Central’s 2010 “Night of Too Many Stars” and Adult
Swim’s “Childrens Hospital”.

He starred in and co-wrote the original, fully improvised film “A
Better You”. Brian also created, wrote and starred in two darkly
comic television specials for Adult Swim, “Mr. Neighbor’s House”
and “Mr. Neighbor’s House 2”.


We chat about his previous life as a photographer and being
in a band, the benefits of improv, divorce, mindfulness, the
highs and lows of show biz, the stories we tell ourselves,
Al-Anon, empathy, collaboration, and the flow state.


The video footage of this entire chat is now out as well (one day
after release)! So check them out on YouTube under Michael
Kahan



Check Brian out on:


Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebrianhuskey/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/thebrianhuskey

Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/thebrianhuskey


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