Brian Scolaro (born October 18, 1973) is an American comedian, actor, voice-over actor and author. He is most known for his roles of Stuart on FOX's Stacked, as Uncle Bill on HBO's Ten Year Old Tom, as Brian the lawyer on ABC's A Million Little Things, as Doug on TBS's Sullivan and Son, as Gordon on NBC's Three Sisters, and his stand-up comedy television and streaming appearances.
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Early life
Scolaro was born in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn to Anthony and Irene Scolaro. At the State University of New Paltz, New York, Scolaro wrote, produced, and hosted a radio comedy program That Damn Show on WFNP FM for three years. He has stated in the documentary "Waking Up from a Dream" that this comedy program gave birth to his first stand-up act. Along with his friend Brett Bisogno, Scolaro wrote, produced, and starred in the college's television comedy show Earp and Whitney, which was nominated for "Best Comedy Series" by the National Association of College Broadcasters. After college in 1996, he and Brett (along with Darren Zoltowski, Chris Difate, and Jason Greenspan) formed Voodoowop Pictures, which has over a hundred sketches and short films on YouTube.
Brian worked with the mentally handicapped in Brooklyn at the Guild for Exceptional Children for many years, and after a brief stint as a production assistant for HBO Downtown Productions, The Comedy Channel (now Comedy Central), and HBO's "Reel Sex". Scolaro quit his assistant job and turned to stand-up comedy full-time, and did his first stand-up show at Stand Up NY in Manhattan in 1992.
He became a regular at the Comedy Cellar, Comic Strip Live, Dangerfields, Boston Comedy Club, and Gotham Comedy Club. He then appeared at Montreal's Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in 1999 in the "New Faces Show.". His early acting career included three Wendy's commercials and a guest role on Sidney Lumet's "100 Centre St."
Career
In 2001, Scolaro was hired as a regular cast member for the role of love-sick, overly sensitive "Doug" in an NBC pilot Everything but the Girl by Steve Koren (Seinfeld). When the pilot was beaten to the line-up by Scrubs, Lester Lewis (The Office) brought him to the attention of Eileen Heisler and DeAnn Heline (The Middle) and he moved to Hollywood to be a regular cast member on the second season of NBC's Three Sisters as the bartender named Gordon, love interest of A. J. Langer.
Scolaro was cast as one of the four leads in an ABC pilot, "Platonically Incorrect" by Darlene Hunt, Jeff Judah, and Gabe Sachs. It was directed by Tom Shadyac ("Ace Ventura, The Nutty Professor) and shot a second episode. It was not picked up. After a holding deal with CBS in 2004, Scolaro was cast as Stuart Miller for Fox's Stacked which starred Pamela Anderson and Christopher Lloyd. Written by Steve Levitan, Stacked was a pilot that was guaranteed to air six episodes in 2005, and the following year aired a full second season.
During the writers strike of 2007-08, Scolaro did stand-up performances on NBC's Late Night with Conan O'Brien and was invited back to the channel that started his career as an intern, Comedy Central, to headline an episode of Live at Gotham. In 2009, he taped a half-hour special for the network Comedy Central Presents: Brian Scolaro.
From 2008 to 2025, Scolaro has had recurring characters in several series; the sad sack, forgetful Doug on TBS's Sullivan and Son, Brian the negative but competent lawyer on ABC's A Million Little Things, the ridiculous Uncle Bill on "Ten Year Old Tom", the paranormal police man Goblin on Disney's "Wizards of Waverly Place" and played numerous characters on HBO's The Life and Times of Tim and Comedy Central's "Kroll Show".
He has appeared on ABC's "Abbott Elementary", AMC's Mad Men, Showtime's Shameless, NBC's "Night Court", ABC Signature's "Godfather of Harlem", TNT's Men of a Certain Age, Showtime's Dexter, ABC's Grey's Anatomy, FOX's Bones, ABC's The Middle, Disney's Girl Meets World, ABC's Castle, NBC's "Law and Order: SVU", and others. His film work includes The Brothers Solomon, "Alto Knights", and "Screamboat". He was also the lead in the 2012 Netflix commercial "Teddy Bear Heist."
Film work
Someone Like You (Audience Warm Up Guy)
Blowing Smoke (Nick)
The Brothers Solomon (Medical Equipment Delivery Guy)
Alto Knights (Paul Castellano)
Screamboat (Captain Clark)
Specials
Amazon/Apple TV Special: I Don't Know Who I Am Either himself
Dry Bar: Trouble himself
Helium Comedy Studios Special himself
Comedy Central Presents himself
Video game work
Grand Theft Auto V (The Local Population)
Need for Speed: Carbon (Neville)
Books
How to Punch a Monkey