Brendon Small
| Brendon Small | |
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Brendon Small in July 2010.
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | Donald Cock (occasional stage name) Captain Mustache (stage character) |
| Born |
February 15, 1975 Springfield, Illinois |
| Genres |
Comedy: Improvisational comedy, observational comedy, character comedy, satire, slapstick Music: Melodic death metal, comedy rock, heavy metal, hard rock |
| Occupation(s) | Animator, comedian, television writer, musician, voice actor |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, drum programming |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Website | brendonsmall |
| Notable instruments | |
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Gibson Explorer Dethklok "Thunderhorse" Explorer Brendon Small "Thunderhorse" Explorer Brendon Small "Snow Falcon" Flying V |
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Brendon Small (born February 15, 1975) is an American producer, writer, animator, stand-up comedian, voice actor, and musician. He is best known as the co-creator of the animated series Home Movies (along with Loren Bouchard) and Metalocalypse (along with Tommy Blacha) and as the creator of the virtual death metal band Dethklok.
Small started learning guitar at age 14 after a kid in his neighborhood began teaching him about guitar and music. At his first public performance his hands shook so wildly that he had trouble controlling the guitar. It was another ten years before he was comfortable performing in public. He graduated from Palma High School in Salinas, California. He graduated from Berklee College of Music in 1997. During his music studies he concurrently took several writing and comedy classes at Emerson College. After graduating, he felt that the rock music genre was fading in popularity so decided to try his hand at comedy.
He was performing at The Comedy Studio in Harvard Square when he was spotted by Loren Bouchard, who at the time was casting for the central character for a UPN pilot produced by Tom Snyder Productions which eventually evolved into Home Movies.
Brendon Small was the co-creator, writer, voice actor, composer and musician for Home Movies, a cartoon initially aired on the UPN television network and then moved to Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. The final episode of Home Movies aired on April 4, 2004, after running four seasons, although the show is periodically rerun on Adult Swim. In the series, he voiced the show's protagonist, 8-year-old aspiring filmmaker Brendon Small, as well as a number of other characters.
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