Greg Behrendt
Greg Behrendt was born in San Francisco, California, United States on July 21st, 1963 and is the Comedian. At the age of 61, Greg Behrendt biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Gregory Behrendt (born July 21, 1963) is an American comedian and author.
His contributions as a script consultant to HBO's Sex and the City opened the way for co-authorship of He's Just Not That Into You (2004), which was later turned into a film of the same name.
In addition to that, he hosted two short-lived television shows, The Greg Behrendt Show (2006) and Greg Behrendt's Wake Up Call (2009).
Early life and education
Greg Behrendt earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in theater from the University of Oregon in 1991, but he had to first enroll in a business major and then play rugby.
Personal life
He is married to Amiira Ruotola. They have two children, Mighty Luna and Bella True. He is a recovering alcoholic. The Reigning Monarchs, he plays guitar in his own surf/rockabilly instrumental band.
Behrendt revealed that he was fighting cancer and had undergone three rounds of chemotherapy on his Facebook Fan Page in June 2015. On episode 16TF of Jimmy Pardo's "Never Not Funny" podcast "Never Not Funny"), as well as Wil Anderson's podcast "Wilosophy" on July 9, 2015. He said he had a form of lymphoma. As of late 2015, his cancer is in remission.
Career
After graduation, Behrendt moved to San Francisco, where he joined an improvisational troupe, and met fellow comic Margaret Cho. In his early years, he performed comedy and improv in San Francisco. He was a member of the improv troupe Crash and Burn, whose members included Margaret Cho. He came up as a performer alongside such comics as David Cross (with whom he roomed for years) and Patton Oswalt.
He went on to appear on The Tonight Show and Late Night with Conan O'Brien. His stand-up special, Greg Behrendt is Uncool, debuted on Comedy Central in January 2006.
In June 2006, he appeared on Celebrity Poker Showdown, playing for a domestic violence charity. Behrendt was a script consultant for the HBO sitcom Sex and the City, "offering script notes from the perspective of a straight man to the writing team, composed of women and gay men".
With Liz Tuccillo, Behrendt co-wrote the 2004 self-help book He's Just Not That Into You. It was adapted by Drew Barrymore's Flower Films/Warner Bros. as a movie of the same name, premiering February 6, 2009.
With his wife Amiira Ruotola-Behrendt, he co-wrote It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken.
He released the book It's Just a Date! in the UK.
His daily daytime "self-help" talk show, The Greg Behrendt Show, premiered September 12, 2006, four months later Sony Pictures Television announced, in January 2007 that the series would not have a second season, and the show aired its last new episodes in February 2007.
He also did a mid-season program for the 2006–07 television season Greg Behrendt's Wake-Up Call for ABC, which never aired on the network. The program began airing in January 2009 on ABC's sister cable network SoapNet. He also appeared on the Great Debate at the 2010 Melbourne Comedy Festival, in which he argued as the third speaker for the negative team on the debate "Food Is Better Than Sex". Behrendt's team, made up of New Zealand comedian Cal Wilson, English comedian Russell Kane and Behrendt himself, won the comedy event.
He started the podcast Walking the Room with his friend Dave Anthony.