Guy Branum

An American actor, comedian, and writer, Guy Branum grew up in Yuba City, California. After Laura Swisher recommended him, he landed a writing position on the TechTV program Unscrewed with Martin Sargent. In December 2007 he became one of the writers and on-camera performers for Chelsea Lately, where he was a regular panelist, and he went on to write for Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell and appeared on the eighth season of Last Comic Standing. His first film role came in No Strings Attached (2011), and he later co-starred in Bros (2022). He hosted and executive produced TruTV's Talk Show the Game Show and regularly hosted the Pop Rocket podcast. Branum released the comedy album Effable in 2015 and published the memoir My Life as a Goddess in 2018. His writing on Hacks earned him an Emmy at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards, and he has also collected PGA and WGA Awards.