Brent Weinbach is an American stand-up comedian, actor, director, and pianist based in Los Angeles, California. He is known for his experimental style and abstract, deadpan delivery. He is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley and was formerly a professional jazz pianist and substitute teacher.
Weinbach is also known for creating various video sensations such as Gangster Party Line, Mind Jack, and Ultimate Drumming Technique and is the co-creator and co-director of the cult web series, Pound House alongside DJ Douggpound which was nominated for a Streamy Award. Brent is a recipient of the Andy Kaufman Award, which recognizes innovation in stand-up comedy and was a finalist in the 2008 San Francisco Comedy Competition. Brent has appeared on Conan, Lopez Tonight, and various shows on Comedy Central. He also toured with the Comedians of Comedy and has performed at such festivals as Coachella, SF Sketchfest, Bumbershoot and the Just for Laughs Festival.
His first album, inspired by Joe Frank, is Tales from the Brown Side. His second album, released in September 2009, is called The Night Shift and features a blend of live recorded comedy, studio recordings, and original musical compositions." His third album Mostly Live was released in 2012.
He appeared with a small role in the film Medicine for Melancholy in 2008. In 2010, he began hosting The Legacy Music Hour, a podcast in which he and co-host Rob F. Switch discuss retro video game music from the 1980s and 1990s, along with crossover appearances with Laser Time podcast. In December 2016, Weinbach appeared as a guest on the Let's Play webseries Game Grumps, commentating over Rare's Time Lord. He appeared again in 2025, playing Gekibo: Gekisha Boy.
He is half-Filipino and half-Jewish along with his sister Laura Weinbach of the band Foxtails Brigade which includes his brother-in-law Anton Patzner.
In 2022, he won the Best Screenplay (spirit of Los Angeles award) with Bruno Kohfield-Galeano at the Los Angeles International Film Festival.
Filmography + Year Title Role Notes 2008 Medicine for Melancholy Waiter 2008 Live at Gotham Himself 2010 I Am Comic Himself Documentary 2011 Lopez Tonight Himself 2 episodes 2011 Conan Himself Episode: "The Way to a Man's Heart Is Through My Multi-Level Marketing Plan" 2012 Funny as Hell Himself TV series 2013 The Middle Greg Episode: "The Ditch" 2013 Stepsister Matt Short 2013–15 Comedy Bang! Bang! Mailman / Carlo Smencia 2 episodes 2013–23 Pound House Brent Also co-creator, co-director, writer 2014 Garfunkel and Oates Andy Episode: "Speechless" 2014 Pretty Perfect Volunteer 2014 Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories Brett (Young Intern) Episode: "The Endorsement" 2014 I Don't Dance Brent Also creator, writer, director, producer 2014 Booze Boys & Brownies Cous Cous 2015 The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail Himself - Guest 2 episodes 2015 Kroll Show Episode: "The Commonwealth Games" 2015 Adventure Time Bass Drum / Additional Voices (voice) Episode: "Friends Forever" 2015 Another Period Scoops LaPue 3 episodes 2015 The Eric Andre Show Writer 2015–16 @midnight Himself 2 episodes 2016 The 4th Uber Driver 2016 Flophouse Himself TV series documentary 2016 Poop Talk Himself Documentary 2016, 2025 Guest Grumps Himself 2 episodes 2017 Clarence Voice TV series 2017 Appealing to the Mainstream Himself TV special2018CorporateWalterEp: Casual Friday2020The Dress Up GangBrent2020Close EnoughLeeEp: Golden Gamer2025Blippo+Brenden ChallengerFull-motion video gameTBAFalse AwakeningsStory by
Discography Tales From The Brown Side (2004) The Night Shift (2009) Mostly Live (2012) Appealing to the Mainstream (2017) Christmas Piano (2017)
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The Legacy Music Hour