Brian Regan

Brian Joseph Regan is an American stand-up comedian who uses observational, sarcastic, and self-deprecating humor. He is known for incorporating body language and facial expressions into his act, and his performances are often described as clean as he refrains from profanity and taboo subject matter. Regan's material typically covers everyday events, such as shipping a package with UPS, mortgages, and visits to the optometrist, and he makes frequent references to childhood, including little league baseball and grade school spelling bees.

Regan was born in Miami, Florida, to a Catholic Irish-American family and was raised in Westchester, Florida. He has seven siblings, including brother Dennis Regan, who is also a stand-up comedian. He attended Christopher Columbus High School and Heidelberg College in Tiffin, Ohio, where he played wide receiver on the football team; originally planning to be an accountant, he was encouraged by one of his football coaches to consider theater and communications. He dropped out during his last semester in 1980 to pursue stand-up comedy and finished his degree in 1997.

Regan started out doing stand-up comedy in the 1980s and made his television debut on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson in 1991. He released his first stand-up album, Brian Regan Live, in 1997, and has performed on various talk shows including Late Show with David Letterman and Late Night with Conan O'Brien. He made his film debut in Chris Rock's comedy Top Five (2014), starred in Peter Farrelly's dark comedy series Loudermilk (2017-2020), and has released three Netflix comedy specials. On September 26, 2015, he recorded the first ever live special on Comedy Central, Brian Regan: Live from Radio City Music Hall. He cites Johnny Carson, Steve Martin, George Carlin, Richard Pryor, and David Letterman as influences.