Brandon T. Snider | |
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| Born | Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Occupation | Actor / writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Period | 1999–present |
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Brandon T. Snider (born February 28) is a New York City based writer and actor who has written for and appeared on Comedy Central's Inside Amy Schumer. He's also been featured on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Chappelle's Show. Snider has written a number of books about comic book characters, pop culture icons and television shows.[1] Noteworthy works include the award-winning Dark Knight Manual: Tools, Weapons, Vehicles and Documents from the Batcave and Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War: The Cosmic Quest Volumes 1 & 2. He is a member of both SAG-AFTRA and the Writers Guild of America East.
Snider was born in Cincinnati, Ohio.[2] He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in theater from Coastal Carolina University.[3]
Brandon appeared in two sketches on NBC's Late Night with Conan O'Brien as well as an episode of Comedy Central's Chappelle's Show. He's also made numerous appearances on Comedy Central's Inside Amy Schumer. In Season 1, he played "The Producer" in the sketch "A Porn Star is Born" directed by Neal Brennan. In Season 2, he played "Trentman Schumer" in the sketch "Congresswoman Amy" directed by Ryan McFaul. In Season 3, he played "Glen" in the sketch "Dog Stripper" and "Fan #3" in the Season 4 sketch "Fame", also directed by McFaul. Additionally, Snider has been on Rachel Dratch's Late Night Snack, Law & Order: SVU, All My Children and Bull.[4]
He's also appeared in commercials for Sprint,[5] Spectrum, Liberty Mutual, Time Warner Cable, Heineken, DirecTV, AFLAC and New York Lottery among others.[6] Additionally, Snider has been on Rachel Dratch's Late Night Snack, Bull, The Deuce and High Fidelity.[7]
Snider has authored over 75 books featuring fictional television and comic book characters from properties such as Star Trek,[8] Cartoon Network[9] and the Muppets.[10] His hardcover DC Comics Ultimate Character Guide was released in 2011, and reached #4 on Bookscan's list of Best Selling Graphic Novels in May 2012[11] and his DC Super Heroes and Pets Papercraft with artist Art Baltazar was featured in 2016 gift guides from both Paste magazine [12] and Comicosity.[13] Snider has written two stories for the Regular Show comic book published by BOOM! Studios and based on the Cartoon Network program.[14] He also wrote the Legion of Doom Stage Show in 2007 for the Six Flags amusement park.[15] He currently writes the Peter Powers series for Little, Brown Books[16][17] as well as the Mighty Marvel Chapter Books and Doodle Books for Disney Publishing.[18]
In 2012, Snider wrote the best-selling Dark Knight Manual: Tools, Weapons, Vehicles and Documents from the Batcave,[19] Published by Insight Editions, the book is a detailed and personal account of Bruce Wayne's evolution as Batman over the course of his career. The book features sketches, notes, and other top-secret case files in addition to about two dozen removable documents, including the design and capabilities of the Batsuit, blueprints revealing the inner workings of the Batcave, and the specifications for Batman's arsenal of weapons and gadgets. The Dark Knight Manual won the 2013 IPPY Award for Pop Culture/Leisure .[20] It was also featured in Time magazine,[21] Forbes,[22] Wired,[23] i09.[24] While promoting the book, Snider appeared on the syndicated television show The List[2] as well as local Cincinnati, Ohio FOX affiliate Channel 19. The Dark Knight Manual received positive reviews from Superhero Hype,[25] Stuff We Like,[26] Gotham News[27] and Forever Geek.[28]
In New York City, Snider studied improvisation with Second City and performed sketch comedy as part of the group Rash Behaviour in addition to writing humor for the news site, Huffington Post. As an ensemble member of the NY-based theatre company The Collective NY,[29] he met and worked with comedian Amy Schumer. In 2013, Schumer hired Snider to write for the first season of her Comedy Central show, Inside Amy Schumer, which earned high ratings in 2013 and went on to win a Peabody Award in 2014.[30] Snider's short play, A Weekend Conference, debuted as part of The Collective's Fourth Annual C:10 Play Festival in September 2016.[31] The dark comedy follows three men on their way to a gay reparative therapy weekend.[32] The piece was directed by Richard Masur (Transparent, The Good Wife) and starred Snider, Mike Houston (Orange is the New Black, Sneaky Pete) and Gabe Fazio (Place Beyond the Pines, Homeland). The short play is currently being developed into a full-length play entitled The Retreat.[33]
In 2017, Snider and Kevin Kane returned to their college alma mater, Coastal Carolina University, to perform a series of short plays with their fellow Collective NY ensemble members[34] as part of a professional exchange where they directed students, conducted a panel about not-for-profit theatre and led a writing workshop.[35][36] Snider was the focus of a 2017 Publishers Weekly article on notable writers of licensed children's publishing.[37]
Following the Pulse Nightclub shooting in 2016, Snider wrote an editorial piece entitled "Bigotry is not a difference of opinion" for the Cincinnati Enquirer.[38]
Snider wrote Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War: The Cosmic Quest Volumes 1 & 2, companion novels featuring original tales from the Marvel Cinematic Universe that tie into the events depicted in the popular mega-franchise film. Volume One: Beginning, a prequel, found The Collector and his brother, Grandmaster, teaming up to search for an Infinity Stone.[39] Volume Two: Aftermath featured Dr. Erik Selvig, Darcy Lewis and young science-minded kid named Felix Desta as they searched for answers regarding the event that wiped out half of all life in the universe.[40][41] The book was notable for introducing a group of diverse characters called the Science Avengers, among them Anjelica Tan, the non-binary Anoki and Bisi Banyaga, the Reverse Engineer.[42] The story also featured the return of Jane Foster, Thor's former love interest, prior to her inheriting the mantle of Thor in Love and Thunder.[43] In addition to appearing on the This Week in Marvel podcast,[44] Snider joined Marvel's Agent M, Ryan Penagos, to unveil an Avengers: Infinity War-themed library in South LA at the Newton Community Center as part of a partnership with the Little Free Library.[45][46]
In 2019, Snider appeared on Andy Mangels' Out in Comics Panel at San Diego Comic-Con alongside Alitha E. Martinez, Chad Michaels, Lilah Sturges, Justin Hall, Che Grayson, Chuck Rozanski and Vincent J. Roth.[47][48]
After writing the Audible Original Beezer in 2020,[49] Snider was tapped to pen Rube Goldberg and his Amazing Machines, a middle grade novel series for Abrams/Amulet, featuring the adventures of young Rube Goldberg as he navigates middle school. The summary for Book #1, arriving in November 2021, states "On the first day of middle school, Principal Kim announces that the school is going to throw a Contraption Convention—the perfect opportunity for young inventor Rube Goldberg to show off his inventions and get out of his summer-long funk! But after a fight with his friends Pearl and Boob about where his priorities really lie, Rube's Con Con entry gets off to a rocky start—and then strange incidents begin to throw the town into disarray. Boob is convinced it's a ghost causing all of this chaos. Between Con Con, the ghostly mystery, and a new rival, Rube has his work cut out for him. But with the help of his friends, he might just get things back on track, get on top of his burgeoning anxieties, and come up with something brilliant before it's time to face the judging table."[50]
In 2022, Snider was honored by Mariemont High School as a Distinguished Alumni.[51]