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4Brian Edmund Posehn (born July 5, 1966 in Sacramento, California) is an American stand-up comedian and actor, known for performing with other comics such as Creator/PattonOswalt, Creator/ZachGalifianakis, and Creator/MariaBamford, among others. He has acted in movies, TV sitcoms such as ''Series/JustShootMe'' and ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'', animated series like ''WesternAnimation/MissionHill'', ''WesternAnimation/SymBionicTitan'', and ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''; and video games like ''VideoGame/MinecraftStoryMode''.
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6He became the co-writer with Creator/GerryDuggan of the third ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'' solo series as part of the ComicBook/MarvelNOW! relaunch in 2013.
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11%% * BerserkButton: Parodied in his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBYZPpzcecc bit]] about "Nerd Rage".
12* TheBigGuy[=/=]GentleGiant: Towers over many of his colleagues at 6'7", yet often described as mild-mannered in nature.
13%% * DeadpanSnarker
14%% * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Creator/PattonOswalt.
15* ParodyDisplacement: {{Invoked|Trope}} in "My Phone Call With Weird Al", a skit at the end of Posehn's ''Grandpa Metal'' album where Posehn calls Music/WeirdAlYankovic to ask permission to parody his song "Gump". Al tries to clarify that he did not write "Gump" and that it was a parody of "Lump" by Music/ThePresidentsOfTheUnitedStatesOfAmerica, but Brian [[CassandraTruth refuses to believe him]].
16%% * PokeThePoodle: His [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjthP7AmpUA bit]] about "Yelling Stuff".
17* SelfDeprecation: A staple in his stand-up act.
18-->'''Brian:''' There are certain activities that are just out of the question when you look like me. Like night-shoveling.
19%% * TheStoner
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