Bryan Lee Johnson is an American podcaster, actor, television personality, screenwriter and comic book writer associated with filmmaker Kevin Smith and the View Askewniverse. He is best known by his local fame in New Jersey and appearances in Smith's New Jersey films as comic book store owner Steve-Dave Pulasti. He was also the basis for the Clerks character Randal Graves.
Through his friendship with Smith, he was often involved in his productions until Smith moved to Los Angeles. He wrote and directed one film, Vulgar (2000), for View Askew. He worked briefly at the Los Angeles branch of Smith's comic book store, Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash. Since 2010, he has been a co-host of Tell 'Em Steve-Dave!, a podcast created with fellow View Askewniverse staple Walt Flanagan and Brian Quinn of The Tenderloins Comedy Troupe and Impractical Jokers. From 2012 to 2018, Johnson also co-starred on the AMC reality series Comic Book Men. Johnson has also collaborated with Flanagan in creating comics adapted from his screenplays, including the 2004 miniseries Karney and the 2007 miniseries War of the Undead.
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Early life
Bryan Lee Johnson was born in Highlands, New Jersey. Johnson attended Highlands Elementary School there (part of the Highlands School District) and Henry Hudson Regional High School, graduating in the mid-1980s.
Career
In late 2009 Johnson began the podcast Tell 'Em Steve-Dave! with his friends Walt Flanagan and Brian "Q" Quinn.
Johnson has discussed his life and work with Kevin Smith in detail in various SmodCo podcasts, including 'Highlands, a Peephole History,' 'Why Bry?' with Kevin Smith, and 'Tell 'Em Steve-Dave,' the podcast he has hosted since Johnson created it in 2009.
On February 12, 2012, the reality television series Comic Book Men premiered, which stars both Johnson and Flanagan.
Filmography
Film
Mallrats (1995) as Steve-Dave Pulasti
Big Helium Dog (1999) as Undercover Jesus
Dogma (1999) as Protester #1 (Steve-Dave Pulasti)
Vulgar (2000) (Actor, Writer, Editor, Director) as Syd Gilbert
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) as Steve-Dave Pulasti
Tell'em Steve-Dave Puppet Theater (2013) as himself
Jay & Silent Bob's Super Groovy Cartoon Movie (2013) (Voice) Shower Bully 2, Travis the Comic-Hating Bully
Shooting Clerks (2016) as Comic Book Horndog
Tell 'em Steve Dave: Makin' Clay (2017) (Writer, Voice) as Bryan Johnson
Making Fun: The Story of Funko (2018) as himself
Cool As Hell 2 (2019) as Bryan
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2019) as himself, Steve-Dave Pulasti
Television
Clerks: The Animated Series (2000) (Voice) as Steve-Dave Pulasti
Comic Book Men (2012–2018) as himself
Talking Bad (2013) as himself
Bonus Content (2014) as himself
Creative Continuity (2014) as himself
Impractical Jokers (2017, 2018) as himself
Impractical Jokers: After Party (2017) as himself
Tell 'em Steve Dave Presents: TESD TV (2017) as himself
Tell 'em Steve-Dave Presents: ElephANTS in the Room (2017) as himself
2 Drink Minimum (2018) as himself
Comics
Karney (2005)
War of the Undead (2007)
Cryptozoic Man (2013)
Music video
Soul Asylum - "Cant Even Tell" (1994)
