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Ted Lasso’s Brendan Hunt joins John to talk about his new solo show at the SOHO Playhouse in NY running from Feb 7-10 titled, “The Movement You Need.” The show comically explores his relationship with his departed mother, a fraught kinship that had o...
Ted Lasso’s Brendan Hunt joins John to talk about his new solo show at the SOHO Playhouse in NY running from Feb 7-10 titled, “The Movement You Need.” The show comically explores his relationship with his departed mother, a fraught kinship that had one area of life-long concord: the music of The Beatles. In this episode we also talk about his time on Ted Lasso as Coach Beard, powerful connections we make with music, meeting your heroes and embarrassing stories that go with it, comedic confidence and more. Enjoy!
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Actor, Writer
Brendan Hunt is an American actor, Writers Guild of America and Emmy winner and playwright based in Los Angeles.
Currently, Hunt can be seen in the Apple TV+ series, "Ted Lasso." He co-created the show with Jason Sudeikis, Bill Lawrence and Joe Kelly. Hunt also appears in the show, alongside Sudeikis, Hannah Waddingham and Juno Temple, as Ted's trusty assistant Coach Beard. Among his many onscreen TV credits, Hunt recurred in the ABC comedy "Bless This Mess" with Lake Bell and Dax Shepard; he has also appeared on "Community," "Parks And Recreation," and several episodes of "Key And Peele."
A Chicago native and a veteran of sketch and improv comedy, Hunt's longest tenure with any group was with Amsterdam's notorious Boom Chicago, where he performed with Sudeikis, Seth Meyers, Jordan Peele, Ike Barinholtz, Heather Anne Campbell, and many more. His solo show about that experience,
"Five Years In Amsterdam," debuted at IO West in Los Angeles, and went on to be performed at UCB LA, UCB NY, Second City
ETC, the Edinburgh Fringe and the HBO US Comedy Arts Festival.
While living in Amsterdam, Hunt became a massive fan of soccer, eventually writing a weekly soccer column for a Dutch commuter newspaper. This laid the groundwork for his successful Boom Chicago-produced vlog "The Unlikely Fan," which eventually led to a guest appearance on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon."
Hunt's TV writing experience includes a stint as Head Writer for C… Read More
