American actor, writer, and comedian
Neil Casey
Born July 28, 1981 (1981-07-28 ) (age Education University of Delaware (BA )Occupation(s) Actor, comedian, television writer, theatre director, playwright Years active 2005–present Notable work Saturday Night Live
Neil Casey (born July 28, 1981) is an American actor, writer, and comedian. Casey served as a writer for the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live Comedy Central series Inside Amy Schumer Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series for both shows. As an actor, he was a series regular on the comedies Other Space Making History Ghostbusters [ 1]
Career
Casey graduated from the University of Delaware with a B.A. in English, including a concentration in drama and minoring in Theatre.[ 2] [ 3] UCB Theatre , where he has also taught since 2007. He directed, wrote, and acted in several shows at the theatre.[ 3]
Acting career
In 2015, Casey starred in the Yahoo! Screen series Other Space Paul Feig .[ 4]
In July 2015, Casey was cast in his first breakthrough film, Ghostbusters 1984 film , playing a villain named Rowan North.[ 5] Other Space creator Feig and cast members Eugene Cordero , Bess Rous , Karan Soni , and Milana Vayntrub . It was released on July 15, 2016, by Sony Pictures Entertainment .[ 6]
In 2017, Casey began co-starring opposite Adam Pally in the Fox time-travel comedy Making History Sam Adams .[ 7]
Writing career
In 2012, Casey was hired to write comedy sketches for Saturday Night Live 'sseason 38 .[ 8] Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series at the 65th show in 2013.[ 9] Writers Guild of America Award in 2013 and 2015 in the category of Comedy/Variety (including talk) series.[ 10] [ 11]
In 2014, Casey was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series at the 66th show for his work on Inside Amy Schumer [ 12] 2014 in the category of Comedy/Variety (including talk) series.[ 10]
In 2015, Casey wrote for the third season of Kroll Show [ 2]
Filmography
Film
Year
Title
Role
Notes
2006
Cufflinks
Short
2007
What If There's Bears?
Short
2007
Oswald's Last Wish
Oswald
Short
2007
Ghostly Business
The Buyer
Short
2008
Secret Santa Buttplugs
Short
2009
Checkmates
Short
2009
Mystery Team Broken Man
2009
The Tetris God
Devotee
Short
2010
Mind Ride: Part 1
Short
2010
Mind Ride: Part 2
Short
2010
The Rest of Caesar
Stan
Short
2012
Baby Congress
(voice)
Short
2012
The Lost Takes: When Harry Met Sally
Short
2012
Gator Farm
Neil
Short
2013
Security Questions
Short
2014
Fort Tilden Ebb
2014
Limbos
Eugene
Short
2014
Adult Beginners Neil
2014
I'm Obsessed with You Flamboyant Fan
2016
Ghostbusters Rowan North
2018
A Futile and Stupid Gesture Brian McConnachie
2019
Greener Grass Dennis
Television
As writer
References
^ Gettell, Oliver (July 7, 2015). " . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved July 22, 2016 . ^ a b Cormier, Ryan (April 24, 2015). "Wilmington's Neil Casey: From 'SNL' to 'Other Space' . delawareonline.com . Retrieved July 16, 2015 . ^ a b "Neil Casey's profile by UCB Theatre" . ucbcomedy.com. Retrieved July 16, 2015 .^ "Anthony Atamanuik & Neil Casey workshops" . slapdashfestival.co.uk . June 11, 2015. Retrieved July 16, 2015 .^ Hipes, Patrick (July 7, 2015). " . Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved July 11, 2015 . ^ Kroll, Justin (August 5, 2015). "Sony Dates 16 Films Including Two More 'Bad Boys' Sequels, 'Jumanji' Remake" . Variety . Retrieved September 21, 2015 . ^ Goldberg, Lesley (June 8, 2016). " . The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved May 16, 2017 . ^ Frucci, Adam (September 6, 2012). "UCB's Neil Casey Hired as a Writer at 'SNL' . splitsider.com . Retrieved July 15, 2015 . ^ "65th Primetime Emmys Nominees and Winners" . emmys.com. Retrieved July 16, 2015 .^ a b "Previous Nominees & Winners" . wga.org. Archived from the original on May 12, 2015. Retrieved July 16, 2015 .^ "2015 Nominees & Winners" . wga.org. Archived from the original on September 1, 2015. Retrieved July 16, 2015 .^ "66th Primetime Emmys Nominees and Winners" . emmys.com. Retrieved July 16, 2015 .
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